automatic train control Archives - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

Putting an end to the myth that SkyTrain is proprietary

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 27, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged ansaldo breda, automatic train control, BC, Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit, Bombardier ART, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, British Columbia, Canada, Canada Line, competitive transit, debunking myths, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, Rail for the Valley, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, rapid transit system, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain is not proprietary, train control systems, transit, TransLink, Transportation, zweisystem3 Comments

“Anti SkyTrain” is a misleading mentality.

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 […]

Light Rail: Reliability will be an Issue

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 20, 2011Posted in UncategorizedTagged automatic train control, automation, Bus service, city of surrey, Greater Vancouver, Honolulu, light rail, light rail service, light rail system, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, reliability issues, RRT, Seattle, seattle times, Seattle transportation, service disruption, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, south seattle, street light rail, Surrey, Surrey transportation, transit, TransLink, Transportation1 Comment

You may have seen one or more mentions we have made of the reliability issues that we may face with the implementation of an at-grade, on-street Light Rail system in Surrey. We would like to show you an example of what we mean. Without further ado, here is an image excerpt from a Seattle Times […]