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Canada Line outperforms entire LRT system

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted 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 […]

Poor fare revenue and LRT ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on June 18, 2012Posted in Reality CheckTagged bad examples, Bad LRT examples, British Columbia, Canada, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Economic development, Economics, Examples, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT fail, LRT failure, max light rail, Metro Vancouver, Metropolitan Area eXpress, misinformation, misleading, OR, Portland, Portland light rail, Portland MAX, Portland MAX Light Rail, Portland MAX LRT, portland transit, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, transit corruption, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet, vision3 Comments

MEDIA RELEASE – SKYTRAIN FOR SURREY ORIGINAL WRITTEN CONTENT Poor revenue and ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 18, 2012 – Surrey, BC Light Rail advocates in Surrey love to triumph Portland as a successful example of North American Light Rail Transit implementation. However, there is a side […]

Portland, OR: LRT is so cost-ineffective, unable to operate at promised frequencies

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on May 28, 2012Posted in Reality CheckTagged Bombardier Innovia ART, Canada, Canada Line, cars, cascade policy, city of surrey, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Economic development, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, LRT fail, LRT failure, max light rail, Metro Vancouver, Metropolitan Area eXpress, misinformation, misleading, Oregon, plan, Portland, Portland MAX, Portland MAX Light Rail, portland trimet, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, service intervals, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet4 Comments

There were a number of interesting facts pointed out by The Cascade Policy’s John A. Charles, whose research we have cited before (see references #39 and #79), about the Portland MAX in his latest article, called: Transit Hypocrisy. It is notable that he points out that that it has been said that there is a […]

Calgary’s C-Train LRT worsened automobile dependency

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on April 2, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged automobile dependency, British Columbia, Calgary, Calgary C-Train, Calgary light rail transit, Calgary LRT, Calgary transit, Canada, cars, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, expensive light rail, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, mode-share, rail transit, rail transit system, Sustainability, train, transit, transit mode-share, Transportation, uncompetitive transit, vehicle mode-share3 Comments

Calgary’s C-Train LRT worsened automobile dependency Reality Check SkyTrain for Surrey press team April 2, 2012 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 ways of […]

Local writer deserves recognition for oustanding response to anti-SkyTrain letter

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on March 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged British Columbia, Canada, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, Economics, Expo Line, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, newspapers, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, The Province, transit, TransLink, TransportationNo Comments

The SkyTrain for Surrey team would like to applaud and recognize Alex Vowles – a citizen of the City of Surrey – for his outstanding response to a recent misleading letter bashing SkyTrain and calling the service a loser [CLICK HERE] that was published in the Province and also recently in the Langley Times local […]

SkyTrain Can Integrate with Urban Environments

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on December 13, 2011Posted in UncategorizedTagged British Columbia, Canada, Canada Line, community, Community Impact, Greater Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, Richmond, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Sustainability, train, transit, Transit integration, TransLink, TransportationNo Comments

While we don’t have much in the way of finished text content to share with our readers today, we would like to share with you some images we found dating back to the Canada Line implementation plans for Richmond. The images prominently showcase how the rapid rail transit guideway of the Canada Line SkyTrain line […]

The disadvantages of LRT versus SkyTrain

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on October 10, 2011Posted in Reality CheckTagged automobile, BC, British Columbia, Bus service, Canada, Community Impact, competition, Dianne Watts, Economics, Greater Vancouver, issues, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Sustainability, train, transit, TransLink, Transportation10 Comments

The disadvantages of LRT versus SkyTrain Reality Check SkyTrain for Surrey press team October 10, 2011 Mayor Dianne Watts has claimed that SkyTrain will “cut our communities in half and destroy our city” [17], while arguing that light rail would help connect town centres and boost economic activity, creating a “vibrancy” in the city. However, […]