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Mode-share shift to transit prevalent in Vancouver, but not in Portland

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 7, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged Canada Line, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Metropolitan Area eXpress, mode-share, Portland LRT, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, sustainable transportation, train, transit, transit mode-share, TransLink, Transportation, transportation in Portland, transportation in Vancouver, TriMet, vancouver skytrain, Vancouver vs Portland, vehicle mode-share3 Comments

Late last month, the online blog Price Tags by Simon Fraser University CITY director Gordon Price published a blog article titled “Vancouver demolishes Portland: A transit comparison“. The analysis found that Vancouver “demolishes” Portland in attracting riders onto transit service and encouraging transit trips rather than vehicle trips. As a continuation of this analysis, we’d […]

Portland: LRT ridership drops; Canada Line continues to outperform

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, bus ridership, Canada, Canada Line, Canada Line vs LRT, cars, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, connected, Greater Vancouver, information, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, max line, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland light rail, Portland LRT, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rail transit ridership, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, ridership, ridership data, ridership increases, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, Transit agency, transit ridership, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet1 Comment

Light Rail Transit (LRT) ridership in Portland, Oregon has for whatever reason dropped this year. TriMet has published new ridership data for the month of June 2012: [CLICK HERE]. TriMet also conducted a media release about these numbers, viewable at [CLICK HERE]. While TriMet reported that the transit system has reached a record ridership, this […]

Canada Line outperforms entire LRT system

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 12, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged BC, Canada, Canada Line, Canada Line vs LRT, cars, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, connected, Greater Vancouver, information, light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, MAX LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland MAX, Portland MAX LRT, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet2 Comments

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 riders than the entire Portland MAX (Metropolitan Area eXpress) Light Rail Transit system. These are the numbers: System Opening Year(s) Average weekday boardings (2011) SkyTrain – Canada […]

Poor fare revenue and LRT ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on June 18, 2012Posted in Media ReleaseTagged bad examples, Bad LRT examples, British Columbia, Canada, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Economic development, Economics, Examples, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT fail, LRT failure, max light rail, Metro Vancouver, Metropolitan Area eXpress, misinformation, misleading, OR, Portland, Portland light rail, Portland MAX, Portland MAX Light Rail, Portland MAX LRT, portland transit, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, transit corruption, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet, vision3 Comments

MEDIA RELEASE – SKYTRAIN FOR SURREY ORIGINAL WRITTEN CONTENT Poor revenue and ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 18, 2012 – Surrey, BC Light Rail advocates in Surrey love to triumph Portland as a successful example of North American Light Rail Transit implementation. However, there is a side […]

Portland, OR: LRT is so cost-ineffective, unable to operate at promised frequencies

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 28, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bombardier Innovia ART, Canada, Canada Line, cars, cascade policy, city of surrey, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Economic development, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, LRT fail, LRT failure, max light rail, Metro Vancouver, Metropolitan Area eXpress, misinformation, misleading, Oregon, plan, Portland, Portland MAX, Portland MAX Light Rail, portland trimet, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, service intervals, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, train, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet4 Comments

There were a number of interesting facts pointed out by The Cascade Policy’s John A. Charles, whose research we have cited before (see references #39 and #79), about the Portland MAX in his latest article, called: Transit Hypocrisy. It is notable that he points out that that it has been said that there is a […]

Light Rail Ineffective: Portland transit mode-share unchanged despite $4 billion+ in LRT spending

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on February 26, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged bad examples, competition, Dianne Watts, Economics, expensive, expensive light rail, global warming, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, Metro Vancouver, mode-share, Portland, Portland light rail, Portland MAX, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, Sustainability, train, transit, transit mode-share, Transportation, TriMet23 Comments

Recently we came across the results of a study and article on Portland transit mode-share released not too long ago on the Human Transit Blog, written and managed by professional public transit planning consultant Jarrett Walker. The article is called “Portland: A Challenging Chart“. Walker and his friend Adrian created a chart which shows the […]

Portland, OR: the wrong role model for Surrey Rail Transit

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on November 14, 2011Posted in UncategorizedTagged automobile, BC, British Columbia, Canada, City Council, Community Impact, comparisons, competition, Dianne Watts, Economics, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, plan, Portland, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Sustainability, train, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet, vision5 Comments

There needs to be understanding of the role that rail transit will play in Surrey in the future. This city needs rail transit not only to more effectively move the people who already are here, but also to accommodate population growth and encourage appropriate development in the right areas. All of these roles that rail […]