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Surrey LRT line will be among slowest in Canada

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 4, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, King George Blvd, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG 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, TransLink

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey LRT line will be among slowest in Canada FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 4, 2017 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey has learned that the low average travel speed of the Phase 1 Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line will make it one of the slowest rail transit systems in Canada. According to the latest […]

LRT impacts to school will cost taxpayers millions

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 25, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, Hawthorne Park, King George Blvd, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Rapid Transit, Save Hawthorne Park, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG 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, TransLink

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 25, 2017 A recent briefing memo released by the Surrey School Board suggests that the City of Surrey and TransLink LRT team have not addressed the major issues that LRT on 104 Ave will cause for a local school. Hjorth Road Elementary is located next to 104 Avenue, where the road […]

Video offers glimpse into Surrey’s Light Rail future

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 26, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BC, British Columbia, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT design, LRT features, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Rapid bus, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG 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, vision

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 26, 2017 A new video released by SkyTrain for Surrey offers stakeholders and decision-makers a glimpse of what Surrey’s future will look like with Light Rail Transit. Our aim is to bring attention to one of the major issues with building rail transit systems at ground-level and on-street: with trains at […]

TransLink: Cancel the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 15, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BC, British Columbia, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT design, LRT features, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Rapid bus, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG 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, vision

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 15, 2017 SkyTrain for Surrey is calling for the cancellation of the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line project. In the coming weeks, we will be taking this call to the TransLink project team, the City of Surrey and the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation. We will also call for the acceleration of the Fraser Highway […]

10 Surrey LRT features for a fraction of the cost

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 14, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BC, British Columbia, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT design, LRT features, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Rapid bus, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG 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, vision

MEDIA RELEASE Contents 10 Surrey LRT features for a fraction of the cost FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 14, 2017 – Surrey, BC TransLink recently posted a video on the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit system, which outlines design features that are expected to be a part of the LRT project. Many of these design […]

SkyTrain closer to reality in Surrey and Langley

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 8, 2016Posted in In The NewsTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Federal government, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Langley, Langley rapid transit, Liberal Party of Canada, light rail, light rail funding, Light Rail in Surrey, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, Minister of Finance, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is pleased to receive an announcement from TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond, who has said that SkyTrain is still under consideration for planned rapid transit on Fraser Highway. Today’s announcement means that SkyTrain for Surrey is closer to winning a SkyTrain victory for transit users […]

Federal budget shows Light Rail not on track in Surrey

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 24, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Langley, Langley rapid transit, light rail, light rail funding, Light Rail in Surrey, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar 24, 2016 – Surrey, BC It is disappointing that the 2016 federal budget has not provided enough funding to be able to begin construction on rapid transit in Surrey. With federal capital transit funds for Metro Vancouver not slated to flow until 2019, Light Rail in Surrey is not on track […]

Langley City’s Mayor prefers SkyTrain over LRT

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 17, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Langley, Langley rapid transit, light rail, light rail funding, Light Rail in Langley, Light Rail in Surrey, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

Langley City Mayor Ted Schaffer prefers a SkyTrain extension over at-grade LRT. SkyTrain would travel from Langley Centre to Waterfront in under 60 minutes.

Cost increase shows LRT was wrong decision

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 8, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Federal government, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Liberal Party of Canada, light rail, light rail funding, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, Minister of Finance, misinformation, misleading, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey, a grassroots organization opposing Surrey’s proposed Light Rail Transit, notes to all supporters and observers that the recently announced capital cost increase to $2.6 billion shows that Light Rail technology was the wrong decision for Surrey. City representatives had cited the rising costs of land as […]

Fair debate urged on Surrey Light Rail Transit issues

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on February 29, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, Federal government, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Liberal Party of Canada, light rail, light rail funding, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT funding, LRT supporters, Minister of Finance, misinformation, misleading, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 29, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey’s founding director Daryl Dela Cruz is urging for a more fair debate on issues with the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit system, in light of a recent viewpoint published by The Now Newspaper that discourages the continuation of the debate our organization […]