It really would be a great loss for Surrey and Vancouver if TransLink, because of funding shortages, is forced to shelve planned SkyTrain extensions – and especially so if more carbon-exhaust-producing buses must be put on the road as a result of SkyTrain extension cancellations or delays.
SkyTrain is the best transportation option available, especially environmentally.
Commendable is the soon-to-come automated-rail Canada Line, connecting Richmond, the airport and Vancouver.
And ALRT, unlike non-automated Light Rail Transit, will not negatively affect the flow of already-congested traffic, for SkyTrain’s rail runs are all elevated and underground and do not force road-vehicular traffic to a halt along SkyTrain’s routes.
Here in the GVRD, research/polls reveal that what drivers – especially the single occupant vehicle drivers – expect most of public transit in order for them to leave their cars at home, was the stipulation that the public transit be convenient and fast – both of which are the SkyTrain concept’s prime aspects.
Frank G. Sterle, Jr.
White Rock[/QUOTE]
Another supporter of SkyTrain...that lives in White Rock
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