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The SkyTrain Revolution in Metrotown

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 12, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged British Columbia, Canada, Community Impact, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, east coast cities, Economic development, Economics, Expo Line, Greater Vancouver, innovation, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, newspapers, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain impact, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, The Province, transit, TransLink, Transportation, travel, urban lifestyles, west coast cities

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

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on August 6, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged British Columbia, Canada, Community Impact, competition, competitive rapid transit, competitive transit, east coast cities, Economic development, Economics, Expo Line, Greater Vancouver, innovation, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, newspapers, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain impact, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, The Province, transit, TransLink, Transportation, travel, urban lifestyles, west coast citiesNo Comments

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!

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 29, 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

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

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted 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 […]