tata,

Dear Editor:

“Car ownership in the regional
district (GVRD) is growing twice as
fast as the population” — /n Our
Backyard by Peggy  Trendell-
Whittaker, 1992,

Accommodating the car since
the Second World War has been a
terrible expense to governments,
and one that keeps increasing.

‘In the GVRD, alone, motor vehi-
cles \are subsidized to the tune of
$2,400 to $2,600 each, per year.

An affluent four-car family is
subsidized by municipal taxpayers
approximately $10,000 each year.

Our economy in North America
is fuelled by the auto industry. On
the other hand, government deficits
are out of contro! on this continent.
This could be due in part to the
astronomical costs of accommodat-
ing the growing car population that
is being driven relentlessly everyday
which means more lanes; new,

wider bridges and tunnels.

As long as driving habits go
unchecked, the demand of motorists
can never be met and deficits keep
mounting.

Car addiction is out of control.
Far too few are using alternatives.

Only necessary repairs would be
needed to Lions Gate Bridge, for
example, if West Van motorists
made less trips over it.

West Van's Westmount park-and-
ride facility is almost always empty.
The British Properties is badly
served by transit.

Do the residents complain? No.
Obviously for the well-to-do, the
leaders: of society, public transit is
very unfashionable.

In this time of government eco-
nomic crisis, the mindless demand
to drive all the time is totally irre-
sponsible.

I's like smokers demanding to
smoke all the time, everywhere,

An issue of life and death

Dear Editor:

Abortion is a life and death
-issue. The spark of Jife is infused
into the cell at the moment of con-
ception as are all the characteristics

and physical features of the adult
person.

. Since itis impossible for a union
of man and woman to create any-
thing other than another person, but
for-the passage of time that deter-
mines the age and stage of develop-
ment, there can be little or no differ-
ence between the termination of a
pregnancy and the taking of the life

of any child or adult.

{ would suggest to Meredith
Reid and others that they Jook at
some of the ultrasonic irnages taken
of developing babies, or better still
find a way of examining the litter of
discharge from an abortuary to see
for themselves just how much of the
living person is torn asunder or
scalded through the process of ter-
minating pregnancy.

This visible evidence will speak
louder than words.

P. Seeley
West Vancouver

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A critical finger should not only
be pointed at smokers, it should also
be pointed at addicted motorists
who pollute and congest our cities
because they lack the will to reduce
driving and use alternatives.

Urban parents who encourage
their children to be socially respon-
sible should teach them some con-
trol in the use of cars and. not have
them become part of another gener-
ation of addicts who think it's cool
to drive everyday ‘to school today,
and everyday to work tomorrow.

No one living in a city should be
personally dependent on a car.
That's not what cities are about.
Cities are ubout proximity which
includes proximity to public transit.
Lorraine Fisher
North Vancouver

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