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Portland: LRT ridership drops; Canada Line continues to outperform

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on July 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, bus ridership, Canada, Canada Line, Canada Line vs LRT, cars, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, connected, Greater Vancouver, information, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, max line, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland light rail, Portland LRT, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rail transit ridership, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, ridership, ridership data, ridership increases, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, Transit agency, transit ridership, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet1 Comment

Light Rail Transit (LRT) ridership in Portland, Oregon has for whatever reason dropped this year. TriMet has published new ridership data for the month of June 2012: [CLICK HERE]. TriMet also conducted a media release about these numbers, viewable at [CLICK HERE]. While TriMet reported that the transit system has reached a record ridership, this […]

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 […]

Surrey citizens predominantly choose to drive

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on March 27, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged automobile, bus rapid transit, Bus service, Canada Line, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, connected, Dianne Watts, Economic development, Economics, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, patterns, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, Transportation1 Comment

Surrey citizens predominantly choose to drive Reality Check SkyTrain for Surrey press team March 27, 2012 I came across an interesting Metro Vancouver document on the local South Fraser Blog that shows how many counted vehicles are registered in a given Lower Mainland city in a year, and associated patterns: This chart shows various interesting […]