Surrey council unanimously passes motion to ‘cancel ’ LRT

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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.

Don’t forget that SkyTrain actually uses the automatic train operation feature of the system, unlike the Scarborough RT. This saves a huge amount on operating costs associated with having human operators.

I don’t know if that adds up to the SkyTrain proposal being better — most suggestions to cancel LRT lines are bad — but it’s a significant point.