4- Friday, February 16, 1996 ~ North Shore News

Better

transit
access
sought

WEST VANCOUVER’S young
people need improved bus
services, according to a rec-
ommendation from the
municipality's youth advisory
committee.

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

By Maureen Curtis

The requested improvements
include later hours of service and
more frequent service.

The committee suggests that
mini-buses be used to provide extended ser-
vices.

“If we want youth to participate in recre-
ational opportunities we have the responsibility
of providing services in the evening hours for
them,” said Coun. Diana Hutchinson at the Feb.
5 meeting of West Vancouver District Council.

Lions Bay and the Caulfeild area near the

a e

new Rockridge Middle School need better ser-
vice, the commitice advises.

Council passed a motion to refer the com-
mittee’s recommendations to the transit manag-
er for inclusion in the 1996-97 service plan

_ request.

Coun. Allan Williams successfully amended
the motion to include a request to the transit

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NEWS photo Brad Ledwidgo

EMILY LEEVERS (left) and Sarah Stephenson (middie) try out a new version of wheelchair-acces-
sible Blue Buses at Park Royal. Seventeen low-fioor buses will serve West Vancouver.

manager for information about the procedures
the transit authority uses when considering
changes to services. -

Said municipal clerk Margaret Warwick. “In
other words, we want to know what happens to
our recommendations.

We want to become educated as to what their
process is.”

Michae! Becker
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