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14 — Sunday, May 11, 1997 — North Shore News

Transportation tal

By Martin Millerchip

Contributing Writer

miller@nsnews.com

A new transportation advisory com-
mittee to North Vancouver District
Council is being selected.

District staff collected applications and
nominations during April, and council is now
determining which of the 30 or so volunteers
will fill seven appointments.

The North Vancouver Transportation
Advisory Committee
(TPAC) was conceived
last year by Coun. Ernie
Crist.

Crist has lobbied
hard for several years for
the extension of some

‘form of rapid transit connecting Vancouver to

the North Shore.

But lack of success with the Greater
Vancouver Regional District and limited suc-
cess at the local level. convinced him ro try to
involve the public in planning and advocacy to
agreater degree. .

“The only way the GVRD might listen to
common sense about rapid transit and stop
making excuses for why it can’t be done is if
enough people get involved and make it a pri-
ority,” reasons Crist.

‘TPAC’s stated purpose is to advise countil
on regional ‘and municipal transportation plan-
ning and mobility issues.

According to its terms of reference, the

it’s time to ~

_ Marting in June, District
Ss North Vancouver
residents are asked to put
out a maximum of three
bags, three cans, or one

‘municipal cart of garbage
for collection each week.

committee:

@ will work towards

promoting, devcloping

and improving environ-

mentally friendly, ener-

gy-efficient, socially

equitable, fow-impact

public transportation

and transportation poli- §

cy for North Vancouver

at the regional! and

municipal levels; Coun. Ernie Crist

@ will formulate trans- wants N. Shore
portation rapid transit link.
and transit
policy in a regional context, to pro-
vide options on how to promote,
advance, improve and review public
transit, rapid transit and the road
network system, to, from and with-

in North Vancouver;

@ will provide ongoing policy advice to staff

and council.

The committee will comprise 12 voting

members, including:

@ two representatives from the First Nations;

MM one representative from the Chamber of

Commerce; ;

M one representative from the North

Vancouver Disabilities Advisory Committee;

@ one ‘representative from the district’s

Advisory Planning Committee;

@ seven members at large, representing geo-

graphic and demographic characteristics of the

district and including: four transit users, one

pedestrian, one cyclist and one car driver.

9 Vancouver

Watch for more
information in the
Think Three package
coming in the Mail.

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