I've been going through this thread for the past hour and a half and I have read A LOT of posts concerning the fact that Surrey just doesn't have the ridership to be able to sustain certain forms of transit improvement. From where I stand, that argument is a reasonable assumption, but relies on flawed logic.
You see, I live in Cloverdale (Super-block - 188-192st, 56-60Ave) and the most frequent way I travel to and from university is by bus, by taking either the 341 or the 320. The problem I have is that the bus service, for either bus, is infrequent (every 30 minutes). Every day, I have to plan my schedule to the bus schedule, which means that, if I have a class that starts at 8:00am, I have to get to the bus stop at 7:05 for a bus that arrives at 7:19 and gets me to my destination at 7:27. The reason I have to get a bus half an hour early is that if I somehow miss that first bus, I have no other option but to sit and wait for a bus that comes
30 minutes later! (not fun in the winter when it's mostly cold and wet, and there is no bus shelter!)
The
only reason I don't walk to school is that I can't be bothered to walk on a busy road that has no sidewalks in the morning when it's dark and there are cars zooming by at over 70km/h. Everywhere else I travel, I travel by car.
If Translink where to increase the frequency of the bus service, I would certainly be inclined to use the bus on a more frequent basis and I can see many other people doing the same.