The Editor,
Re. “Sky Train vs. LRT debate (Opinion, The Tri-City News, May 22).
A seamless system in the real world of transit means that inter-city trains (commuter trains), subways, ALRT (SkyTrain), buses and tramways (LRT in North America) meet at transit hubs, allowing commuters to go easily from one type of transit to another.
I could give detailed examples of at least 12 towns spread over three continents. Suffice it to say that except for short-distance trips, one has to change vehicles at least once.
On most of my trips from Coquitlam to downtown Vancouver I use a bus, then SkyTrain, then another bus.
The only trips that do not involve the use of several transit vehicles are those that involve from start to finish walking, riding a bike or driving a car.
SkyTrain fanatics dislike tramways, yet numerous towns in the world, with bigger transit systems than Metro-Vancouver, use tramways as just another type of transportation system, towns like Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, Lyon, Toronto, Milan, Berlin, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, to mention a few.
J-L Brussac,
Coquitlam
