We live in View Royal and cope with the daily traffic “crawl” by organizing our days around the hours in the mornings and mid-afternoons when traffic goes nowhere.

While mayors rightly pound their chests and say, look how our communities are growing, who’s paying attention to helping a growing number of people move efficiently and safely through our region?

Obviously our geography presents a barrier to widening roads etc. But even the work done at the McKenzie interchange and on the Island Highway simply move the “fat part of the snake” further along.

What we need are people with vision and strength to say we can do better. Widening bus lanes, creating new bus lanes, etc., doesn’t cut it anymore.

Build an efficient commuter train system along the Island Rail Corridor. We need regional, provincial and federal leaders to stand up, buck up and demand that train service is fully restored.

Yes it’s hugely expensive. Yes it will take years to complete. Yes, it will take time and it won’t be easy.

But it’s visionary. It directly addresses a transportation issue that will only get worse. It makes perfect sense. The jobs and investment a project of this size will create would provide a huge boost.

The “why” we should restore train service is indisputable. The only thing holding us back is the will to do it.

If they can put a man on the moon, we can do this.

Rick Baker

Victoria

Re: “Looking for bike lanes in quaint Oak Bay,” letter, Nov. 21.

I grew up in Oak Bay and have since lived in many other districts and cities. When I return to Victoria the one thing I truly appreciate amongst the endless chaos is going back to Oak Bay.

While other districts have been forced to participate in the destructive madness brought on by the special interest group on two wheels, Oak Bay has so far remained in the lane of sanity, avoiding ugly curbs, lines that make no sense and directive signage that goes against everything logical.

There are 13 municipalities in Greater Victoria. Perhaps not being able to navigate one of them on a bicycle is not a crime if it means preserving one beautiful area while the others decay.

C. Scott Stofer

Gabriola Island

The McClung library site in Saanich is controlled by both the local council and the provincial housing authority.

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