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Bus fare boost opposed
by downtown businesses

The Vancouver Downtown Busi-
ness Association has submitted
a brief to the Public Utilities
Commission urging that a de-
cision on a fare increase be
postponed “to provide for an
adequate study of the overall
problem of transportation,”

Representing most downtown
businesses, the brief points out

that transit is but one aspect of” .

the overall problem of transpor-
tation, The whole problem must
also involve maintenance of

‘streets and facilities to “afford

the passage of transit vehicles...
as wellas the provision and main-
tenance of the same and other
streets and facilities for private
and commercial vehicles,”

Pointing to a report of the
Lower Mainland Regional Plan-
ning Board which stated that in
1960 there were 1,070 people per
square mile in the Lower Main-
land area, more than the most
densely populated country in
Europe (which is 905 per square
mile), the brief states: “The
population of the Lower Main-
land is increasing at approxi-
mately 100 persons per day,
Traffic is on the increase in a
substantially proportionate de-
gree,” ;

The brief points out that this
problem will increase with the
increasing numbers and use of

private motor vehicles, It states
that “an increase in transit fares
or a reduction in the level of
services or a combination of both
will have as one of its effects
even greater use of private ve-
hicles” and lead to pressure for
spending millions of dollars for
added facilities, — ;

A key part of the brief says,

FLORENCE STORGOFF, one of the
leading spokesman for the Doukhobor
community in B.C. died last week.
More than four hundred attended her
funeral in Vancouver on Sunday. She
shared the problems of her people
and was with them through all their
struggles until three weeks ago when
she was taken to hospital.

“Rather than adopting measures
which will discourage the public
in its use of public transit, every
effort should be made to encour-
age such use, There should be a
deliberate and well considered
policy designed to lessen the use
of private motor vehicles,

“Public transit should be con-
sidered to have one major and
prime objective — to relieve traf-
fic congestion, To achieve that
objective the fares must be rea-
sonable and the service must be
attractive as well as rapid and
frequent,” says the brief,

“If the objective of relieving
traffic congestion through a
greater use of transit vehicles
can be achieved, then the burden
of expense in providing more and
wider and better roads and
bridges can be lessened,”

Pointing out that responsibility
for an “intelligent” transporta-
tion problem rests with alllevels
of government and the PUC, the
brief concludes that “the prov-
ince has the overall responsi-
bility for the welfare of individu-
al municipalities and for the
provision of the main arteries,”

Pointing out that under the
Public Utilities Act the PUC is
concerned with the public inter-
est, the brief urges the PUC to
declare that “a fare increase
would not be an adequate solution
to the more fundamental prob-
lem,” :

September 18, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 11