automated rapid transit Archives - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

REALITY CHECK: The dishonesty of “No one builds with SkyTrain anymore”

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on April 23, 2013Posted in Reality CheckTagged automated rapid transit, Bombardier INNOVIA, city of surrey, driverless rapid transit, Economics, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, linear motors, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, reality check, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, TransLink, Transportation1 Comment

Light Rail advocates frequently mislead the public with claims such as “No one builds with SkyTrain” and “only seven SkyTrain-type systems exist worldwide”.

Next-generation SkyTrain vehicles showcase future for Surrey

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 3, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, Coquitlam, Evergreen Line, Evergreen Line SkyTrain, future, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, Port Moody, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, rapid transit system, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, transit products, TransLink, Transportation, Vancouver, vancouver skytrain, Vancovuer rapid transit, vision3 Comments

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surrey, BC An announcement today [LINK HERE] highlights that a contract has been signed with Bombardier to supply the vehicular rolling stock of the Evergreen Line. The order was signed for $90.7 million, a $3.2 million per car deal in line with previous SkyTrain vehicle costs adjusted for inflation. This marks the […]

GALLERY – Next generation SkyTrain cars (Bombardier INNOVIA Metro 300)

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 10, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, future, gallery presentation, images, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, Transportation, vision8 Comments

DISCLAIMER: There is no confidential material contained in this post. We have only compiled images that are readily available for viewing from other sources on the internet. Some images may have been stored on our website for the purpose of enabling the gallery presentation. SkyTrain for Surrey holds no copyrights to the below images, which […]

SkyTrain technology: Bombardier's ART now marketed as full-size "INNOVIA Metro"

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on August 31, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, future, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, Transportation, vision3 Comments

Sept 10 – NEW: We have released a Gallery [CLICK HERE] containing several pictures of this new generation of INNOVIA Metro vehicles! Bombardier has changed the name of their automated rapid transit technology, which moves the SkyTrain (Expo and Millennium Lines). The new branding is called “INNOVIA Metro”, and replaces the original branding “Advanced Rapid […]

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 […]