SkyTrain for Surrey calls for cancelled Calgary Green Line LRT funding to be redirected to Surrey-Langley SkyTrain
We have written the Minister of Transport asking to redirect funding from the Calgary LRT Green Line to the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.
We have written the Minister of Transport asking to redirect funding from the Calgary LRT Green Line to the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.
COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Another light rail collision in Calgary prompts operator to speak out FROM: Calgary, Alberta – October 23, 2018 Last week, another Calgary pedestrian was hit by a light rail train near the intersection of Memorial Drive and 36 Street. It was the third C-Train incident this month at an at-grade crossing on […]
MEDIA RELEASE / 2018 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Fatal light rail accidents in Calgary are a wake-up call for Surrey voters FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 16, 2018 – Surrey, BC A string of fatal accidents on Calgary’s light rail transit system should serve as a wake-up call for Surrey residents on the safety and reliability implications […]
COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Another pedestrian is dead after being hit by light rail train in Calgary Calgary, Alberta – October 15, 2018 Within hours of an incident earlier today where a 6-year-old girl has been struck and killed by a light rail train, another pedestrian has been hit by a light rail train in Calgary […]
COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Grief outpours after 6-year-old girl struck, killed by light rail train in Calgary Calgary, Alberta – October 15, 2018 Today our hearts are with those affected in Calgary, Alberta where a 6-year-old girl has been struck and killed by a light rail train. The incident this morning prompted expressions of grief from […]
COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Calgary’s C-Train LRT shut down again after collision FROM: Calgary, Alberta – September 11, 2018 A man is in the hospital in critical condition after being struck by a light rail train in Calgary this afternoon. Investigators subsequently shut down a 3-station section of Calgary’s Northeast LRT line, causing major delays for […]
COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Accidents disrupt Calgary’s C-Train LRT 3 times in 5 days FROM: Calgary, Alberta – July 18, 2018 Within the last few days, Calgary’s C-Train LRT system has been shut down 3 times as a result of accidents between light rail trains and other vehicles or pedestrians. These incidents disrupted portions of the C-Train […]
Calgary, Alberta – May 16, 2018 Calgary’s C-Train LRT system suffered a major disruption earlier today, after a light rail train struck and killed a pedestrian on Calgary’s Northeast LRT line. Such an incident would have caused major commuter chaos if it had occurred along one of the proposed Surrey LRT lines. According to Daily […]
MEDIA RELEASE Calgary’s C-Train LRT worsened automobile dependency FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 2, 2012 – Surrey, BC A recent study that makes a critical analysis of the Calgary LRT system points out well that Calgary’s automobile dependency has not decreased. The study gathers facts and debunks several ideas that LRT supporters point to as […]