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Victoria Transit Commission must take regional approach to bus service

Treating West Shore as the back country doesnB次元官网网址檛 work today
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A passenger waits for the #50 bus at the Langford Exchange, the West ShoreB次元官网网址檚 main bus service into downtown Victoria. One reader writes that the regional transit commission needs to stop treating the West Shore as the back country. Joel Tansey/B次元官网网址 Gazette staff

Re: (Pt. 2, Inconvenient truth: Service gaps pose issues, Gazette April 21)

ItB次元官网网址檚 good to have the perspective of transit users. It makes the commute on public transit and its issues real and raises the question how well is this service delivered.

Saanich Coun. Susan Brice, the Greater Victoria Regional Transit Commission chair, talks about us folks B次元官网网址渙ut in the western cities.B次元官网网址 East/west, far out/inner city? How about the region as a whole, metropolitan Victoria?

Langford Coun. Szpak is on to it, asking why treat the West Shore as the B次元官网网址渂ack country?B次元官网网址 Why, indeed. The centre of gravity in the region is shifting and its needs increasingly inter-connected and complex. What is needed is regional government with a mandate and the powers to run transit and other regional services.

Governance reform must be on the horizon.

John Olson

Colwood



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