(150 Cantle Creacent,
Pont Coquitlam, B.C.

V3C 5E/
Oct. 28, 1985

Preatdent, B.C. /nanait,
1200 Wert 73nd Ave. ,

Vancouver, B.C,

Dean Sin:

lana commtea from Pont Co uitlam to downtown Vancouver and UAE
$

the bua ayatem daily. The transit ayatem in not bad, it in not terrible, ét in

an abaolute disgnace!
A great deal of empherta han been made to incneane commuten une. of

the Skytrain. In oaden to achieve this, Transit has conatatently neduced the bua
aenvice to shift ridens to the Shkytnain. In fact, what har happened, ia that thene

L4 no room on the nRemacntng jammed-packed buarer and commutena ane uALNG theta

CANA.
Since youn atrategy haa. backfired and prev Coun bua commuters ane nou uUAcLra,

thetn cana thene han been a Algniticant increase in taatfic and traffic Jama,
which haa ineneased the Length of time it taker to get downtown to Vancouvea

ona bua.
Lame taxpayen Like all other commutena ond have been aupponting.
the Skytaain coats thnough vantoua foams of texer. L am very happy to aee
Skytrain and am not a caéitic of bt, but it doer not help me. to commute. to
Vancouver from whene f Live.
Hinting consultants and doing more atudier ia a typteal way that
ome politicians and bureaucaata can hope to delay neal action. Solutions to
these. problema me coat money but they are not difficult to figure out!
Fon example, a combination of any of the following would atant to resolve there
problema:
- commuten nail aenvice from Pont Coguitlam to Vancouver
-~mone buser and mone frequent aeavice
-widening. of the Barnet Highway to 3 on 4 Lanes
tolls on Bannet Hwy. during peak pentoda for cana with daivena only
by-paaa fon Pont floody |
Bua-orly Laner
extension of Skytrain to Pont Coquitlam