Dear Editor:
No money for public transit but $3.5 billion and counting for a 10-lane bridge to dump more cars onto Vancouver’s crowded roads, no problem!
In Paris, pious platitudes to save the planet, but back home massive investment in the automobile while starving public transit. Hypocrisy writ large!
Premier Clark has a perpetual happy smile, but leadership? Not so much!
Would it not be better to leave the tunnel as is, while extending the Canada Line to south of the Fraser at half the cost and invest the other half in public transit?
Nearly all automobiles using the tunnel are single occupant. Every commuter taken off the road is nearly equivalent to taking one car off the road.
That is a quick and efficient solution to congestion and far superior to building more capacity.
If we mean to save the planet, people need to get out of cars and into transit.
That would be leadership for a brighter future.
Nick Loenen
Richmond
