Malaysia-China SkyTrain Deal Ends Vancouver’s Biggest Transit Lie
A deal signed in Kuala Lumpur buries thirty years of misinformation that had been weaponized by groups to stall expansion of the Vancouver SkyTrain system.
A deal signed in Kuala Lumpur buries thirty years of misinformation that had been weaponized by groups to stall expansion of the Vancouver SkyTrain system.
TransLink’s proposed BRT creates a rare opportunity to lay the groundwork now and reduce the future cost of a second SkyTrain line for Surrey.
The BC NDP have not pledged to match the BC Conservatives’ promise for SkyTrain to Newton.
We applaud the BC Conservative Party’s commitment to building a King George Boulevard SkyTrain to Newton in Surrey and clearly indicating that this will be SkyTrain, not light rail.
We have written the Minister of Transport asking to redirect funding from the Calgary LRT Green Line to the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.
Despite a cost increase, Surrey’s SkyTrain shows unmatched value—while LRT projects elsewhere struggle to justify their price tags.
A UBC campus will be only a 22-minute SkyTrain ride from downtown Langley City.
We believe that no further study is required to assess the need for grade-separated rapid transit (SkyTrain) on King George Boulevard.
Despite comments that there is “no delay”, there is a clear discrepancy between the project timelines released by TransLink’s SLS project team before COVID-19 and the project timeline suggested now.
We cannot afford to wait 3 more years for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain. MEDIA RELEASE September 21, 2021・Surrey, BC #buildSLS update – TransLink has indicated that the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain will now open in 2028, instead of in 2025. We are exceptionally disappointed to hear today that our decade-long battle to get a Surrey-Langley SkyTrain built has been […]