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SkyTrain for Surrey debunks the 1999 anti-SkyTrain “Greer report”

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on January 27, 2013Posted in Media ReleaseTagged ansaldo breda, at-grade rail, automatic train control, BC, Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit, Bombardier ART, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, British Columbia, Canada, Canada Line, Community Impact, competition, competitive transit, Coquitlam, debunking misconceptions, debunking myths, Economic development, Economics, Evergreen Line, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, limitations, LRT, LRT advocates, LRT comparisons, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, myths, plan, Rail for the Valley, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, rapid transit system, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain is not proprietary, streetcar, Sustainability, train, train control systems, tram, transit, TransLink, Transportation, UBC, Vancouver Light Rail, Vancouver LRT, vision, zweisystem

SkyTrain for Surrey debunks the 1999 anti-SkyTrain “Greer report” Debunking Myths Daryl DC (SfS Founder) January 27, 2013 We have released a new analysis of the 1999 “Review of Rapid Transit Project Claims” (a.k.a. the “Greer Report”) finding that the report’s release of misleading information resulted in significant delays in the construction of rapid transit […]