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Edmonton LRT traffic modelling shows why surface LRT would have been a mistake for Surrey

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 13, 2020October 14, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Never-before-seen emails and traffic models show that a surface-running Edmonton LRT Line could cause daily traffic jams in excess of 1.5 kilometres long.

BC NDP’s Surrey-Langley SkyTrain funding commitment must be matched by other provincial parties

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 8, 2020October 8, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

We are calling on the BC Liberals and BC Greens to match the BC NDP’s commitment to fund a full 16km Surrey-Langley SkyTrain and get it built in a single phase.

Surrey and Langley elect SkyTrain-supportive MPs

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 22, 2019November 16, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Support for SkyTrain was verified with the “second greatest number of responses in the history of TransLink engagements”

Port Mann Bridge traffic spike caused by lack of rapid transit

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 11, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Support for SkyTrain was verified with the “second greatest number of responses in the history of TransLink engagements”

Trip data shows urgent need for full 16km Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 10, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Support for SkyTrain was verified with the “second greatest number of responses in the history of TransLink engagements”

Our message to the Mayors on Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 25, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Support for SkyTrain was verified with the “second greatest number of responses in the history of TransLink engagements”

SkyTrain to have 60% higher return-on-investment than previously planned LRT

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 19, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Support for SkyTrain was verified with the “second greatest number of responses in the history of TransLink engagements”

Interurban rail advocates out of touch with facts, people (DEBUNKING MYTHS)

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 15, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in Media Release, Reality CheckTagged 66 FVX, Abbotsford, BC, BC Transit, BCER, BCER interurban, British Columbia, Central Fraser Valley transit, Chilliwack, city of surrey, community building, community rail, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Fraser Valley, Fraser Valley heritage rail, Fraser Valley interurban, Fraser Valley transit, Greater Vancouver, interurban, interurban rail, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, Rail for the Valley, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, South Fraser Community Rail, South Fraser OnTrax, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, West Coast Express

TransLink is proposing the introduction of dedicated bus priority lanes in Langley City and significant improvements to Fraser Highway bus service as a precursor to SkyTrain.

Fraser Highway bus lanes proposed as precursor to future SkyTrain

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 3, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

TransLink is proposing the introduction of dedicated bus priority lanes in Langley City and significant improvements to Fraser Highway bus service as a precursor to SkyTrain.

Majority in support of Surrey-Langley SkyTrain (TransLink engagement + independent survey)

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 23, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Support for SkyTrain was verified with the “second greatest number of responses in the history of TransLink engagements”

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