Lately Translink has proposed another tax on the car drivers to fund expansion of the Skytrain system. The new line will be called Evergreen. The hopes are that it will connect Coquitlam with the downtown core and reduce cars on the road.
In today's economy when people are having trouble keeping their jobs and paying their mortgage bills, it's incredulous to think that burdening them with more taxes is the answer.
Yes, using Skytrain "seems" more environmentally friendly than individuals using their cars to get to work. Seems is the operative word. However when the cost of such a system is more than the taxpayer can handle, then it needs to be rethought.
There is no built in accountability structure in Translink. That's why the trains built in 2000 are 1.5 inches higher off the platforms and make it hard for wheel chairs to get in and is also a tipping hazard at the platforms. Seems like someone wasn't paying attention to the proper design and execution of it. This is just an example of misuse of public funds by Translink.
If Translink wants public support then they need to trim their costs and streamline like everyone else has to do.
The case for getting cars off the road is becoming somewhat hard to endorse when so many car companies are making hybrids, electric and high MPG vehicles.
The cost of earth safe living has to be tempered with what the people can afford. Listen if taxpayers can't pay then who will? There has to be a sustainable plan that we all can live with instead of the stupid plans of Translink.
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