RRT – SkyTrain for Surrey

Canada Line outperforms entire LRT system

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2012-07-12Posted in UncategorizedTagged light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, TransLink

Readers of Peace Arch News, Surrey Leader and Surrey Now may have spotted the claim by our campaign Chair Daryl Dela Cruz that the Canada Line has attracted more

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

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2012-03-28Posted in UncategorizedTagged light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, TransLink

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 […]

Local writer deserves recognition for oustanding response to anti-SkyTrain letter

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2012-03-28Posted in UncategorizedTagged Expo Line, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, TransLink

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 […]

Surrey citizens predominantly choose to drive

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2012-03-27Posted in UncategorizedTagged light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation

Surrey citizens predominantly choose to drive Reality Check SkyTrain for Surrey press team March 27, 2012 I came across an interesting Metro Vancouver document on the local South Fraser Blog that shows how many counted vehicles are registered in a given Lower Mainland city in a year, and associated patterns: This chart shows various interesting […]

SkyTrain type technology clearly a winner in Japan

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on 2012-02-07Posted in Reality CheckTagged Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain technology

SkyTrain technology (linear induction motors) is used in several cities in Japan.

Light Rail: Reliability will be an Issue

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2011-12-20Posted in UncategorizedTagged light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transportation, TransLink

You may have seen one or more mentions we have made of the reliability issues that we may face with the implementation of an at-grade, on-street Light Rail system in Surrey. We would like to show you an example of what we mean. Without further ado, here is an image excerpt from a Seattle Times […]

SkyTrain Can Integrate with Urban Environments

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2011-12-13Posted in UncategorizedTagged Metro Vancouver, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, TransLink

While we don’t have much in the way of finished text content to share with our readers today, we would like to share with you some images we found dating back to the Canada Line implementation plans for Richmond. The images prominently showcase how the rapid rail transit guideway of the Canada Line SkyTrain line […]