~ Dear Editor: (The following detter was inspired by two articles in the North Shore News, Capers honors organic produce Sept. 23 and Street concerns raised in NV City Sept. 21.) If there was free land in a municipality and no city property tax on it, then maybe free parking would be just that, free. In reality, however, parking has costs and it is paid for by consumers in prices of goods and services, and by taxpay- ers for parking on public sector property. Since not everyone drives all the time, the costs of parking are subsi- dized by pedestrians. cyclists and transit riders. When you consider motor vehi- cles use approximately 40% of land and produce 75% of Greater Vancouver's air pollution, they are the greatest threat to achieving sus- tainable cities. If ear owners would use alternative modes of transporta- tion for 40% of their city trips. motor vehicles would no longer be a serious threat There would be 40% less demand for parking and a 30% reduction in air pollution, Congestion would be eased and so would need for more lanes. Prior to the Second World War, cities had human scale. Locations were measured by walking dis- tances and walking distances to public transit. Merchants provided Collins counters Lautens Dear Editor: This concerns Trevor Lautens’ piece of Oct. 14. headed “Countering Mr. Collins,” Trev stated, correctly, that [ had not included the whole of Professor Arno Mayer's statement on sources on the alleged Nazi gas chambers. I wrote that according to Mayer, “sources on the gas chambers were at once rare and unreliable.” 1 did not add that the professor also said that was “insufficient to put in question the use of gas chambers in the mass murder of Jews in Auschwitz.” The reason [ did not do so was that [ was’making a number of short points on the Holocaust story, and the quote I used was the bot- tom line on what Mayer had said. Trev wasn’t right about Bergen- Belsen, though. I said there were no gas chambers there in 1945 when I saw the camp, and he wrote he had checked six books on the Holocaust and none had claimed there were. So what was the point of my statement? It “falls flat,” he said. Not so. Untii the story had to be dropped, it being patently wrong, it was in fact claimed that there were gas chambers at Belsen. This is my last comment on the current controversy but } must thank Trev for discussing the issue in a civilized way. which is more than can be said for some people. Doug Collins West Vancouver free delivery and bakeries and dairies had daily route deliveries. When we look down the road to our immediate future, we discover that merchants will again be provid- ing delivery service to those clec- tronic shoppers. But in the mean- time mall managers and merchints are giving no acknowledgement of those who arrive on foot, and they are even discriminated against in favor of the drivers. When they ren- aie! GEL SKY LITE e real cost of loca ovated Park Royal, for example, the bus stop on the south side was removed trom near the eatrance to Marine Drive. Yer if managenrent and mer- chants thought a lithe deeper, they would realize that if lO0G% of cus- tomers parked. there would not be enough purking spaces. In Kitsilano a large store which features organic food, also features 200 free parking spaces, yet they SALOMON Salomon ski boots new for ‘95! Size 7-13 White or black. Reg. $100.00 porennrinen iit nary CROSS-TRAINER ; VG Women’s cross-trainer. Size 5-10. Reg. $70.00 TERRAIN Men's hi igh top hiker. Reg. $90. 00 Size cal Bugle Boy SHIRTS Cotton twill shirts in solid colours, Reg. $45.00 are located ina very pedestrian oti- ented area served by good public transit, Obviously they are catering to their customers who, paradox i- cally, are concerned about health and wood farming ecology yet want to drive from door to door in a city Jandscape, Economists should fook into the free parking concept. Hf we accept that all parking has costs, we should be able to find out what they are. SALE SURUTAY, paiumamemaianns SX65/SX65t Men's or women’s. _ Reg. $295.00 Sale 189.88 All employees/management staff in public and private sector should pay for their parking atthe warkplace. To prepare society for all the changes that will be coming with the “information highway.” maybe we should start charging for all parking and the business communi- ty should consider once again pro- viding free delivery. Lorraine Fisher North Vancouver POWDER KING PAC ¢ Elan SAXZ8/SAK 18 SKIS « Salomon 577 BINDINGS « Munarl ROS/ASSL BOOTS © Buralite POLES GE ideal beguaner/ilermediate adult packaye for comfort, Aa at value se as {unt Sale 339.88 n- ore Size 5- raf a 6 149.8 88 | MBX14/16 CAP RACE SKIS | ( Lightweight, high 4 performance skis. eee EE ORES | Action Gem _— KID’S 3-IN-1 JACKET Boy's ar girls system bomb: 3 colours. Reg. $100.00