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Portland: LRT ridership drops; Canada Line continues to outperform

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, bus ridership, Canada, Canada Line, Canada Line vs LRT, cars, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, connected, Greater Vancouver, information, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, max line, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland light rail, Portland LRT, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rail transit ridership, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, ridership, ridership data, ridership increases, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, Transit agency, transit ridership, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet1 Comment

Light Rail Transit (LRT) ridership in Portland, Oregon has for whatever reason dropped this year. TriMet has published new ridership data for the month of June 2012: [CLICK HERE]. TriMet also conducted a media release about these numbers, viewable at [CLICK HERE]. While TriMet reported that the transit system has reached a record ridership, this […]

Canada Line outperforms entire LRT system

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 12, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, Canada, Canada Line, Canada Line vs LRT, cars, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, connected, Greater Vancouver, information, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet2 Comments

Readers of Peace Arch News, Surrey Leader and Surrey Now may have spotted the claim by our campaign Chair Daryl Dela Cruz that the Canada Line has attracted more riders than the entire Portland MAX (Metropolitan Area eXpress) Light Rail Transit system. These are the numbers: System Opening Year(s) Average weekday boardings (2011) SkyTrain – Canada […]

Inconsistencies in Paul Hillsdon’s 2008 “Transit for Tomorrow” LRT proposal

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 17, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged at-grade, at-grade light rail, BC, British Columbia, Civic Surrey, Community Impact, competition, cost estimates, debate, debunking misconceptions, Economic development, Economics, failed cost estmiates, Greater Vancouver, initial belief, Inteurban light rail, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Plans, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, Light Rail Visions, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, map of surrey, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, Paul Hillsdon, plan, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, transit expansion, Transit Plans, Transit Studies, Transit Visions, Transportation

Back in 2008, Paul Hillsdon (http://www.paulhillsdon.com/), today a Civic Surrey (civicsurrey.com) blogger, was receiving some rather notorious attention for his independent candidacy for City Council at Age 18 – and no doubt many people praised him for that, as would anyone with an appreciation of young people who are able to do so-perceived great things, amazing […]