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Letter: Mass transit will continue to evolve

The Columbian
Published: May 26, 2013, 5:00pm

What is it about the Columbia River Crossing light-rail component? I have been privileged to sit through many of the recent town hall-style meetings where citizens have spoken both for and against the CRC project.

Some form of mass transit is in our future. Experts have determined in exhaustive multimodal studies that the current light-rail proposal is the most viable form of mass transit for the time and place.

We must continue to build mass transit infrastructure. As will and technology allow, the infrastructure put in place by this project can be upgraded. The initial light-rail line into Vancouver will certainly extend over time by orders of magnitude once people recognize that this is the train to the future of people-moving and we are about to let it leave the station without us. This component of the CRC is about more than a handful or even a majority of families in Clark County that may not want it. It is about their children and future generations of children, about the whole regions families and by extension, the entire family of man. We must continue the evolution of mass transit, as imperfect as it seems now.

Ron A. Hebron

Gresham, ORE.

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