SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

SkyTrain for Surrey presents 1300-signature petition

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 23, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is demonstrating its widespread support in the South of Fraser today by presenting a 1300-signature petition, calling for extending SkyTrain in Surrey and Langley instead of the currently proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, to the TransLink Board of Directors. The full petition package […]

Surrey LRT construction will disrupt local businesses

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Apr 12, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is raising questions on the City of Surrey’s supposed engineering expertise on Light Rail Transit, after finding the City’s Rapid Transit manager’s claim that on-street LRT construction won’t disrupt local businesses to be misleading. In an interview with Business in Vancouver, City of Surrey Rapid […]

Federal budget shows Light Rail not on track in Surrey

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar 24, 2016 – Surrey, BC It is disappointing that the 2016 federal budget has not provided enough funding to be able to begin construction on rapid transit in Surrey. With federal capital transit funds for Metro Vancouver not slated to flow until 2019, Light Rail in Surrey is not on track […]

Langley City’s Mayor prefers SkyTrain over LRT

Langley City Mayor Ted Schaffer prefers a SkyTrain extension over at-grade LRT. SkyTrain would travel from Langley Centre to Waterfront in under 60 minutes.

Cost increase shows LRT was wrong decision

  IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey, a grassroots organization opposing Surrey’s proposed Light Rail Transit, notes to all supporters and observers that the recently announced capital cost increase to $2.6 billion shows that Light Rail technology was the wrong decision for Surrey. City representatives had cited the rising costs of land as […]

Fair debate urged on Surrey Light Rail Transit issues

  IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 29, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey’s founding director Daryl Dela Cruz is urging for a more fair debate on issues with the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit system, in light of a recent viewpoint published by The Now Newspaper that discourages the continuation of the debate our organization […]

City LRT vision excludes South Surrey & White Rock

UPDATE – Feb 26, 2016 – Surrey, BC The City of Surrey has expressed its intent to extend rapid transit to South Surrey & White Rock, as reported in a recent a news release by CKNW. However, the City of Surrey has made no changes to its website map to clarify its commitment to rapid […]

1000 sign petition opposing Surrey Light Rail Transit

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 22, 2016 – Surrey, BC Over 1000 supporters have joined SkyTrain for Surrey in opposing the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit project, urging that it be changed to a SkyTrain system with Bus Rapid Transit. Daryl Dela Cruz, our founding director, said: “The significant turnout in support for our petition demands […]

SkyTrain ridership/km vs. LRT systems

SkyTrain has the best track record for attracting ridership in North America, with the highest ridership per km for a non-heavy-rail system. Data is from the American Public Transit Association (Q3 2014) unless stated City System name (type) Weekday daily boardings Daily boardings per mile Vancouver SkyTrain (driverless) 377,900 (highest) 8,870 (highest) Calgary C-Train (LRT) 310,700 8,510 […]

Exposed political deal shows lack of LRT confidence

SkyTrain for Surrey is calling on citizens to take note of the City of Surrey’s hiring of political insiders to mislead the federal government on transit issues and falsify an LRT business case. A Business in Vancouver report has said that the Earnscliffe Strategy group, whose B.C. office is led by a previous campaign co-chair […]