Posted AT 2:12 AM EDT on 17/03/07
Cracks begin to show in Canada's suburban dream
If Mark Milner, 43, an engineering consultant on air quality and noise abatement, wants to be an eco-cool guy from the burbs, he can bike 40 minutes from his Fraser Valley home in Langley, B.C., to the nearest SkyTrain station in Surrey.
He then takes a 40-minute SkyTrain ride to Vancouver and either transfers to a city bus or cycles another 10 minutes to work – for a total commute of one to 1½ hours twice a day.
Or he can leave home by car before 5:30 a.
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