Surrey transit blog Archives - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

SkyTrain closer to reality in Surrey and Langley

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 8, 2016Posted in In The NewsTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Federal government, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Langley, Langley rapid transit, Liberal Party of Canada, light rail, light rail funding, Light Rail in Surrey, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, Minister of Finance, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is pleased to receive an announcement from TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond, who has said that SkyTrain is still under consideration for planned rapid transit on Fraser Highway. Today’s announcement means that SkyTrain for Surrey is closer to winning a SkyTrain victory for transit users […]

Federal budget shows Light Rail not on track in Surrey

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 24, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Langley, Langley rapid transit, light rail, light rail funding, Light Rail in Surrey, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar 24, 2016 – Surrey, BC It is disappointing that the 2016 federal budget has not provided enough funding to be able to begin construction on rapid transit in Surrey. With federal capital transit funds for Metro Vancouver not slated to flow until 2019, Light Rail in Surrey is not on track […]

Langley City’s Mayor prefers SkyTrain over LRT

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 17, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Langley, Langley rapid transit, light rail, light rail funding, Light Rail in Langley, Light Rail in Surrey, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

Langley City Mayor Ted Schaffer prefers a SkyTrain extension over at-grade LRT. SkyTrain would travel from Langley Centre to Waterfront in under 60 minutes.

Cost increase shows LRT was wrong decision

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 8, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, capital cost, city of surrey, cost increase, costs, Federal government, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Liberal Party of Canada, light rail, light rail funding, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT cost increase, LRT funding, LRT supporters, Minister of Finance, misinformation, misleading, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey LRT budget increase, Surrey LRT cost increase, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey, a grassroots organization opposing Surrey’s proposed Light Rail Transit, notes to all supporters and observers that the recently announced capital cost increase to $2.6 billion shows that Light Rail technology was the wrong decision for Surrey. City representatives had cited the rising costs of land as […]

Fair debate urged on Surrey Light Rail Transit issues

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on February 29, 2016Posted in Media ReleaseTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, Federal government, Future of Surrey, grade separation, Liberal Party of Canada, light rail, light rail funding, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT funding, LRT supporters, Minister of Finance, misinformation, misleading, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level rail, support for SkyTrain, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 29, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey’s founding director Daryl Dela Cruz is urging for a more fair debate on issues with the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit system, in light of a recent viewpoint published by The Now Newspaper that discourages the continuation of the debate our organization […]

Response to “misinformation” claim by CKNW

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on February 26, 2016Posted in Reality CheckTagged at-grade rail, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, Federal government, Future of Surrey, light rail, light rail funding, light rail supporters, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT funding, LRT supporters, Minister of Finance, misinformation, misleading, petition, politics, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, South Surrey, street-level rail, Surrey, Surrey B-Line, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transit blog, Surrey transportation, transit, Transportation, White Rock

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 26, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey founding director Daryl Dela Cruz has issued a response to recent claims of “misinformation” that were made by CKNW assistant news director Charmaine de Silva. Daryl Dela Cruz, our founding director, said: “When I offered the response “we are an advocacy group”, I meant […]