Editor,
Re: “Full throttle for rail revival,” June 20
TransLink receives a lot of often-unjust flak by the public and newsmedia, especially for not pushing forward full-steam on non-automated light rail. Be it for short or long distance trips, light rail still requires many cuts across many streets, thus negatively and very annoyingly affects (via traffic light) stop-and-go, fossil-fuel-emitting traffic.
Unfortunately, as long as SkyTrain is a monetarily – though not an environmentally – greater expense, there’ll be letters aplenty denouncing this superior form of mass transportation. Regardless of its price (paid by all taxpayers, etcetera,), SkyTrain’s benefits considerably outweigh its negatives -- unless, of course, one foolishly places breathable air on par, or even less so, with money
The promotion of additional fuel-burning buses hopefully will be ignored; and, oh yes, they spew their toxins aplenty with their unrelenting stop and go in vehicle-congestion infested Surrey (and especially)Vancouver.
Frank Sterle,
White Rock