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The SkyTrain in Metro Vancouver was conceived as a legacy project of Expo 86 and the first line was finished in time to showcase the fair's theme: "Transportation and Communication: World in Motion – World in Touch".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/expo/pre_e.cfm#expo86 )〕 Construction was funded by the provincial and federal governments. Vancouver had plans as early as the 1950s to build a monorail system, with modernist architect Wells Coates pencilled in to design it; that project was abandoned. The lack of a rapid transit system was said to be the cause of traffic problems in the 1970s, and the municipal government could not fund the construction of such a system. During the same period, Urban Transportation Development Corporation, then an Ontario crown corporation, was developing a new rapid transit technology known as an "Intermediate Capacity Transit System". In 1980 the need for rapid transit was great, and Ontario needed buyers for its new technology. "Advanced Rapid Transit" was selected to be built in Vancouver to showcase the Ontario project at Expo 86. ==Expo 86 -- Expo Line== Construction of the original line began on March 1, 1982 under the Social Credit government of Bill Bennett,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Vancouver History )〕 who inaugurated the system at Waterfront Station. SkyTrain opened on December 11, 1985 with free weekend service, and entered full revenue service on January 3, 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1985.htm )〕〔Source: "On Track: The SkyTrain Story", by David Sproule, 1996.〕 Until 1989, SkyTrain terminated at New Westminster Station; in 1987 construction began on an extension including the Skybridge, Columbia Station, and Scott Road Station, extending service to Surrey. The line was expanded yet again in 1994 with the opening of the Gateway, Surrey Central, and King George stations. SkyTrain is part of the 1996 Greater Vancouver Regional District's (GVRD) Livable Region Strategic Plan, which discusses strategies to deal with the anticipated increase of population in the region. These strategies include increasing transportation choices and transit use. From 1989 to 1993, BC Transit had carried out an extensive analysis on rapid transit from Vancouver to Richmond. Close to a million dollars was spent by BC Transit carrying out engineering and cost estimates on various possible alignments. Routes in Vancouver such as Granville, Oak, Heather, Ontario and Main Street were all examined and eliminated. Recommended routes for the final assessment were Cambie street and the Arbutus corridor. The final option selected was SkyTrain running along Cambie, but the Arbutus line was a strong contender from the point of view of cost and LRT technology. In about 1995, the Provincial government changed its priorities, and announced a Broadway/Lougheed/New Westminster rapid transit route, with a future line to Coquitlam; this would be named the Millennium Line. As part of that announcement, there were rapid transit corridors for future studies shown from Vancouver to Richmond. These corridors were Arbutus and Cambie streets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the SkyTrain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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