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Originally Posted by Vonny
I tend to agree with these views, which reflect the ones expressed in this post.
The backbone of a regional rail as expressed by racc could follow the thick arrows in this map (and skytrain is probably not the right choice for that)
once the precise alignment is selected, other piece of the system including in Surrey become self-obvious...
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Well, why not Skytrain? The westernmost thickest line, between Downtown Vancouver and Surrey IS Skytrain, so if the next most important and busy link (the next thickest line) is Langley to Surrey, then why not extend Skytrain? The thinner, less traveled lines are the ones that should be light rail or commuter rail.
WRT Guildford, I honestly don't think it is THAT important in the grand scheme of things. The biggest problem for transit to Guildford is that people live PAST it. The buses to and from Guildford are busy because most of them are buses that also travel through Fleetwood and beyond (and some from Langley). Those are insanely long bus routes, so of course buses get full. It's not the crush of people getting on at Guildford, it the mass of people already on the bus by the time it's on 152 or 104 that cause problems.
Skytrain down Fraser would eliminate so many of the long bus rides. The long haul 500 buses could be replaced with a multitude of short haul lines and community shuttles.
If there isn't enough money to also have LRT/BRT to Guildford, then at least they have better options than they do now. It would only be a short bus ride South to the closest Skytrain Staion (around 5 minutes for most Guildford Residents), or a much less stressful bus ride down 104 to Central City.
It might not be the best sollution of Guildford residents, but Skytrain down Fraser does more for a larger number of people, thus has higher utility over all.
(Besides, we are in the process of building a billion dollar bridge that people in Guildford have easy, easy access to. People deeper in the city where you have to drive through a hundred lights to get anywhere need some love).