street-level light rail - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

From Toronto to Minneapolis, Surface LRTs Failing to Meet Travel Time Targets

The Minneapolis Green Line and Toronto’s Finch West LRT have something in common: neither of them are delivering the speed that riders were promised.

Toronto’s Finch West LRT: a $2.5 billion mega mistake

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on November 25, 2025Posted in Reality CheckTagged Finch, Finch West, Finch West LRT, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, Line 6 Finch West, LRT, LRT in Ontario, Onatrio LRT< light rail in Ontario, Ontario LRT, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Transit City, TTC, TTC Line 6

Will the Finch West LRT truly improve transit times? Uncover the truth behind this contentious transit project.

Edmonton Valley Line LRT ridership falls far short of estimates

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on October 26, 2025Posted in Reality CheckTagged development-oriented transit, Edmonton, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Valley Line, Valley Line LRT, Valley Line SE, Valley Line Southeast

The Valley Line LRT was billed as a transit game‑changer, but its ridership numbers tell a different story.

Calgary transit chaos shows LRT has no place in Surrey and Metro Vancouver

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on October 18, 2024Posted in Commuter ChaosTagged BC, BC conservatives, BC election 2024, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, conservatives, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, 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

A video clip shows massive crowds swarming a Calgary Transit bus, which was assisting due to the shutdown of a surface light rail line due to an accident.

SkyTrain for Surrey calls for cancelled Calgary Green Line LRT funding to be redirected to Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 4, 2024Posted in Media ReleaseTagged Alberta government, Alberta UCP, BC, BC NDP, British Columbia, Calgary, Calgary LRT, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Green Line, Green Line LRT, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, UCP

We have written the Minister of Transport asking to redirect funding from the Calgary LRT Green Line to the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.

Surrey Langley SkyTrain still Canada’s best-value transit project

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 4, 2024Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged BC, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Despite a cost increase, Surrey’s SkyTrain shows unmatched value—while LRT projects elsewhere struggle to justify their price tags.

The Surrey-Langley SkyTrain has catalyzed a new UBC campus

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on November 3, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, 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

A UBC campus will be only a 22-minute SkyTrain ride from downtown Langley City.

Ottawa pays the price for rejection of SkyTrain technology

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on October 19, 2021Posted in Commuter ChaosTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, 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

What if Ottawa took Alstom’s advice in 2009 and built a SkyTrain-style system, instead of an LRT system that constantly derails???

It’s time to build SkyTrain on King George Boulevard – #buildKGS

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on October 12, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, 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

We believe that no further study is required to assess the need for grade-separated rapid transit (SkyTrain) on King George Boulevard.

TransLink documents demonstrate that the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain is in fact delayed – #buildSLS

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 24, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, 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

Despite comments that there is “no delay”, there is a clear discrepancy between the project timelines released by TransLink’s SLS project team before COVID-19 and the project timeline suggested now.