business case - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

Proposed LRT in Surrey is actually deterring developers, not attracting them.

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 26, 2018Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, BC, British Columbia, business case, city of surrey, community building, competitive transit, development, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, 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, vision

“Prices are double what they were in 2016”, according to developers observing the corridor around the proposed LRT in Surrey.

Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to result in societal and economic loss for region

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 19, 2018Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, BC, British Columbia, business case, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, 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, vision

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to result in societal and economic loss for region FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 18, 2018 – Surrey, BC Business case documents released by TransLink confirm that the burden of paying for the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT will not justify the economic investment, validating concerns held by many locals. SNG LRT Benefit-cost ratio […]

LRT study ignores transportation outcome

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on May 16, 2015Posted in Media ReleaseTagged British Columbia, business case, Canada, Community Impact, Damn big header, Daryl Dela Cruz, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, Metro Vancouver transit, misinformation, misleading, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey Light Rail Transit, Surrey LRT, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, TransLink, Transportation5 Comments

We refuse to acknowledge the results of Surrey’s LRT study as an acceptable case for proposed light rail in Surrey.

Contradicting business case for Surrey LRT

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on October 31, 2014Posted in Media ReleaseTagged British Columbia, business case, Canada, Community Impact, Daryl Dela Cruz, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, Metro Vancouver transit, misinformation, misleading, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey Light Rail Transit, Surrey LRT, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, TransLink, Transportation3 Comments

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 31, 2014 – Surrey, BC A TransLink study has already found a negative transportation business case for LRT, which will contradict any future “P3 business case” for federal project funding. The Surrey Rapid Transit Study, conducted over the past few years, found that the LRT project has a transportation cost-benefit shortfall of […]