Al0-Sunday News, April 27, 1980
inquiring
‘reporter
ee

by
Ellsworth
| Dickson

As most people know by now, Canada has
joined the United States in a boycott of the
Olympic Games in Moscow.

This issue the Inquiring Reporter asks:

‘What do you think
of Canada boycotting
| the Olympics?”’

Pat Lust
North Vancouver

I think it is a mistake.
The Olympic Gemes are
not poliucal. Sports and
pohtics don't mix. I feel
sorry for the athletes who
trained so hard = for
nothing. It’s not fair.

Diana Nerger
North Vancouver

{ think the boycott 1s
ridiculous. [tas silly to let
a political situation tn-
terfere with a sporting
event of this kind.

Tony Johnson
North Vancouver

I agree with the
poyoott We are an ally of
the (OS) and Russia did
invade Atghamstan We
Must) protest in some
manner which wall make

he Russians take note

Jerry Malek
Vancouver

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‘CAB-AND-RIDE’ PROPOSED FOR IN W.VAN
50° cab idea for commuters

Commuters living in West
Vancouver's Cypress Park
Estates may soon be able to
ride by cab between their
homes and the nearest bus
stop for a modest 50 cents —
that is, if a plan now being
examined by West Van
council goes ahead.

A feasibility
presented to council last
week envisages Cypress
Estates residents calling a
cab at 30 minutes notice to
take them to the bus stop at
peak periods.

On the return joumey
during the rush hour period
the bus driver would order a
cab by radiotelephone to

Study

meet the bus and drop
commuters off at their
homes.

The study proposes a 50
cent cab fare each way in
addition to the 40 cent bus

fare. This is based on the
concept of each cab carrying
several passengers per imp
and generating a revenue of
approximately $14-$SI5 per.
hour — with the aid of a
subsidy amounting to bet-
ween $14,750 and $19,750
per year, depending on use.

The study suggests that
the subsidy be split between
the municipality and the
Urban Transit Authority,
which shared the cost of the
study itself with West
Vancouver. .

The joker, for the
moment, is the attitude of
the taxi companies — so far

unknown — to the hourly’

revenue proposal.

Cypress park Estates is
located on steep terrain near
Cypress Falls Provincial
Park, which is regarded as
unsuitable for a bus route.

More grants approved

A grant of over $75,000 to
the North Vancouver City

Museum and Archives
committee was part of the
over $131,400 in grants
approved by North Van-
couver City council last
week.

Acuing on a= recom-

mendation from the finance

Trees torched
in North Van

Four ornamental trees
were torched outside a home
off Highland Boutevard, in

North Vancouver, Monday
lunchtime.
Four youths were seen

running away from the area
as the trees at 3545 Emerald
Dnve burst into flames.

committee, council also
approved grants of $43,000
to Presentation House,
$11,300 to the Community
schools trust account and
$2.130 to the North Van-
couver Crisis Services
Society.

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The “cab-and-ride” idea
developed from a_ study
three years ago by the West

Van transit committee which -

explored numerous possi-
bilities for serving areas of
the municipality that are
difficult of access. Those
possibilities included shared-
ride taxis, mini-buses and a
dial-a-bus system.

If the municipality and the
UTA decide that the latest
plan is practical, it is un-
derstood that it would be the
first system of its kind in
Canada. .

Depending on the success
of the scheme, it might later
be extended to other areas
not directly served by bus
routes.

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