Do you feel our municipalities should be asking the local taxpayer if we want buses or a combination of buses and a passenger rail service for the Valley?

YES - 85%
NO - 15%

Calgary implemented a passenger rail service in the early 80’s with a population of 480,000. Our population in the Valley is over 880,000 and will reach a million by 2012; do you feel that our population warrants a community passenger rail system to Valley?

YES - 88%
NO - 13%

Would you like to see our Township and City Mayors and Council supporting a passenger rail service for the valley now, not in 2031

YES - 88%
NO - 13%

Would you take a passenger rail service to the Abbotsford Airport and leave your car at home?

YES - 83%
NO - 18%

Do you think a passenger rail service should be implemented to the Fraser Valley by 2010 as they did for Expo in 1986? Such a service would help deliver tourists who stay at accommodations south of the river to the Olympic events as well as deliver tourists arriving to the Abbotsford airport.

YES - . 83%
NO - 18%

Do you think 2031 is an acceptable timeline for a community passenger rail service to be delivered to Willowbrook Mall?

YES - 13%
NO - 88%

Which mode of transportation would you guarantee you would leave your car at home to travel to Vancouver for a hockey game or a football game?

A bus - 8%
passenger rail service - 93%

Do you think that a combination of SkyTrain and a community passenger rail service would encourage tourism from Vancouver to Chilliwack?

YES - 75%
NO - 25%

Do you support the idea that the Provincial Government should have a continuous long term master transportation plan in support of the liveable region strategy for south of the Fraser River?

YES - 88%
NO - 13%

Do you support VALTAC's objectives?

YES - 85%
NO - 15%

We look forward to your particpation in our next survey.
Valley Transportation Advisory Committee