MEDIA RELEASE SkyTrain for Surrey calls for audit of Regional 10-Year-Vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is calling for an audit of the 10-Year-Vision as part of a statement to the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink Board of Directors, urging them to take seriously […]
MEDIA RELEASE SkyTrain supporters rally against Light Rail in Surrey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 6, 2018 – Surrey, BC Over the past week, SkyTrain for Surrey supporters were among numerous in the community who gathered together on multiple occasions to demonstrate opposition to the Surrey Light Rail Transit vision. Participants held signs and set […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to increase transit use by less than 1% FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC New numbers released by TransLink and the Surrey Light Rail team have essentially confirmed that the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT will be the most expensive mistake in the region’s history. For $1.65 billion, the Surrey-Newton-Guildford […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey LRT rendering photoshops out traffic congestion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 6, 2018 – Surrey, BC A recently updated rendering of the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT omits the serious increase in traffic congestion that would be caused by the reduction of 104 Avenue’s travel lanes. The rendering shows a pair of LRT trains traveling […]
MEDIA RELEASE TransLink survey finds significant opposition to Surrey LRT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 23, 2018 – Surrey, BC Results of the public consultation for Phase Two of the Regional Mayors’ 10-year transportation plan, released by TransLink, have shown that there is significant opposition to Light Rail Transit in Surrey. The Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT is the […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT is Canada’s worst value rapid transit project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 30, 2018 – Surrey, BC TransLink has revealed that the cost to build the first phase of Surrey’s street-running Light Rail Transit system is $1.65 billion dollars. The Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT (SNG LRT) line will now be over $700 million […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey’s first LRT line will be only half as fast as SkyTrain FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 27, 2018 – Surrey, BC One detail that is increasingly left out in the discussion around Surrey’s proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) is its operating speed. We have learned that the first of two lines being […]
MEDIA RELEASE Phase 2 Transit Plan does not put Surrey commuters first FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 16, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is disappointed to learn that the Regional Mayors Council’s Phase 2 Transit Plan has retained the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line, meaning that the region has signed on to make one of […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT should be removed from 10-Year Vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 11, 2018 – Surrey, BC In an open letter penned by our campaign chair, SkyTrain for Surrey has requested the incoming Mayors’ Council Chair – Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan – to remove the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) line […]
MEDIA RELEASE Letter to Mayors’ Council Chair, Derek Corrigan (Jan 9, 2018) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 9, 2018 – Surrey, BC The Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) project will do little to improve transit commutes for the people it would serve, and should not be in the region’s 10-Year Vision. Our campaign chair […]
