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Canada Line outperforms entire LRT system

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 12, 2012January 13, 2016Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, Canada, Canada Line, Canada Line vs LRT, cars, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, connected, Greater Vancouver, information, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet2 Comments

Readers of Peace Arch News, Surrey Leader and Surrey Now may have spotted the claim by our campaign Chair Daryl Dela Cruz that the Canada Line has attracted more riders than the entire Portland MAX (Metropolitan Area eXpress) Light Rail Transit system. These are the numbers: System Opening Year(s) Average weekday boardings (2011) SkyTrain – Canada […]

Portland, OR: LRT is so cost-ineffective, unable to operate at promised frequencies

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bombardier Innovia ART, Canada, Canada Line, cars, cascade policy, city of surrey, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Economic development, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, LRT fail, LRT failure, max light rail, Metro Vancouver, Metropolitan Area eXpress, misinformation, misleading, Oregon, plan, Portland, Portland MAX, Portland MAX Light Rail, portland trimet, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, service intervals, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet4 Comments

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 […]

Coquitlam releases SkyTrain community integration concepts

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 22, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, Bombardier Innovia ART, British Columbia, Canada, cars, city of coquitlam, Community Impact, competition, connected, Coquitlam, Dianne Watts, Economic development, Economics, Evergreen Line, Greater Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, station areas, Sustainability, transit, Transportation, vision1 Comment

An atmosphere of doubt has surrounded the viability of SkyTrain in Surrey under a false perception that at-grade Light Rail Transit (LRT) will help shape and build communities – whilst SkyTrain expansion will not, supported by quotes from advocates, city officials and other LRT supporters. Even Dianne Watts had more than a few statements in […]

Calgary’s C-Train LRT worsened automobile dependency

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on April 2, 2012November 10, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged automobile dependency, British Columbia, Calgary, Calgary C-Train, Calgary light rail transit, Calgary LRT, Calgary transit, Canada, cars, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, expensive light rail, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, mode-share, rail transit, rail transit system, Sustainability, train, transit, transit mode-share, Transportation, uncompetitive transit, vehicle mode-share3 Comments

MEDIA RELEASE Calgary’s C-Train LRT worsened automobile dependency FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 2, 2012 – Surrey, BC A recent study that makes a critical analysis of the Calgary LRT system points out well that Calgary’s automobile dependency has not decreased. The study gathers facts and debunks several ideas that LRT supporters point to as […]

Misleading Letter shows up a second time; Initiative Leader responds again

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged competition, economic transit, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, operating cost, operating cost recovery, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain costs, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, transit operating cost, TransLink, TransportationNo Comments

Initiative leader Daryl Dela Cruz has taken note that misleading information from a particular letter-writer from Aldergrove has shown up in the news again, this time in two local Langley newspapers. He has submitted this letter, which is a revision of the letter that he first sent to The Province [LINK HERE], in response to […]

Local writer deserves recognition for oustanding response to anti-SkyTrain letter

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged British Columbia, Canada, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, Economics, Expo Line, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, newspapers, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, The Province, transit, TransLink, TransportationNo Comments

The SkyTrain for Surrey team would like to applaud and recognize Alex Vowles – a citizen of the City of Surrey – for his outstanding response to a recent misleading letter bashing SkyTrain and calling the service a loser [CLICK HERE] that was published in the Province and also recently in the Langley Times local […]

Surrey citizens predominantly choose to drive

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 27, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged automobile, bus rapid transit, Bus service, Canada Line, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, connected, Dianne Watts, Economic development, Economics, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, patterns, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, Transportation1 Comment

Our analysts came across an interesting document on the local South Fraser Blog that shows how many counted vehicles are registered in a given city in a Lower Mainland in a year, and associated patterns. The data compares over 12 years from 1999-2011 across all Metro Vancouver cities and districts. [LINK TO DOCUMENT] This chart […]

SkyTrain for Surrey responds to Misleading Letter

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 25, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged British Columbia, Canada Line, fare increases, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT advocates misleading, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, portland transit, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation2 Comments

We’re all shocked to find misinformation still hitting newspapers and other media. Leading the battle against misinformation is SkyTrain for Surrey Founder and Leader Daryl Dela Cruz, who just submitted this letter to the Province newspaper in response to a deceiving individual from Aldergrove: SkyTrain IS a winner ———————————— Mr. Atkinson, SkyTrain IS a winner, […]

The compromise is SkyTrain: Toronto should be pursuing this technology and not LRT on Eglinton

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 22, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged automated rapid transit, automatic train control, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, CN Tower, competition, Economics, Eglinton, Eglinton Ave, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, elevated rapid transit, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, linear induction motor, linear motor, LRT, LRT advocates, Mayor Ford, Metro Vancouver, Ontario, plan, rail transit, rail transit projects, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, Rob Ford, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Toronto, skytrain system, subways, Sustainability, Toronto, train, transit, Transportation, underground train, vancouver skytrain6 Comments

A special release for Better Surrey Rapid Transit, a SkyTrain advocacy group from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Enjoy, everyone! ———————————————————————— We’d like to have a say on the debates going on in the City of Toronto, where the loud voices have recently been gaining nationwide attention. Most recently: a continuous battle between Mayor Rob Ford […]

Inconsistencies in Paul Hillsdon’s 2008 “Transit for Tomorrow” LRT proposal

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 17, 2012February 27, 2016Posted in UncategorizedTagged at-grade, at-grade light rail, BC, British Columbia, Civic Surrey, Community Impact, competition, cost estimates, debate, debunking misconceptions, Economic development, Economics, failed cost estmiates, Greater Vancouver, initial belief, Inteurban light rail, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Plans, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, Light Rail Visions, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, map of surrey, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, Paul Hillsdon, plan, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, transit expansion, Transit Plans, Transit Studies, Transit Visions, Transportation

Back in 2008, Paul Hillsdon (http://www.paulhillsdon.com/), today a Civic Surrey (civicsurrey.com) blogger, was receiving some rather notorious attention for his independent candidacy for City Council at Age 18 – and no doubt many people praised him for that, as would anyone with an appreciation of young people who are able to do so-perceived great things, amazing […]