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

The real reason Toronto limits Line 5/6 LRT vehicles to 25km/h through intersections

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on February 5, 2026Posted in Reality CheckTagged Light Rail Transit, LRT, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey LRT, Toronto

Is the Toronto TTC ready for the disruption caused by LRT collisions?

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

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on January 24, 2026Posted in Reality CheckTagged Light Rail Transit, LRT, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey LRT, Toronto

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 Light Rail Transit, LRT, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey LRT, Toronto

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 Edmonton, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey LRT

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 Expo Line, fraser highway, Guildford, King George Boulevard, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink

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.

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 Expo Line, fraser highway, Guildford, King George Boulevard, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, Newton, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, TransLink

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

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 Expo Line, fraser highway, Guildford, King George Boulevard, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, Newton, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink

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.

#buildSLS – We can’t afford to wait another 3 years for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 21, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged Expo Line, fraser highway, Guildford, King George Boulevard, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, Newton, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink

We cannot afford to wait 3 more years for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain. MEDIA RELEASE September 21, 2021・Surrey, BC #buildSLS update – TransLink has indicated that the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain will now open in 2028, instead of in 2025. We are exceptionally disappointed to hear today that our decade-long battle to get a Surrey-Langley SkyTrain built has been […]

#buildSLS – Our Federal Election 2021 Voters’ Guide

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 19, 2021Posted in Campaign UpdateTagged Expo Line, fraser highway, Guildford, King George Boulevard, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, Newton, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink

Support for SkyTrain was verified with the “second greatest number of responses in the history of TransLink engagements”

Decade-long campaign concludes with full funding announcement for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on July 13, 2021Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged Expo Line, fraser highway, Guildford, King George Boulevard, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, Newton, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink

SkyTrain for Surrey’s decade-long battle to get a 16-kilometre SkyTrain extension to Langley City on the map has come to a close.