8 ~ Korth Shere News — Friday, October 13, 2000

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emergency
training

Dear Editor: .
I appiiud your article and
the efforts of | North
Vancouver City regarding the
recent Quakefair. at Fel!
Armoury, While T realize that
the event raised the awareness
of 2,509 people, your article
did- nor’ mention how: they,
and those unable to attend

the taic, can learn more about -

the North © Shore's’ emet-
gency preparedness pro-
- grams, Jn fact, the North and
West Vancouver Emergency
‘Program -was one of the’
front-runners of neighbour.
hood programs, initiating this ~
“type of public awareness

“seven years ago.. With ‘the -

_ opportunity to refine the pro-
‘gram over time,: the North
Shore. program. has become,
+ perhaps, the most “compre-
Rensives yet achievable | free
programs in the province.

» Since becoming one_ ote

volunteer

this program’s: i
years ‘age,) if

instructors: five

have’ had: the Gpportunity to”
teach preparedaess to hightris-

comple hbou

hoods; businesses; communi
‘groups and residents in the
ies that com-

! Recscl Thave been teaching -
s ‘pteparedness «io
employees! of ".North

‘. Vancouver City

cy respons
by ensuring that
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incere “thanks.

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Translink pri

Dear Editor:

T wish te vent my frustration as to
how much longer it is to get around this
city, especially” Since the construction
work on Lions Gate Bridge has started.
For example for the past pwo weeks my
morning commute from 13th and
Lonsdale to_Phibbs Exchange is grow:
ing from [5 minutes to 30 minutes.
“This means in order to get to work in

Surnabe on time, Lam having to leave
earlier (so tar by 15 minute: bat bam
aware that could alo change). 1 find it

Very annoying to see the number of cars
with only one person (TIE bet 75% of
those people really do not need their

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cars) and then to sve the protesters with
their signs against the $75 car levy tax is
a bit insulting. PM bec the car drivers
would be the first in kine to protest the
cutting down of a tree, someone wear
ing a fur coat, or Mowing smoke in their
faces, but they ean pollute to no end!
Where [do support the car drivers in
the battle on die $75 levy is that
TransLink has no intentions of improv-
ing public transportation on the North
Shore, Ut anything, if they get their way,
T predict a major disaster for the follow.
ing reasons:
2 If we privatize within communitics to
taxi companies, who will regulate the

res Wereewneee

vatization spells ai

safety of the vehicles?

@ Who will regulate prices of the fares?
B Right now ovo phone cails will give
information on ail: buses — who will
control that avstem?

@ At the moment Transl ink/Coast
Mountain Bus can quickly provide shut-
tle services or extra buses if there is some
Kind of an emergency — what happens
in a system that ts fragmented?

SB When the drivers went out in
Burnaby, the supervisor at Phibbs_ was
able to give information on alternate
bus routes as the system is linked -—
what happens if'a similar event occurs in
a private system?

sasier

fn the meantime North Vancouver
residents are still stuck witht safety issues
at both Phibbs and Lonsdale Quay, a
bus depor that is tom small, rush- hour
buses coming from Burnaby and still.
waiting for the accordion buses that we
are supposed to have.

Oh well, at least we are contabuting,
toa very good life style and salaries to all
those top managers of TransLink (the-
number of managers and amount of
salvies we are not allowed to know). I MW:
het none of them are cut after privatiza-
tion!

Sue Cock
North Vancouver