To the transit drivers and cleaners wanted parity with Vancouver [“Record-breaking transit strike ends,” published June 16].
Vancouver — bumper-to-bumper traffic, old, smelly streetcars, standing room only with folks lurching over one another, angry passengers that had to wait for the next unfull bus, driver breaks: hold it until the end of the route, rush hour...every hour and drivers struggling to keep on schedule.
撸奶社区— occasional train holdup, newer buses. Rush hour? When the kids
get out of school.
Stressors? An angry senior, annoyed at having to pay return fare for a 20-minute stop to get groceries when a transfer used to suffice.
Breaks at Brennan Park and the library.
撸奶社区transit drivers on their own schedule.
If the potential passenger is not right at the stop — floor it!
Previously, often in the evenings during weekdays, I was the only one on the bus.
Who suffered from the strike? Seniors, students, parents of students, minimum wage workers needing the bus to get to work and the poor who don’t have the money to buy a car.
Get real! There’s not the ridership or the revenue for parity with Vancouver.
Who isn’t suffering over inflation? But can users blackmail the public to get a raise? Pensions?
Congratulations, I think?
Melody Wales
Squamish
