The people have spoken and they want good Lower Mainland transit
The number of users of the new Canada Line shows there is a need and a desire for public transit, argues the letter writer.
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The Editor,
There you go, a perfect refutation of those nay-sayers of Translink’s rapid transit plans that I’ve been reading lately.
The Canada Line between Richmond and Vancouver International Airport and downtown Vancouver is exceeding expected demands just a week later after the official opening. What greater illustration of the need for this particular mode of rapid transit could there possibly be?
We need now to focus on building and then extending the Evergreen Line towards Abbotsford.
This sector experiences extremely high levels of commuter travel over the new Golden Ears Bridge.
These stories didn’t get much exposure but they are extremely relevant to the dangerous heavy traffic the Lower Mainland has been subjected to over the last several years and which everyone seems to have resigned themselves to seeing as normal.
Expanding rapid transit should be seen as a great stimulus to small business and a benefit to the economy because, as the opening of Canada Line has proven, many more people are using it to get around and that will benefit all the businesses along the route.
M. Schooff, Port Coquitlam
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