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REALITY CHECK: The dishonesty of “No one builds with SkyTrain anymore”

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on April 23, 2013Posted in Reality CheckTagged automated rapid transit, Bombardier INNOVIA, city of surrey, driverless rapid transit, Economics, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, linear motors, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, reality check, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, TransLink, Transportation1 Comment

Light Rail advocates frequently mislead the public with claims such as “No one builds with SkyTrain” and “only seven SkyTrain-type systems exist worldwide”.

DEBUNKING MYTHS: Light Rail advocates and debt servicing costs

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on January 31, 2013Posted in UncategorizedTagged at-grade rail, British Columbia, Canada, Canada Line, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, debt servicing, debunking misconceptions, debunking myths, Economic development, Economics, Elizabeth James, Greater Vancouver, hidden costs, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, Liz James, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT comparisons, Malcolm Johnston, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, myths, Rail for the Valley, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, streetcar, Sustainability, The Tyee, tram, transit, TransLink, Transportation, UBC, Vancouver Light Rail, Vancouver LRT, vision

A special release by lead analyst Daryl Dela Cruz of SkyTrain for Surrey You can be said to have been researching transit issues in Metro Vancouver for many years, but you can still be wrong about what you know about transit issues. If so, they would do themselves an injustice because, as provincial and federal […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Surrey Leader – Light rail not right for Surrey or Vancouver

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 31, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, British Columbia, Canada Line, Community Impact, competitive transit, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain cost, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, train, transit, TransLink, Transportation1 Comment

Strike one for pro-SkyTrain! Today’s Leader featured a powerful statement submitted by SkyTrain for Surrey foreman Daryl Dela Cruz. Daryl’s letter challenges a common notion that SkyTrain costs “billions and billions [more than LRT]” (Dianne Watts, April 2011) by promoting the exact opposite, on the basis that SkyTrain generates more economic and productivity benefits by […]

Putting an end to the myth that SkyTrain is proprietary

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 27, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged ansaldo breda, automatic train control, BC, Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit, Bombardier ART, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, British Columbia, Canada, Canada Line, competitive transit, debunking myths, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, Rail for the Valley, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, rapid transit system, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain is not proprietary, train control systems, transit, TransLink, Transportation, zweisystem3 Comments

“Anti SkyTrain” is a misleading mentality.

PHOTO: Accident blocks LRT in Toronto (this is what Surrey wants)

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on August 9, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged blockage, Community Impact, Economic development, economic transit, Economics, Future of Surrey, human transit, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, rail transit, reliability issues, Streetcars, Surrey transportation, Sustainability, sustainable transit, train, transit, Transportation2 Comments

We would like to share this hilarious image portraying the effects of a single blockage of light rail tracks in Toronto. The streetcars are lined up in front of a broken-down car. The tracks prevent the many streetcars from moving around this broken vehicle. While track blockages are a reliability problem faced by all rail […]

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

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 18, 2012Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 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 […]

Misleading Letter shows up a second time; Initiative Leader responds again

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged competition, economic transit, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, operating cost, operating cost recovery, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain costs, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, transit operating cost, TransLink, TransportationNo Comments

Initiative leader Daryl Dela Cruz has taken note that misleading information from a particular letter-writer from Aldergrove has shown up in the news again, this time in two local Langley newspapers. He has submitted this letter, which is a revision of the letter that he first sent to The Province [LINK HERE], in response to […]

SkyTrain for Surrey responds to Misleading Letter

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 25, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged British Columbia, Canada Line, fare increases, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT advocates misleading, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, portland transit, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation2 Comments

We’re all shocked to find misinformation still hitting newspapers and other media. Leading the battle against misinformation is SkyTrain for Surrey Founder and Leader Daryl Dela Cruz, who just submitted this letter to the Province newspaper in response to a deceiving individual from Aldergrove: SkyTrain IS a winner ———————————— Mr. Atkinson, SkyTrain IS a winner, […]

Inconsistencies in Paul Hillsdon’s 2008 “Transit for Tomorrow” LRT proposal

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 17, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged at-grade, at-grade light rail, BC, British Columbia, Civic Surrey, Community Impact, competition, cost estimates, debate, debunking misconceptions, Economic development, Economics, failed cost estmiates, Greater Vancouver, initial belief, Inteurban light rail, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Plans, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, Light Rail Visions, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, map of surrey, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, Paul Hillsdon, plan, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, transit expansion, Transit Plans, Transit Studies, Transit Visions, Transportation

Back in 2008, Paul Hillsdon (http://www.paulhillsdon.com/), today a Civic Surrey (civicsurrey.com) blogger, was receiving some rather notorious attention for his independent candidacy for City Council at Age 18 – and no doubt many people praised him for that, as would anyone with an appreciation of young people who are able to do so-perceived great things, amazing […]