Transit
Dear Editor:

Reo “Fimothy Remsinis’s
Jan. 23 Rapping Yarns cola

As an cx i Wests
Vancouvertte come back tor
two weeks CL live in Montreal,
heart help but sotice the
abysmal lack of public: transit
in this city, and the cqunttly
abysmal proposals hy
TransLink to remedy Ue site
ation,

To my knowledge vou are
the only commentator to pre:
pose shat would seem obvi
ous: a train fink to the North
Shore, and increased Seabus
ferries and routes,

Why, ina city blessed with
so much water, is there only
ene SeaBus route? Why,
instead of spending $100 mil-
lion for what seems, to my
eyes at ieast, pointless renova-

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services inadequate on N.

dons to Lions Gare Bridge,
hus no one proposed estabish

ing amoneenad link? Not ons
would such oa dink greatly
rehteve the levels oF congestion
dand maybe vet same of those
single passengers out of their
SUVsi, it would be one at the
most scenic poblic transport
fines in the world. Whe has ng
one propesed some sort of
streetear service as they have in
‘Toronto, and are talking of re-
introducing in Montreal?

The watn link to Whistler is
an exciting idea and Pm sure
wauld pay for itself in virtually
ho time.

Blessed with one of the
Most. spectacular settings in
the world, Vancouver needs to
do more to make the city live
up to its surroundings and a
first-class public transport sys-

tem as a good step on dat
dire ton

Tim Beckett

daryix@istar.ca

Dear Editor:

Reo ‘Timothy Renshaw ’s
jan. 23 Ripping Yarns

Ain’c it the truth! £ could
Wt agree with vou more, Twas
beginning to think FP owas the
only person in Vancouver who
had noticed that the North
Shore is, vet again, being
ignored when it comes to pul.
hic transit.

Must be something to do
with not voting NDP...

1 would be delighted if |
could get to work easily and
quickly by public transit. A
direct express link after cross
ing the Second Narrows
Bridge from Lonsdale /Phibbs

Bachanyge te the Ski Train
iJovee “Metrotow ni) would
be a wondertul mntena step
while finalizing. a rapid rail tink
and additional SeaBus stapes.

I dont understand why it is
so dificult for Vancouver to
come up with cftective cross
town services, Downtown
Vancouver is not the centre of
the universe,

hanks for the beads up
about the Feb. 9 meeting.
Lynne [rwin
Burnaby
Iynne.irwin@behydro.be.ca

Dear Editer:

I agree heartily with your
recent editorial “SN. Shore at
back of transit: bus” (lan. 23
Ripping Yarns column).

Pye often felt that North
Vancouver is the “poor rela

tron” as tar as ‘Transhank is
concerned. — Many are the
umes Pve checked the oew
tinetable, heaping for some
improvement to the serige in
mv neiehbouricod. Many are
the umes that nothing has
ebspged, and omy cynicism
remains entrenched.

bet me tell vou a hire bit
about the service ut my arca ---
Deep Cove.

Service in that area is
designed tor peopfe who work
downtown, only work during
the day, and onk work
Monday vo Friday.

Trvg to get to work on a
weekend morning? Then good
luck to you, as service from
Deep Cove to Phibbs
Exchange is onty once an hour
at that ume. Trying to get

Shore

home from downtown ster
5.35 pam on a weekday?

Again i wish you luck, as
the specta! express buses have
Mopped running, and yetung
aseaton the 210 is a miracte.

Many of us don’twerg 9 to
3, Monday to Friday. Some,
sul as myself) are shift work-
ers. Who work odd hours and
can be called in on) short
notice. Many people aise work
weekends. Lots of transit users
are students, who are usualiv
on the ge alt day and into the
evening.

Tin also enraged at the
oroposed fare hikes. So
TransLink wants us to pay
more? They'd better show us
some improvements first!
Margaret ?Va!lace
North Vancouver

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