The Editor,
Voters are not stupid but I wager that most of them haven't spent much time studying how cities with a good to great transit system (relative to the population of the town) finance their transit systems.
I have used all sorts of transportation systems in a few countries since I was a child but it is only after I moved in the early 1980s to Vancouver - a metropolitan area that, shockingly for its size, was without a rapid transit system - that I got interested in the how and whys of transit.
There isn't the transit culture in Vancouver like those found in many towns where even the oldest people grew up with subways and other forms of public transportation.
Far too many people in Metro Vancouver take it for granted that roads and bridges will be subsidized 100% by the government yet believe that transit shouldn't be - as if each one of us taxpayers wasn't already paying for all sorts of services that we don't use for the benefit of other taxpayers who will use them.
For instance, I don't have children but don't mind paying for the whole education system because your children will fund my pension.
J-L Brussac, Coquitlam
Thank you
The Editor,
I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the parents who helped look for my five-year-old, Tyler, who was lost.
We were swimming at Westhill Pool on July 11 when he went missing around 7:30 p.m. The lifeguards pulled everyone from the pool and all the parents spread out to find him.
Although he was found safe and sound, I sincerely appreciated everyone who helped.
It's a great feeling to know that we live in such a carrying community. Thank you, everyone.
Tara Macrae,
Port Moody
