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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.

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 […]

Mode-share shift to transit prevalent in Vancouver, but not in Portland

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 7, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged Canada Line, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Metropolitan Area eXpress, mode-share, Portland LRT, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, sustainable transportation, train, transit, transit mode-share, TransLink, Transportation, transportation in Portland, transportation in Vancouver, TriMet, vancouver skytrain, Vancouver vs Portland, vehicle mode-share3 Comments

Late last month, the online blog Price Tags by Simon Fraser University CITY director Gordon Price published a blog article titled “Vancouver demolishes Portland: A transit comparison“. The analysis found that Vancouver “demolishes” Portland in attracting riders onto transit service and encouraging transit trips rather than vehicle trips. As a continuation of this analysis, we’d […]

Next-generation SkyTrain vehicles showcase future for Surrey

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 3, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, Coquitlam, Evergreen Line, Evergreen Line SkyTrain, future, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, Port Moody, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, rapid transit system, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, transit products, TransLink, Transportation, Vancouver, vancouver skytrain, Vancovuer rapid transit, vision3 Comments

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surrey, BC An announcement today [LINK HERE] highlights that a contract has been signed with Bombardier to supply the vehicular rolling stock of the Evergreen Line. The order was signed for $90.7 million, a $3.2 million per car deal in line with previous SkyTrain vehicle costs adjusted for inflation. This marks the […]

GALLERY – Next generation SkyTrain cars (Bombardier INNOVIA Metro 300)

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 10, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, future, gallery presentation, images, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, Transportation, vision8 Comments

DISCLAIMER: There is no confidential material contained in this post. We have only compiled images that are readily available for viewing from other sources on the internet. Some images may have been stored on our website for the purpose of enabling the gallery presentation. SkyTrain for Surrey holds no copyrights to the below images, which […]

SkyTrain technology: Bombardier's ART now marketed as full-size "INNOVIA Metro"

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on August 31, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, future, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, Transportation, vision3 Comments

Sept 10 – NEW: We have released a Gallery [CLICK HERE] containing several pictures of this new generation of INNOVIA Metro vehicles! Bombardier has changed the name of their automated rapid transit technology, which moves the SkyTrain (Expo and Millennium Lines). The new branding is called “INNOVIA Metro”, and replaces the original branding “Advanced Rapid […]

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 […]

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 […]

Portland: LRT ridership drops; Canada Line continues to outperform

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted 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 […]