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The report, which summarized
the VRTS’s 1993-94 annual ser-
vice plan, recommends that input
from staff and the general public
be sought through a task force or
transit advisory committee before
any changes ure made fo the tran-
sit system.

The VRTS’s annual plan con-
tained a review of service stand-
ards, a framework for updating
those standards and a marketing
plan for the next year.

The staff report suggests that if
implemented, the VRTS’s pro-
posal for updating service stand-
ards could result in:

@ longer walking distances and
fewer bus stops;

@ lower services at
hours;

@ and increased times between
transit vehicles in suburban arcas.

Council supported staff's rec-
ommendation to set up a_ task
force and came up with its own
suggestions for improving public
trausit on the North Shore.

Coun. Stella Jo Dean suggested
lowering fares to increase rider-
ship.

“f think the problem is that we

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Wednesday, October 28, 1992 - North Shore News - 74

Lower transit fares, reduced
travelling time recommended

LOWER FARES, reduced traveliing time and more public
input were just three of the suggestions for improved
public transit brought forth by North Vancouver City
Council after it received a report from staff on the Van-
couver Regional Transit System (VRTS) on Oct. 19.

By Layne Christensen
Contributing Writer

haven't really marketed the transit
system,"* said Dean. ‘‘We should
be agressively seeking ou! new
customers, and | think the way to
do that is to possibly look at the
cost of the fares.’”

Coun. Barbara Perrault stressed
the need io cut travelling time and
the cost of fares.

Referring to an Oct. [8 News
article that reported on a recent
public forsm on transit held at
Lions Gate Hospital (LGH), Per-
rault’ focused on the needs of
seniors,

**So many people on the North
Shore want to get from cast to
west or west to cast, and it's
almost an impossible situaticn,’’

"NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY COUNCIL

she said. “For 4 person in a
wheelchair or disabled it’s almost
a half a day’s undertaking’ to get
from West Vancouver to LGH.

Perrault also stressed the need
to market the transit: system to
“get people out of their cars’ and
unto the buses.

But North Vancouver City
Mayor Jack Loucks said that
marketing was not a new idea and
the main problem was the ex-
istence of two separate transit
systems on the North Shore -~ the
Blue Bus system in West Van-
couver, which is autonomous
from the VRTS, and the North
Vancouver Transit System, which
is part of the VRTS.

Outlining the need for
municipal contrat of the transit
system, Loucks added “| think if
we have one structure under local
control a fot of these problems
might be easier to solve.”’

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