vision - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

Phase 2 Transit Plan does not put Surrey commuters first

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on March 16, 2018Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, Burnaby, Burnaby mayor, city of surrey, competitive transit, Derek Corrigan, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, King George Blvd, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Mayor Derek Corrigan, Mayors Council, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, NDP, Phase 2, provincial government, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, Regional Mayors' Council, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

The region is about to make one of its most expensive transit mistakes ever in Surrey.

Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT should be removed from 10-Year Vision

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on January 11, 2018Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, Burnaby, Burnaby mayor, city of surrey, competitive transit, Derek Corrigan, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, King George Blvd, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Mayor Derek Corrigan, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, NDP, provincial government, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT should be removed from 10-Year Vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 11, 2018 – Surrey, BC In an open letter penned by our campaign chair, SkyTrain for Surrey has requested the incoming Mayors’ Council Chair – Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan – to remove the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) line […]

Letter to Mayors’ Council Chair, Derek Corrigan (Jan 9, 2018)

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on January 9, 2018Posted in Media Release, Open LetterTagged BC, British Columbia, Burnaby, Burnaby mayor, city of surrey, competitive transit, Derek Corrigan, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, King George Blvd, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Mayor Derek Corrigan, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, NDP, provincial government, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

MEDIA RELEASE Letter to Mayors’ Council Chair, Derek Corrigan (Jan 9, 2018) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 9, 2018 – Surrey, BC The Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) project will do little to improve transit commutes for the people it would serve, and should not be in the region’s 10-Year Vision. Our campaign chair […]

Letter to B.C. Premier John Horgan (Sept 14, 2017)

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on September 14, 2017Posted in Media Release, Open LetterTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, competitive transit, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, King George Blvd, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, NDP, Premier John Horgan, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

SkyTrain for Surrey has penned an open letter to B.C. Premier John Horgan and the provincial government, in response to recent requests from some involved stakeholders to “hurry up” on deciding the rapid transit technology on Fraser Highway. Rushing a decision on an issue that involves billions of regional taxpayers’ dollars would be a huge […]

Video offers glimpse into Surrey’s Light Rail future

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on June 26, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BC, British Columbia, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT design, LRT features, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Rapid bus, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

[embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booRo4-vbTQ[/embedyt] IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 26, 2017 A new video released by SkyTrain for Surrey offers stakeholders and decision-makers a glimpse of what Surrey’s future will look like with Light Rail Transit. Our aim is to bring attention to one of the major issues with building rail transit systems at ground-level and on-street: with trains […]

TransLink: Cancel the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on June 15, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BC, British Columbia, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT design, LRT features, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Rapid bus, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 15, 2017 SkyTrain for Surrey is calling for the cancellation of the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line project. In the coming weeks, we will be taking this call to the TransLink project team, the City of Surrey and the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation. We will also call for the acceleration of the Fraser Highway […]

10 Surrey LRT features for a fraction of the cost

By Daryl DC (SfS Founder)Posted on June 14, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, 96 B-Line, BC, British Columbia, BRT, bus rapid transit, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT design, LRT features, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Rapid bus, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG, SNG LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

Here are 10 LRT features and benefits that we can have without the expensive, multi-billion-dollar Surrey LRT.

Voice Your Opposition: Upcoming LRT Consultation

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on June 13, 2017Posted in Campaign UpdateTagged 104 Ave, BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

June 13, 2017 – Surrey, BC Today we have more than 2300 signatures and a strong network of SkyTrain supporters calling for a better deal for transit riders South-of-Fraser! In the coming weeks we will have another opportunity to make this call. TransLink has announced the next round of Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT consultations, and three additional […]

Say NO to the destruction of Hawthorne Park for LRT

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on June 7, 2017Posted in Campaign UpdateTagged 104 Ave, BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Hawthorne Park, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

June 7, 2017 – Surrey, BC One of the first major victims of Surrey’s shortsighted and problem-riddled plans for street level Light Rail will be Hawthorne Park. The City of Surrey is planning to build two new roads (see: 105 Avenue connector) that will cut through Hawthorne Park and split it in two. The city […]

LRT is the only reason for proposed road through park

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on June 3, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 104 Ave, BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, competitive transit, Evergreen Extension, Evergreen Line, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, Hawthorne Park, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, vision

REALITY CHECK 1 IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 3, 2017 – Surrey, BC REALITY CHECK: The City of Surrey wants you to believe that the proposed roads that cut through Hawthorne Park are not a result of Surrey’s short-sighted and problem-riddled plan for street-level Light Rail. Here is what we think about the recent statements by City staff: […]