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New truck corridors to city centre will need to be instated on quiet, neighbourhood streets. (This could include: All of 100 Ave; 156 St; 154 St from 100th to 108 Aves; and 108 Ave (currently a restricted corridor) Parallel roads like 100, 105 and 108 Avenues will require reconstruction and widening at significant cost. The […]

References

US Department of Transportation study – [SEE HERE] Transportation Research Board study – [SEE HERE]

Slower speeds

LRT running on the street is limited to the same speed as surrounding vehicle traffic. Light Rail trains won’t be anywhere near as fast as SkyTrains. Limited to 50 or 60km/h on most city roadways Slower than SkyTrain, which has running speeds of 80-90 km/h in a fully segregated guideway. No speed improvements against rapid buses in their […]

Few travel time savings

You won’t save enough time for it to actually matter. With lower running speeds and added transfers, an LRT will save you so little time that it will barely make a difference. LRT would offer only 1 minute savings vs. the current 96 B-Line rapid bus Some corridors (such as 104 Ave) will see travel time increase against […]

High operating costs

The LRT network will cost 40% as much to operate as the entire South of Fraser transit network today. An LRT in Surrey will have higher operating costs than extending SkyTrain due to the extensive requirement of LRT drivers, as well as the need for all-new facilities, staff and training. Fare revenues will fall far short […]