(This article first appeared in the Vancouver Sun, March 24, 2009.)
TransLink, the government organization that runs Metro Vancouver's public transit system and roads, has once again displayed its insatiable appetite for other people's money. When TransLink's CEO Tom Prendergast proposed a litany of possible tax increases, overtaxed Lower Mainland residents were predictably outraged. It's time to drive the beast back into its lair and give nimbler competitors a chance to do what TransLink seems unable to do: move people from point A to B at a cost people are willing to pay.
