Translink Letter Template
June, 2009
Dear supporters of TripEd,
This October, 21 Metro Vancouver Mayors will vote on the Translink 2040 Plan. We are urging them to include the TripEd Group Transit Pass as part of the plan. We have received wide endorsement from the community including The B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, Teachers and School Trustees Associations, School and Library Boards, B.C. Field Trips, Vancouver City Council and many more. Please check our website for a more comprehensive list.
Please use the following template letter as is, add your own thoughts to the letter or create your own. Send it to Translink and cc your Mayor and City Council members, school board chair, library board chair, MLA, Ministers of Education, Transportation, and Environment, employer, union, environmental, and other associations you belong to and ask your friends and family members to do the same. This must be done ASAP, as decisions will be made in August. Contacts for Mayors, MLA’s and Ministries follow the cut and paste letter below.
I (we) strongly support a low cost group transit pass (TripEd) for youth (K-12) on field trips and urge governments, officials, and authorities to require its inclusion and implementation in the finalized Translink Plan (Fall 2009).
Such a pass accords with regional transportation objectives as set out in Transport 2040 Strategic Goals including: 1) reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 2) safe, secure and accessible travel for everyone; 3) optimization of the region’s transportation assets.
It also facilitates numerous educational objectives. High transit costs result in fewer field trips to museums, festivals, libraries, community recreational facilities, musical and dramatic performances, parks, and science centres. Removing this barrier will ensure equal access to these educationally enriching resources, and that transit fares will cause no child to be left behind.
Additionally, there are substantial community benefits. Our children are introduced to transit as a viable and preferred mode of transportation to the region’s many cultural and educational resources. This will influence their future transportation choices. The amenities themselves benefit from increased user volume and participation, not only through the field trip itself, but also through increased patronage and repeated use.
For these environmental, educational and economic reasons, we urge you to support the low cost transit pass for schools, daycares and other educational organizations.
CONTACTS:
Translink 21 Mayors Governance
Dianne Watts (Chair, Mayor’s Council) Mayor of Surrey go to: www.surrey.ca
Malcolm Brodie Mayor of City of Richmond mayorandcouncil@richmond.ca
Brenda Broughton Mayor of Lions Bay office@lionsbay.ca
Derek Corrigan Mayor of Burnaby mayor.corrigan@burnaby.ca
Ernie Daykin Mayor of District of Maple Ridge edaykin@mapleridge.ca
Ralph Drew Mayor of Belcarra rdrew@belcarra.ca
Peter Fassbender Mayor of City of Langley go to www.city.langley.bc.ca
Catherine Ferguson Mayor of City of White Rock cferguson@city.whiterock.bc.ca
Peter Frinton Councilor, Bowen Island pfrinton@shaw.ca
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones Mayor of District of West
Vancouver pgoldsmith-jones@westvancouver.ca
Rick Green Mayor of Township of Langley rgreen@tol.bc.ca
Lois Jackson Mayor of Delta mayor@corp.delta.bc.ca
Craig Keating Councilor of N Vancouver ckeating@cnv.org
Don MacLean Mayor of Pitt Meadows dmaclean@pittmeadows.bc.ca
Greg Moore Mayor of Port Coquitlam morreg@portcoquitlam.ca
Gregor Robinson Mayor of Vancouver gregor.robertson@vancouver.ca
Richard Stewart Mayor of Coquitlam rstewart@coquitlam.ca
Joe Trasolini Mayor of Port Moody joe.trasolini@cityofportmoody.com
Richard Walton Mayor of District of N Vancouver rwalton@dnv.org
