It's never been a free ride for vehices...
High cost of vehicle, high cost of gas, taxes on both of those, insane insurance and maintenance costs, tolls, and we all pay for road infrastructure through taxes. Hardly free.
I was on the new car a few days ago on the way to work - it's beautiful. Everything about it is just perfect - especially the extra hand rails all over the place. The seats are A+.
The Canada Line looks like crap. I have a feeling all the budget cutting measure will bit them in the donkey. Translink has its problems, but it runs the SkyTrain quite well. I sincerely hope the Evergreen line is SkyTrain.