BC government Archives - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

Calgary transit chaos shows LRT has no place in Surrey and Metro Vancouver

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 18, 2024Posted in Commuter ChaosTagged BC, BC conservatives, BC election 2024, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, conservatives, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

A video clip shows massive crowds swarming a Calgary Transit bus, which was assisting due to the shutdown of a surface light rail line due to an accident.

BC NDP’s non-support could set SkyTrain to Newton back by decades

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 10, 2024Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, BC conservatives, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, ity of surrey, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

The BC NDP have not pledged to match the BC Conservatives’ promise for SkyTrain to Newton.

SkyTrain advocates applaud BC Conservative commitment to SkyTrain to Newton

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 3, 2024Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, BC conservatives, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, ity of surrey, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

We applaud the BC Conservative Party’s commitment to building a King George Boulevard SkyTrain to Newton in Surrey and clearly indicating that this will be SkyTrain, not light rail.

Surrey Langley SkyTrain still Canada’s best-value transit project despite cost increase

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 4, 2024Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged BC, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Despite recent cost increases, the SLS remains Canada’s best value transit project, costing less per-kilometre than many surface LRT proposals.