Surrey Updates

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by Aroundtheworld

Crazy to think that Vancouver's weakest Skytrain route the Millennium Line outperforms the entire Portland MAX network (126k vs 123k), even though the MAX network is 20% longer than the entire Skytrain network and Portland has a similar population as well as a growth boundary. Just goes to show you the difference freeways and good transit service makes.

Only one year behind us, just as much transit spending... one quarter of the ridership. To be fair though, mobility was never the main objective (as with most of America's light rail projects).

Originally Posted by Bombaman

Of course, the mode of Transportation available has an impact for the immediate surrounding environments. It attracts developers and businesses into the areas where transportation infrastructure like SkyTrain or the planned LRT project is available.
Report highlights connection between property values, planned Surrey LRT boost

Rapid transit for the sake of development? Sure - implement a better 96, a BRT, street gondolas, or basically whatever kind of RT one can think of.

Hell, many places in the metro are attractive to developers despite being dirtier and having just trolley buses... if the DTES can get densification, why does Surrey feel like they need a train to get the ball rolling?