in discussion group

ONE PERSON attending a

six-person discussion group’

‘Tuesday on_ business - and public transit took the bus.

By Anna Marie D’ Angelo _ News Reporter

-" Peggy Stortz, Worldwide Home Environmentalists’’ Network spokesman, was also late. __

“Personally, I’d like to have.a

‘Car sometimes. But I think cars can be an addiction related to a -fast-past lifestyle,’ said Stortz.

: Stortz was part of a discussion group headed by Lorraine Fisher of. The Dynamics Group com- municatior: company.

‘Other participants included North Vancouver City council candidate Darrell Mussatto, ICBC administrator and Go-Green ‘spokesman Larry Gauvreau along with North Shore real estate agents: Doug Anderson and Nor- man Lum.

Eight other invited participants did not attend the two-hour discussion group at the com- munication company’s office on East Esplanade.

Participants were asked to write a “wish list” concerning improv- ing transit. They were also asked: to write about how business could potentially gain from an improved transit system,

The transit observations in- cluded the following:

“ @ transit was good when going to Vancouver, but not when going across the North Shore;

@ transit was often inconvenient;

NEWS photo Tarry Paters

LORRAINE FISHER of The Dynamics Group communication com- pany headed discussion of transit issues affecting business.

Business gains tied to improved transit

'® transit was unreliable;

The transit-improvement sug- gestions included the following: © strive for a slow change instead of radical change in the use of transit; ® try implementing shuttle buses or taxi-type buses tied in. with transit routes; @ research where cars are going; @ make it easier to buy bus tick- ets; @ increase the 1% commission for the sale of transit tickets to businesses; @ implement an advertising cam- paign to say it’s OK to use the bus. This may include profiles of people who use transit; @ try to have services in com- munities so people don’t have to drive long distances; @ point out the true costs of driving cars including insurance, parking, and car maintenance; © try to change pcople’s mindset from the “either/or? use of car and bus to having it acceptable to use both car and bus; ® have city planners design bike routes before a demand so people have an option of using them after the routes are in place; @ revise the whole transit system and be aware of costs; @ improve lighting on routes; @ have a transit week co-spon- sored by businesses with reduced fares and gifts such as newspapers to “tempt”? non-transit users to use mass transit; ® arrange informal meetings with people who are ‘“‘transit wise’? to

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