Hal Weinberg Mayor of Anmore hal_weinberg@sfu.ca
Wayne Wright Mayor of New Westminster wwright@newwestcity.ca
TransLink
Tom Prendergast, Translink CEO board@translink.bc.ca
Government
Minister of Education Margaret MacDiarmid margaret.macdiarmid.mla@leg.bc.ca
Minister of Transport Shirley Bond shirley.bond.mla@leg.bc.ca
Minister of Environment Barry Penner barry.penner.mla@leg.bc.ca
Minister for Children and Family Mary Polak mary.polak.mla@leg.bc.ca
Minister for Climate Action John Yap john.yap.mla@leg.bc.ca
Minister for Healthy Living Ida Chong ida,chong.mla@leg.bc.ca
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts Kevin Krueger kevin.krueger.mle@leg.bc.ca
Minister of Finance Colin Hansen colin.hansen@mla.leg.bc.ca
Premier Gordon Campbell gordon.campbell.mla@leg.bc.ca
NDP Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet:
Leader of the Official Opposition: Carole James – carole.james.mla@leg.bc.ca
Children and Family Development and Child Care critic: Maurine Karagianis - maurine.karagianis.mla@leg.bc.ca
Education, Early Learning and Literacy critic: Robin Austin – robin.austin.mla@leg.bc.ca
Environment critic: Rob Fleming – rob.fleming.mla@leg.bc.ca
Transportation and Infrastructure critic: Harry Bains – harry.bains.mla@leg.bc.c
Finance and Public Accounts critic: Bruce Ralston bruce.ralston.mla@leg.bc.ca
Healthy Living and Sport critic: Jagrup Brar jagrup.brar.mla@leg.bc.ca
Multiculturalism critic: Harry Lali harry.lali.mla@leg.bc.ca
Tourism, Culture, Arts critic: Spencer Herbert spencer.herbert.mla@leg.bc.ca
Members of the Legislature (MLA’s) (lower Mainland only)
Kathy Corrigan Burnaby-Deer Lake kathy.corrigan.mla@leg.bc.ca
Raj Chouhan Burnaby-Edmonds raj.chouhan.mla@leg.bc.ca
Harry Bloy Burnaby-Lougheed harry.bloy.mla@leg.bc.ca
Richard Lee Burnaby North richard.lee.mla@leg.bc.ca
Douglas Home Coquitlam-Burke Mtn douglas.home.mla@leg.bc.ca
Diane Thorne Coquitlam-Maillardville diane.thorne.mla@leg.bc.ca
Guy Gentner Delta North guy.gentner.mla@leg.bc.ca
Vicki Huntington Delta South vicki.huntington.mla@leg.bc.ca
Mary Polak Langley mary.polak.mla@leg.bc.ca
Marc Dalton Maple Ridge-Mission marc.dalton.mla@leg.bc.ca
Michael Sather Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows michael.sather.mla@leg.bc.ca
Mike Farnworth Port Coquitlam mike.farnworth.mla@leg.bc.ca
Iain Black Port Moody-Coquitlam Iain.black.mla@leg.bc.ca
Rob Howard Richmond Centre rob.howard.mla@leg.bc.ca
Linda Reid Richmond East linda.reid.mla@leg.bc.ca
John Yap Richmond-Steveston john.yap.mla@leg.bc.ca
Kevin Falcon Surrey-Cloverdale kevin.falcon.mla@leg.bc.ca
Jagrup Brar Surrey-Fleetwood jagrup.brar.mla@leg.bc.ca
Sue Hammell Surrey- Green Timbers sue.hammell.mla@leg.bc.ca
Harry Bains Surrey Newton harry.bains.mla@leg.bc.ca
Stephanie Cadieux Surrey Panorama stephanie.cadieux.mla@leg.bc.ca
Dave Hayer Surrey Tynehead dave.hayer.mla@leg.bc.ca
Bruce Ralston Surrey Whalley bruce.ralston.mla@leg.bc.ca
Gordon Hogg Surrey-White Rock gordon.hogg.mla@leg.bc.ca
Margaret MacDiarmid Vancouver Fairview margaret macdiarmid.mla@leg.bc.ca
Mary McNeil Vancouver False Creek mary.mcneil.mla@leg.bc.ca
Shane Simpson Vancouver Hastings shane.simpson.mla@leg.bc.ca
Mable Elmore Vancouver Kensington mable.elmore.mla@leg.bc.ca
Adrian Dix Vancouver Kingsway adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca
Moira Stilwell Vancouver Langara moira.stilwell.mla@leg.bc.ca
Jenny Kwan Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant jenny.kwan.mla@leg.bc.ca
Gordon Campbell Vancouver Point Grey gordon.campbell.mla@leg.bc.ca
Colin Hansen Vancouver-Quilchena colin.hansen.mla@leg.bc.ca
Spencer Herbert Vancouver West End spencer.herbert.mla@leg.bc.ca
Ralph Sultan West Vancouver-Capilano ralph.sultan.mla@leg.bc.ca
Joan McIntyre West Vancouver-Sea to Sky joan.mcintyre.mla@leg.bc.ca