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Tag Archives: bus
City to improve walking safety around all 120 schools
The City recently embarked on a comprehensive review of the safety and pedestrian access of areas in the vicinity of all 120 schools in Surrey. As an Early Action of the Transportation Strategic Plan, this review has identified a number … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, School Board, South Surrey, Transport, Whalley
Tagged access, bc, bus, elementary, safety, school, secondary, sidewalk, surrey, walk
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Rapid Transit study points to Fraser Highway, possible SkyTrain
TransLink recently entered public consultation for Phase 2 of their study on rapid transit in the South Fraser area. Phase 1 previously concluded the need to connect any future routes at Surrey City Centre, to aid in the concentration of … Continue reading
Posted in Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Transport, Whalley
Tagged brt, bus, langley, light rail, lrt, rapid transit, skytrain, surrey, transit, translink
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Transit improvements coming April 18th
As the second phase of TransLink’s Service Optimization Initiative, Surrey will be receiving some decent improvements to bus service next month. In an effort to be more efficient, TransLink will be reallocating 4.5% of service hours from under-used routes and … Continue reading
Posted in Transport
Tagged bc, bus, Fleetwood, frequency, scott road, service, surrey central, translink, vancouver
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Shocker: Surrey gives $140M/yr to TransLink
According to comments made to the Surrey Leader, Mayor Dianne Watts has revealed that Surrey sends roughly $144 million per year into TransLink’s coffers – that’s $44 million in property taxes and $100 million in gas taxes. The question is, … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Transport
Tagged b-line, bus, dianne watts, funding, king george, light rail, lrt, network, revenue, service, surrey, tax, transit, translink
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Mayors turn down property tax increase for TransLink
Roughly two weeks ago, the Premier, the Minister for Transportation, TransLink, and the Mayor’s Council all sat down together (for the first time ever) and agreed to work together to solve the funding issues surrounding regional transportation. Their talks culminated … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Transport, Whalley
Tagged bc, bus, evergreen line, funding, gordon campbell, mayor's council, mayors, peter fassbender, property tax, shirley bond, skytrain, supplement, surrey, translink, transport
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MLA Hayer also backs SkyTrain for Surrey
Surrey-Tynehead MLA Dave Hayer sent out a news release to the media backing the Premier’s decision to extend SkyTrain through Surrey to Langley. In the release, Hayer positions himself as a long-time advocate for transit, and connects the SkyTrain extension … Continue reading
Bus crashes into Newton Wave Pool
The Province is reporting that a bus crashed into the Newton Wave Pool this afternoon. Nobody inside was hurt, though the driver sustained leg injuries.
Posted in Newton, Parks and Rec, Transport
Tagged bus, crash, newton wave pool, transit, translink
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