MEDIA RELEASE SkyTrain remains the best and only feasible choice for the Surrey-Langley Line FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 22, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is a grassroots campaign that has helped establish strong support for a SkyTrain extension on Fraser Highway. Today we are issuing the following points in response to the […]
MEDIA RELEASE Transparency lacking in TransLink’s decision to favour LRT on Fraser Highway FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 22, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is a grassroots campaign that has helped establish strong support for a SkyTrain extension on Fraser Highway. Today we are issuing the following points in response to the recent […]
MEDIA RELEASE SkyTrain for Surrey calls for audit of Regional 10-Year-Vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is calling for an audit of the 10-Year-Vision as part of a statement to the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink Board of Directors, urging them to take seriously […]
MEDIA RELEASE SkyTrain supporters rally against Light Rail in Surrey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 6, 2018 – Surrey, BC Over the past week, SkyTrain for Surrey supporters were among numerous in the community who gathered together on multiple occasions to demonstrate opposition to the Surrey Light Rail Transit vision. Participants held signs and set […]
CAMPAIGN UPDATE Join us for a RALLY AGAINST LRT on June 5th June 3, 2018 – Surrey, BC Join us for a RALLY AGAINST LRT event on June 5th. Show up and join us as we voice our opposition to the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT and the Surrey LRT vision. Starting at 5PM, we will launch the […]
CAMPAIGN UPDATE CALL TO ACTION: Light Rail is NOT for Surrey May 30, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is encouraging all SkyTrain supporters to voice their opposition to the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT at the upcoming LRT open house events. Join us as we raise awareness of LRT issues! We will also hold our first […]
MEDIA RELEASE Edmonton’s LRT is failing to change commuter habits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 3, 2018 – Surrey, BC A new survey collected by the City of Edmonton suggests that even after substantial investment in its Light Rail Transit system, transit mode-share in Edmonton has not increased. The city’s 2015 Household Travel Survey, which […]
MEDIA RELEASE Phase 2 Transit Plan does not put Surrey commuters first FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 16, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is disappointed to learn that the Regional Mayors Council’s Phase 2 Transit Plan has retained the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line, meaning that the region has signed on to make one of […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT should be removed from 10-Year Vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 11, 2018 – Surrey, BC In an open letter penned by our campaign chair, SkyTrain for Surrey has requested the incoming Mayors’ Council Chair – Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan – to remove the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) line […]
MEDIA RELEASE Letter to Mayors’ Council Chair, Derek Corrigan (Jan 9, 2018) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 9, 2018 – Surrey, BC The Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) project will do little to improve transit commutes for the people it would serve, and should not be in the region’s 10-Year Vision. Our campaign chair […]
