Surrey council unanimously passes motion to ‘cancel ’ LRT

[tomh009]

I can buy the 'lower operating costs' argument if you take it as meaning there's no need for a separate LRT OMSF; the vehicles would be maintained at the existing SkyTrain facility.

Most of the difference is explained by their assumptions on asset life: 41 years for LRT, 48 years for BRT and 61 years for SkyTrain. I don't know where the numbers came from and what they mean. I can't see running today's SkyTrain rolling stock in 2080, even with refurbishment -- that would be like running Kennedy-era trains today. And I would really expect the SkyTrain station infrastructure to cost significantly more to maintain.

The other assumption is based on the passenger revenues, which in turn is based on the assumption that SkyTrain ridership will be far higher.



Anyway, this will not affect me in any way, so I will just reserve a large bucket of popcorn and see what actually happens in Surrey.