Re: “Roll in a new transit authority,” Letters, The Leader, March 26.
Non-automated light rail, be it for short- or long-distance trips, still requires many cuts across many streets and affects (via traffic lights) 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, 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-congested Vancouver.
However, there’s much green potential in a massive addition to overhead electric-line grids for a proportional addition of such electric buses that have been a great benefit to Vancouver over many decades.
Frank G. Sterle, Jr.
White Rock