Re: Letter to the editor, “Voting Yes will push out poor,” March 18.
“It is well documented that the core users of any transit systems are the poor.”
Where is the proof that the core users of any transit systems are the poor? The majority of the TransLink passengers I see, day in-day out, appear to be people working in all sorts of jobs. Many have cars, but a monthly three-zone pass is cheaper than the $200 plus monthly permits I see advertised in downtown parkades.
Surely families that buy condos nearby a transit station do it because at least one member of the family will use transit? The Canada line success come from people in Richmond and beyond that used cars and have found that it is easier and economical to use transit.
I lived in Toronto for 10 years, using transit daily. I have visited London and Paris many times, and visited quite a few towns in Europe, North-America and Asia, using transit in all of them. Everywhere it was obvious that the majority of the people that endured being crushed in a bus or commuter train, at rush hour were going to or coming from work.
J.L. Brussac, Coquitlam
