Has The SkyTrain Flip-Flop In Surrey Derailed?

Ah, the realities of political promises as the new Mayor of Surrey has now discovered; a very big $514 million problem. Even the most ardent of SkyTrain supporters, except for the tin foil hat brigade, realize SkyTrain costs a lot more to build than light rail and even may concede it costs more to maintain […]

Dated Thinking From A Dated Mayor

Dated transit thinking comes from SkyTrain, because light-metro is a dated transit system. There is no backbone for transit, except for a network of transit lines and only if it is designed properly, designed for the needs of its customers and not the electoral needs of politicians. One $2.95 billion SkyTrain does not a backbone […]

Did TransLink Design Surrey’s Light Rail To Fail?

  Surrey’s rejection of light rail in favour of SkyTrain with hardly a whimper from TransLink and without any rebuttal to the mayor of Surrey spurious claims about LRT, makes me think TransLink purposely designed light rail to fail in Surrey. There is an established SkyTrain Lobby within TransLink that plays very dirty when it […]

Quebec City Gets Le Tram

As light rail begins to gain influence in Canada, out in Lotus Land, stupid is as stupid does continues. Quebec City unveiled plans Friday to build a $3-billion public transit network that will include tramways, an electric trambus and reserved bus lanes. Meantime in Surrey, the new mayor halted plans for a $1.65 billion fully […]

Grenoble’s Tram

Grenoble tramway system is one of the very successful new build light rail line in France. Overview Native name Tramway de Grenoble Locale Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France Transit type Tram Number of lines 5 Number of stations 81 Daily ridership 233,700 (2015) Operation Began operation 1987 Operator(s) Société d’Économie Mixte des Transports Publics de l’Agglomération Grenobloise […]

A Tram Ride In Karlsruhe Germany

So, let’s ride a tram in Karlsruhe. Question: Why didn’t TransLink defend light rail in Surrey? Why was the CEO telling porkies about SkyTrain instead of setting the record straight on light rail? QHGAnk4Jxdk  

A ride on Ottawa’s New Light Rail.

  Let’s take a ride on Ottawa’s new light rail. Let\’s take a ride on Ottawa\’s new light rail.  

Surrey Must Pay Back $70 Million To TransLink!

  Surrey must pay back the $70 million already spent on LRT, if not, TransLink and the region must halt all transit planning in Surrey! The Light Rail project was ten years in the making, with much work and money spent during this time, $70 million dollars and just on the eve of letting contracts, […]

No SkyTrain For Surrey For A Decade

Don’t shoot the messenger. Didn’t old Zwei didn’t try to warn everyone, the Mayor of Surrey’s juvenile anti LRT crusade may mean no SkyTrain in Surrey for ten years or more and if Bombardier closes down production of SkyTrain cars, could mean no SkyTrain period. The indoctrinated believers, will still demand the obsolete SkyTrain, and […]

The Idiot’s Delight In Surrey Cancels Light Rail

Well its done, the idiots delight of new politicians in Surrey have voted to stop light rail. Now they think they can build SkyTrain to Langley for the same cost as light rail.. Laughable. The HATCH Report, planning to build SkyTrain to Langley put the cost at $2.95 billion, in 2017 dollars. So Surrey new […]