Build SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT! - Better Surrey Rapid Transit
An initiative for the right choice for Surrey rapid transit
Rapid Transit and Surrey's needs Examining the modal shift in TransLink's Surrey Rapid Transit Study alternatives This is a presentation document that Better Surrey Rapid Transit has prepared for a future presentation to the City of Surrey Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The full 62-slide presentation can be downloaded at [CLICK HERE]. For its online release on our site, the … [Read more...]
Better Surrey Rapid Transit is currently using this 536-page report to conduct a comprehensive modal share review that will be released in the coming days. This report was shortly seen on the TransLink website recently, but has been taken down from there. The report has returned to the TransLink website and is also available for download there. [CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD] … [Read more...]
From the Surrey Leader [LINK] "We've been very clear that our option would be LRT, not just because of the cost but because it is less intrusive to the community," Rasode said. Light rail passengers riding at street level would be more likely to stop and shop at Surrey businesses, she said, than an overhead SkyTrain whisking residents to other cities. A comment from Daryl Dela Cruz, BSRT … [Read more...]
[CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RELEASE] A major TransLink rapid transit planning study has mislead stakeholders in the City of Surrey in its evaluation of options, in terms of a statement of which options “meet the study objectives.” The recent release by TransLink, called “Surrey Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis: Findings to Date”, narrows down the alternatives to be looked at for … [Read more...]
A message from your campaign leaders for Better Surrey Rapid Transit Regular readers or past visitors of this website may have noticed that there has been a distinct change in the website style, home page, and arrangement of pages and information. This is because we're relaunching the former SkyTrain for Surrey Initiative as "Better Surrey Rapid Transit", in an effort to tone down the … [Read more...]
Transportation advocacy group "Surrey Citizens' Transportation Initiative" (Surrey CiTI) have announced a "Surrey Transit Rally" to take place at Central City Plaza on February 26th. Details below: RALLY Better Public Transit - for Surrey - Feb.26, 2013 - 3:30-5:30PM - SFU Campus Plaza Speakers, live music, support march & your participation Agenda >3:30 – 4:15 PM – … [Read more...]
A comparison of LRT operating costs per service hour vs the operating cost per service hour of SkyTrain. See below table: City System Operating cost per revenue service hour in 2011 Calgary C-Train LRT $200 [1] Salt Lake City UTA TRAX $124.01 [2][3] Portland MAX LRT $187.55 [2] Phoenix Metro Light Rail $180.35 [2][3] Houston METRO Rail $200 … [Read more...]
Metro Vancouver mayors have made a proposal on potential funding tools that could aid in providing a significant amount of funding for TransLink operations and for capital investments like rapid transit. At 0.5 per cent the tax – tacked on top of the seven per cent PST on transactions within Metro Vancouver – would raise an estimated $250 million per year from transactions within Metro … [Read more...]
From Daryl Dela Cruz, lead analyst at SkyTrain for Surrey I'd just like to share this as a response to something that I feel may have been expressly dedicated to us: the recent write-up by Nathan Pachal of South Fraser Blog [LINK HERE] that dismisses and discourages any debate between transit technologies. Contrary to his thoughts, I believe that there is a huge value in advocating for having the … [Read more...]
The Surrey Leader newspaper has published a newsletter response by SkyTrain for Surrey lead analyst Daryl Dela Cruz. In his letter, Daryl was not addressing newspaper readers with his credentials as part of SkyTrain for Surrey Initiative. He speaks as a Surrey resident and also as a member of Surrey's youth, with many contacts his age attending one of Surrey's many school facilities. The … [Read more...]
