Contradicting business case for Surrey LRT
- Media Release
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- For immediate release — October 31, 2014
A TransLink study has already found a negative transportation business case for LRT.
The Surrey Rapid Transit Study, conducted over the past few years, found that the LRT project has a transportation cost-benefit shortfall of $510 million and a less-than-positive cost-benefit ratio of 0.69:1.[1]
This will contradict any future “P3 business case” for federal project funding
The proposed Phase I LRT, with a 25-minute travel time between Newton and Guildford, saves just 1 minute over the 96 B-Line.
SkyTrain for Surrey has raised several issues with the LRT proposal and has released a campaign video on its website to communicate this to citizens and promote our vision for SkyTrain and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which would have the same capital cost as the proposed LRT.
Footnotes
- Surrey Rapid Transit Study final report (2012) — Exhibit 3B.11, “Life Cycle Costs, Benefits and Net Present Value — LRT1”[↩]
Pictured in header: Render of Surrey LRT trains
SkyTrain for Surrey is a BC-based community organization that has advocated for the expansion of the Vancouver SkyTrain system, including our successful advocacy for the under-construction Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension.
Media Contact: Daryl Dela Cruz – Founder, SkyTrain for Surrey ・ Phone: +1 604 329 3529, [email protected]
