Proceeding with Surrey LRT is the wrong decision
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 18, 2017 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey’s campaign team is working to mobilize the over 1500 people who have signed in support of
SkyTrain supporters mobilizing against Surrey LRT
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 17, 2017 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey‘s campaign team is working to mobilize the over 1700 people who have signed in support of SkyTrain South-of-the-Fraser, encouraging all SkyTrain supporters to voice their opposition to the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT project at the upcoming TransLink consultations. SkyTrain for Surrey is opposing the Surrey-Newton-Guildford […]
Evergreen budget boosts case for SkyTrain expansion
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 30, 2016 – Surrey, BC Our campaign team is pleased to learn that the Evergreen Extension of the Millennium Line to Coquitlam has been completed at between $70 and $85 million under budget, boosting the case for expanding the SkyTrain system to more areas throughout the Lower Mainland. The news comes as […]
The SkyTrain Revolution in Metrotown
We were searching through the internet when we found a Canada Line-era presentation document that made a strong case for SkyTrain as a strong influence in regional development attraction and a shift from vehicular transport onto transit. The full document can be viewed at [HERE] Some of the pages/slides feature the changes that occurred to […]
Former resident notes SkyTrain's astonishing impact in publishing
Competitive transit works! In April, east coast blog “Spacing Atlantic” presented 5 excerpts from a book called “Straphanger”, which explored Vancouverism and smart transit planning. The ordeal of an article about west-coast cities is appearing on an east coast blog named Spacing Atlantic is very surprising, given the distance – not just in km, but […]
Eugene Wong: 100 years of casually rolling around? No thanks!
Fellow SkyTrain advocate Eugene Wong has made his mark on the comments thread of a Buzzer blog article. He has stated that he is clearly a proponent of SkyTrain expansion as the best choice for continued Mr. Wong, we would like you to know that one of your comments stood out to our Initiative. We […]
Local writer deserves recognition for oustanding response to anti-SkyTrain letter
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 […]