Light Rail Transit has a high operating cost per service hour
A comparison between light rail transit operating costs per hour vs. the operating costs of SkyTrain
How SkyTrain creates more accessible communities
A transit planning expert says that rapid transit must get the transportation outcome right first, in order to give us the desired development outcome.
Evergreen Line SkyTrain likely to be delivered under budget
The value of the primary contract reveals that the Evergreen Line is likely to come in as much as $100 million under budget.
Light rail advocates get it wrong on SkyTrain debt servicing
Our opponents are weaponizing “debt servicing” to turn the public against SkyTrain.
Ottawa transit technology report unfairly compares SkyTrain and LRT
Ottawa’s report that led to selection of LRT technology downplays the SkyTrain using flawed data—here’s why the math doesn’t add up
Mode-share shift to transit prevalent in Vancouver, but not in Portland
Late last month, the online blog Price Tags by Simon Fraser University CITY director Gordon Price published a blog article titled “Vancouver demolishes Portland: A transit comparison“. The analysis found that Vancouver “demolishes” Portland in attracting riders onto transit service and encouraging transit trips rather than vehicle trips. As a continuation of this analysis, we’d […]
Poor fare revenue and LRT ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland
MEDIA RELEASE – SKYTRAIN FOR SURREY ORIGINAL WRITTEN CONTENT Poor revenue and ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 18, 2012 – Surrey, BC Light Rail advocates in Surrey love to triumph Portland as a successful example of North American Light Rail Transit implementation. However, there is a side […]
Portland, OR: LRT is so cost-ineffective, unable to operate at promised frequencies
There were a number of interesting facts pointed out by The Cascade Policy’s John A. Charles, whose research we have cited before (see references #39 and #79), about the Portland MAX in his latest article, called: Transit Hypocrisy. It is notable that he points out that that it has been said that there is a […]
The compromise is SkyTrain: Toronto should be pursuing this technology and not LRT on Eglinton Crosstown Line
What if SkyTrain technology actually costs less than LRT on the Eglinton Crosstown Line?
Inconsistencies in Paul Hillsdon’s “Transit for Tomorrow” LRT plan
Paul Hillsdon proposed a network of 43.4 kilometres of light rail for a cost of $1.1 billion; it would actually cost $2.39 billion.