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Surrey LRT project director misleads stakeholders on LRT speeds

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 12, 2018Posted in Media Release, Reality CheckTagged 10-Year Vision, city of surrey, Economic development, excitement is building, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, LRT survey, Mayor Linda Hepner, Mayors Council, Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Phase 1 LRT, Phase Two Plan, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, survey, Ten-Year Vision, The Buzzer, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

DEBUNKING MYTHS Surrey LRT project director misleads stakeholders on LRT speeds FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 10, 2018 – Surrey, BC The City of Surrey’s light rail transit project director has attempted to convince Surrey residents/stakeholders that the proposed Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT (SNG LRT) will be faster than actually stated. Scott Neuman, LRT project director, told […]

Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to increase transit use by less than 1%

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 28, 2018Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 10-Year Vision, city of surrey, Economic development, excitement is building, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, LRT survey, Mayor Linda Hepner, Mayors Council, Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Phase 1 LRT, Phase Two Plan, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, survey, Ten-Year Vision, The Buzzer, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to increase transit use by less than 1% FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC New numbers released by TransLink and the Surrey Light Rail team have essentially confirmed that the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT will be the most expensive mistake in the region’s history. For $1.65 billion, the Surrey-Newton-Guildford […]

Edmonton’s LRT is failing to change commuter habits

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 3, 2018Posted in In The NewsTagged at grade light rail transit, at-grade rail, British Columbia, city of surrey, Economic development, Edmonton, Edmonton Light Rail Transit, Edmonton LRT, Edmonton Metro Line, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, light rail, light rail advocates, light rail delays, light rail disaster, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, Mayor Linda Hepner, NAIT, Newton, Newton Town Centre, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

MEDIA RELEASE Edmonton’s LRT is failing to change commuter habits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 3, 2018 – Surrey, BC A new survey collected by the City of Edmonton suggests that even after substantial investment in its Light Rail Transit system, transit mode-share in Edmonton has not increased. The city’s 2015 Household Travel Survey, which […]

Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT is Canada’s worst value rapid transit project

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on April 30, 2018Posted in In The News, Media ReleaseTagged city of surrey, Economic development, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, Mayor Linda Hepner, Newton, Newton Town Centre, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT is Canada’s worst value rapid transit project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 30, 2018 – Surrey, BC TransLink has revealed that the cost to build the first phase of Surrey’s street-running Light Rail Transit system is $1.65 billion dollars. The Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT (SNG LRT) line will now be over $700 million […]

MLA Garry Begg: Surrey City Council fails in ‘selling’ its LRT vision

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 28, 2018Posted in In The NewsTagged Garry Begg, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, MLA, MLA Garry Begg, Newton, Newton Town Centre, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink

MEDIA RELEASE MLA Garry Begg: Surrey City Council fails in ‘selling’ its LRT vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC Some decision-makers are feeling the pressure from the rapidly growing numbers opposed to a street-level Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Surrey and Langley. Surrey-Guildford MLA Garry Begg is calling out […]