Light Rail riders will wait longer before a train arrives. On-street LRTs are driver-operated, and can’t operate as frequently as our driverless SkyTrain. Drivers come with a labour cost, meaning lower frequencies during less busy hours. Due to higher operating costs, off-peak frequencies could be lower than the current 96 B-Line. A driverless system will be able […]
LRT will not recoup its construction and operations emissions. In fact, a net greenhouse-gas (GHG) increase of 38,000 tonnes was projected in the Surrey Rapid Transit Study. In addition to this net increase… Congestion increases on 104th Ave and other corridors will increase GHG emissions Accidents caused by the LRT will increase in GHG emissions in […]
LRT construction and street-scaping works will require the street to be closed from edge-to-edge. While Bus Rapid Transit systems could be constructed more gradually and SkyTrain extensions take up less space, Surrey’s construction of an LRT system will… Require significant reconstruction of the layout of the street, Require underground digging to remove sewers and utilities, Double […]
LRT will cut two lanes from 104th Ave and cause traffic mayhem in the community. The City says there’s no space to retain 4 traffic lanes on 104th Avenue, a busy and congested arterial connecting City Centre to the Trans-Canada Highway. Reduction in travel lanes despite no transit time improvements. Drivers will divert away from a congested […]
Light Rail systems kill more people than any other transportation mode except for motorcycles. Pictured: Average fatality rates per 100 million miles, 2000–20111 At-grade Light Rail systems need time to stop and frequently hit pedestrians and vehicles. On-street trains come with a human cost that is ignored by LRT advocates and urban designers. Light […]
Accidents can block LRT tracks and close LRT lines for hours. Direct consequence of building LRT at-grade through major intersections. LRT will pass through 2 intersections among the top 10 in Metro Vancouver crash-rates. (these intersections are: King George Blvd & 88th Ave, and King George Blvd & 72nd Ave) Can’t detour around accident areas […]
The space required by an at-grade LRT will require hundreds of property takes. An estimated 214 property takes will be required on Fraser Highway alone (including at least 20 full takes) LRT’s at-grade footprint is more than twice as much as a SkyTrain guideway Widened roadways will be more difficult to cross from end to end […]
Building Light Rail through Green Timbers Urban Forest means hundreds of trees will have to give way. The City is planning a widened, 40m Fraser Highway to accommodate 4 traffic lanes, greenway, and 2 more lanes for LRT. This is… Significantly wider than the Green Timbers Urban Advisory Committee’s 2008 endorsement for a 27m roadway Significantly wider […]
Riders will need to make more transfers with a Light Rail system. Riders coming from the Expo Line SkyTrain will need to transfer to continue to Langley LRT riders on the “L Line” will need to make additional transfers to buses to continue to White Rock or Coquitlam End of direct, express service on 104 […]
It will take decades to truly offset the costs of an LRT. With lower transportation benefits and less ridership, an LRT won’t be able to create an offset to its cost. Surrey Rapid Transit Study anticipated a negative benefit-cost ratio of just 0.69:1 Net present value was estimated at negative (-) $510 million dollars. Benefits will not […]
