Skytrain should be extended to Newton Town Centre with a spur to Guilford Centre from Central City (similar to Canada Line to YVR and Brighouse). This would allow for increased transit oriented development along KGB and 104 corridors. This would also create transit hubs at each terminus for bus connections from i.e. N. Langley, S. Surrey, etc.
The Langley/Cloverdale urban area should be serviced by one of two options:
1) Rapid bus or BRT down Fraser Highway in the medium term until ridership numbers warrant development of a future LRT or MRT line; or
2) A suburban commuter rail along the BNSF/CN & SRY corridor with stops at
-Langley,
-Cloverdale,
-Newton,
-Nordel,
-Scott Road,
-Braid Street/NW,
-Gilmore/BBY or Renfrew/Vancouver,
-Waterfront.
With connections to Skytrain at Newton Town Centre, Scott Road, Braid, Gilmore or Renfrew, and Waterfront. This line could run hourly throughout the day, instead of peak hours like WCE, and use similar rolling stock as the new Toronto Union-Pearson Express:
http://www.upexpress.com/en/project/vehicles.aspx
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/09/...look-at-torontos-downtown-airport-train/
All regular and express bus lines should feed into these systems in order to make it work. Closer proximity to rail stations would shorten bus trips allowing for more frequent bus service or buses to be distributed elsewhere within the transit system.
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