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LETTER: Transportation strategy missing the bus

Re: South Island Transportation Strategy looks to reduce reliance on personal vehicles (Sept 28). It sounds like the provincial government plans to keep spending tens of millions of public dollars on highway expansion boondoggles in Greater Victoria, instead of immediately acting on their words about climate action and prioritizing public transit.
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Re: South Island Transportation Strategy looks to reduce reliance on personal vehicles (Sept 28). It sounds like the provincial government plans to keep spending tens of millions of public dollars on highway expansion boondoggles in Greater Victoria, instead of immediately acting on their words about climate action and prioritizing public transit.

I took the time to read the South Island Transportation Strategy, and it states that the BԪַProvince recognizes a growing need to fundamentally shift how people move around South Vancouver Island.BԪַ It even cites the Capital Regional DistrictBԪַs climate emergency declaration. But there is no commitment to change what provincial (and matching federal) funds are used for.

The truth of a governmentBԪַs priorities is found in its budget. And the provincial governmentBԪַs infrastructure spending in the CRD goes overwhelmingly to highway expansion.

We need a BԪַfundamental shiftBԪַ of real dollars to public transit, walking and cycling. Empty words wonBԪַt build the bus lanes and new transit depot we so desperately need.

Eric Doherty

Victoria



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