Rail for the Valley Archives - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

Interurban rail advocates out of touch with facts, people (DEBUNKING MYTHS)

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 15, 2019Posted in Media Release, Reality CheckTagged 66 FVX, Abbotsford, BC, BC Transit, BCER, BCER interurban, British Columbia, Central Fraser Valley transit, Chilliwack, city of surrey, community building, community rail, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Fraser Valley, Fraser Valley heritage rail, Fraser Valley interurban, Fraser Valley transit, Greater Vancouver, interurban, interurban rail, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, Rail for the Valley, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, South Fraser Community Rail, South Fraser OnTrax, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, West Coast Express

TransLink is proposing the introduction of dedicated bus priority lanes in Langley City and significant improvements to Fraser Highway bus service as a precursor to SkyTrain.

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 […]

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.