Millennium Line - Broadway Extension: Planning & Pre-Construction

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Originally Posted by BCPhil

The reason bus ridership in Surrey is so bad is what's the point. In Surrey, if you are not traveling over any bridges, transit is for poor people. Going from point A to point B south of the Fraser, it is much, much faster to drive, without fail.

Most people who would take the bus, but don't, would like to take it to Skytrain to get over the river. But for a lot of people, like in South Surrey, or Cloverdale, or Langley, its almost an hour long bus ride just to get to King George station. So again, what's the point? I'm pretty sure, that even driving in traffic from Cloverdale to downtown takes less time than transit.

If Skytrain were extended in 1 of the 3 directions it could go (Guildford, Langley, or Newtown) you would see a ridership explosion. For example, if people in Cloverdale could take a quick bus trip down 64th ave, to a station at 64th and KG, more people would. Same with if the train went to TCH and had a mammoth PnR.

It's not so much about denstity, as it is about getting it that much closer to more people. Broadway is a different beast. You already have ridership, as well there are people who don't take transit there because they don't like riding the full B-Lines. You would be providing more destinations, attracting more riders to the system.

While I do agree that surrey needs to have skytrain extended to at least guildford and or south down KG.

I do believe the bigger problem is the need for better and more frequent bus service. Also the introduction of B-line servicing like the 99 not the 97.