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Activists say Massey Tunnel shouldn't be replaced; transit should be increased
DELTA/CKNW (AM980)
CKNW News Staff | Email news tips to nwnews@cknw.com
3/16/2013

Activists for the Council of Canadian Delta/Richmond chapter say replacing the Massey Tunnel will not fix traffic congestion -- increasing transit capacity will. 

The group is rallying outside a Ministry of Transportation open house in Delta today.

Eric Doherty with the council says by adding more buses through the tunnel -- bottle necks will not only lessen but carbon emissions would decrease. 

"We have a climate crisis and we have to reduce emission. We really don't have a choice, places like Delta are going to be in severe danger of flooding in the future as the sea levels rise up to 5 meters."

Recently the province released five options for replacing or improving the tunnel.

All plans involve rebuilding or broadening the highway.

 

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  1. commonsense posted on 03/16/2013 05:13 PM
    Yup...just add more buses. That's all they had to say?
  2. UnemployedinBC posted on 03/16/2013 05:42 PM
    Yep lets add more taxpayer and automobile driver funded busses so the great unwashed can ride for free. So adding more busses with get people out of their cars? I think not.
    If you really want to tackle global warming why not leave the low hanging fruit alone and go after the real polluters namely the deep sea shipping industry and the airline industry which pretty much go unregulated world wide.
    Leave that poor guy that has to drive to work daily as well as pay your way on the bus alone.
    1. MichaelD_10 posted on 03/16/2013 05:53 PM
      @UnemployedinBC Activists say: "We have a climate crisis and we have to reduce emission."

      Oh no a crisis! where can I donate?
    2. AnneH_4 posted on 03/17/2013 09:00 AM
      @UnemployedinBC they now call it climate change not global warming. I do not know why people still believe that all of this is caused 100% by people. The science is not perfect

      The climate (not to be confused with weather) changes every 1500 years or so.

      Just recently they found mummified camel bones in the high Arctic - and prior to that other artifacts from an age when that area was more tropical were also found

      So it is true there are too many people on the planet using up the resources and companies polluting like madmen. Vehicles however have really addressed most of these issues....it is probably too late
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  3. WilliamS_3961 posted on 03/16/2013 06:20 PM
    I think a new crossing would reduce emissions more effectively. All cars idling along at high speed. Only problem is we'd have to get rid of those diesel spewing busses as they'd slow down efficient newer cars.
    1. UnemployedinBC posted on 03/16/2013 10:45 PM
      @WilliamS_3961 here here. Now someone is thinking. Remember the bus strike and how efficient things were with no busses choking up traffic. its time automobile drivers stood up and said NO MORE. if you want to ride the bus pay your own way, every last nickle of it. And while Im at it if you want to commute on a bicycle, I want to see a license plate on it and liability insurance.
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  4. raulduke posted on 03/16/2013 06:21 PM
    lot of water around the lower mainland. high speed ferry or seabus, just saying
  5. Cin_3294 posted on 03/16/2013 08:29 PM
    Um, seems obvious to me that we need both.
    Neither on their own would be a solution.
  6. speakup posted on 03/17/2013 11:33 AM
    Just board it up
    and make the signage all in English -
    no one will ever find there way to Richmond again
  7. bctaxpayer posted on 03/17/2013 12:14 PM
    Lets talk tolls? 4$,6$ one way.They have tolled the Port Mann and Golden Ears very high Alex Fraser. Bridge is the alternate route so this will be a high rate I'm sure..
  8. BCSkulker posted on 03/17/2013 03:02 PM
    Again with man-made global warming - 'er climate change - 'er whatever.

    As Obama the clown and his clones say, don't let a good crisis go to waste - 'er clowns or clones - sorry I get confused if he's the clone or the clown.

    For all the "chicken littles" claiming that we are all going to drown and it's all because of the fact we are changing our atmosphere; pleeeze tell me how we got all of those SUV's on Mars. The Martian ice caps are shrinking just like those here on Earth. Gotta be due to the extraterrestrial SUV's - right.

    Maybe all those individuals' that actually study our solar system and blame the changes on Solar conditions are right. No, instead we gotta take the word of a bunch of politicians and their clones. Sorry I get confused - is it clowns and not clones? Could it be both? When you get over 60 you're just not as sharp as you used to be; or as gullible.

    I have an idea for the next Mars mission - Obama, Gore and all the "granolas" (that are pushing for the NWO and man-made, global warming) get together and launch themselves on a one-way excursion. You wouldn't be missed - well again there goes that confusion - maybe you would be missed. It would be quieter anyway.
  9. RichardF_4221 posted on 03/18/2013 01:21 AM
    Just a quick thought. Smaller main offices in the city. Satellite offices in the suburbs. With all the technologies we have now, why are so many people insulting the city every morning? Any trades can work from outside the city if they are working in an area. Let the couriers bring parts or other support out of the city in the morning. Why do so many of us not work against traffic?
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