To the editor:
Re: "Metro Van mayors seek funding magic for transit," July 3.
Very pleased to see the Vancouver Courier focus on our transit problems and see mention of the desire for light rail system south of the Fraser. For those of us travelling to and from the Fraser Valley for work, school, friends and family, we are desperate to have passenger rail service restored, to have the old Interurban resurrected, to have an alternative to using our cars, to have a safer, faster, cleaner alternative to the highway.
As to the funding, "road pricing" seems a bit harsh for those of us having to drive for lack of an alternative. We don't need a disincentive; we don't want to be driving. Also, we do pay the tax on the gasoline, and are already hurting having to pay for the gas and having to endure the frequent unpleasantness on the highway - four-car accidents, vehicles on fire, broken semi trucks that lost a wheel or pickups leaking diesel. The daily traffic reports should be enough to have us all yelling: "Get the train on the tracks!" D'Anne Davis, Vancouver
