est Vancouver
resident calls for
seabus terminal
at Calamity Pt.

WHILE THE provincial gov-
ernment examines options to
improve the efficiency of mov-
ing cars in the Lions Gate cor-
ridor, one North Share resident
is getting a lot of attention for
his proposal to improve the
efficiency of moving people.

By Kevin Gillies
Contributing Writer

West Vancouver resident Ken
Higys believes increasing the
capacity of cars currently being
handled by Lions Gate Bridge
would only add to current problems
of traffic congestion and pollution.

He suggests building a seabus
terminal 500 fect east of the exist-
ing bridge.

His wants to dredge a small bay
near Calamity Point to house a
seabus terminal and exchange loop
for buses. ;

Buses, he says, would approach
from the west end of Welch Street
and Capilano Road. A new access
road might run south from the west
end of Welch.

A minimum of Indian Land
would be needed, according to
Higgs.

The Lions Gate Bridge could
then be renovated to three wider
lanes, two wider walkways and it
would retain its old profile.

Leaving the corridor with three
lanes instead of four, five or six~
would discourage commuters from
driving.

Higgs said commuters from
Nanaimo and the Howe Sound who
currently jam buses from Horse-
shoe Bay to Park Royal and beyond

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could transfer at the new bus loop,

The scabuses carry a capacity of
400 people every 15 mints +s which
is ctght times as many as a single
bus.

iy. adding an additional seabus
route from. West Vancouver, Higgs
says bus traffic over the bridge
could be virtually eliniinated and
the frequency with which buses run
across the North Shore could be
dramatically increased,

His plan conforms to the goals
of the Greater Vancouver Regional
District's (GVRD) tong-range plins
for transportation systems in the
Lower Maintind.

it would also diminish traffic
through the west end of Vancouver.

He points to the work of Arthur
Imperatore and his Imperial Ferry
Corporation as an example of how
effective ferries are when it comes
{o Moving mass quantitics of peo-
ple.

Imperatore was laughed at in the
1980s when he proposed a ferry

sysiem to link New Jersey with,

Manhattan.

“With the exception of the Staten
istand Ferry, ferry service was vir-
tually obsolete by 1967.

The advent of tunnels and
bridges made transit unnecessary to
anyone owning a car.

Today Imperatore's ferry ser-
vice moves 20,000 passengers
across the Hudson River and he
will be opening three new routes in
1994.

Higgs argues that using a [erry

system in Burrard Inlet would cut
air pollution und tffic congestion
by making transit t appealing to
commuters.

The idea could even be expand
ed to running ferrics from the north
end of the Second Narrows Bridge.

Canadian car trips down
last year, study reports

ANNUAL PER-VEHICLE driving
distance decreased in 1993, accord-
ing to the 3.6 million member, non-
for-profit Canadian Automobile
Association (CAA),

The average primary: vehicle
was driven 18.237 kilometres
(14,307 mifes) over the previous 12
months, according to 27,788
motorists who responded to CAA’s
annual Vehicle Durability Survey.

Another sign of an aging fleet is
a rising average odometer reading.

Despite a decrease of 744 km
(461 miles) in annual driving dis-
tance, the average distance trav-
elled to date is now 88,73) km

(55,013 miles), compured to 87,967

(54,539 miles) last year and 85,388
(52,950 miles) the year before.

Detailed survey results appear in
CAA’s Autopinion 94 annual car
buying guide, plus specification
and color photos of all 1994 cars
and light trucks and comprehensive
information on older models for the
used cur buyer.

This publication is recommend-
ed for anyone considering buying a
new or used vehicle, and is a
source of information for all
Canadians who own or drive cars,
ft is available at CAA Member club
offices and newsstands across
Canada,

CAA is the federation of all 17
provincial and regional non-for-
profit auto clubs across Canada,
with over [30 offices from coast to
coast, and is affiliated with auto
clubs in over 95 countries.

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