Dear Editor:
I disagree with your July 5 editorial Cut to the Chase.
You write: “A new study has found North Shore traffic woes are growing because so many people are commuting here for work.” You continue: “That’s something to think about as we gaze at the gaping bullet wounds in our collective feet, having just turned down an opportunity to invest in a transit system that would actually get people off the road.”
Why is it that so many people are driving here to work? Because construction workers, and service workers, to name but two, cannot afford to live here. And for you to suggest that workers should take the bus here from elsewhere, tools in tow, is simply not reasonable.
We did not “turn down an opportunity to invest in a transit system that would actually get people off the road.” We turned down an opportunity to throw more money at the abyss called TransLink.
The only solution is to stop approving developments that force low-income renters/workers off the North Shore.
Wendy Qureshi
North Vancouver
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