That's interesting, because if a motion was brought forward to provide a free one way Presto card (if one were to exist) was presented it would have been rejected outright knowing how things work in Hamilton.
 
The LRT debate makes Hamilton look like a city stuck in the past. On the other hand, I don't know of a city in Ontario that's so enjoyable to drive in. The one-way arterials are efficiently wide with perfectly synchronized traffic lights for drivers. You can drive from one end of the city to the other and never stop at a red light. The access roads have fun curves. It's a joy to floor it and hear your engine roar as you charge up the mountain with speed. Even the names of the access roads like "Sherman Access" and "Jolley Cut" have a sort of geographic mystique. Driving in Hamilton can actually be fun, which is something you can't say about Toronto or most other cities in Ontario.

With that said, the LRT is the kind of infrastructure that will help make the inner city more attractive for businesses and residents. Hamilton will have the ability to meet 21st century challenges like rising traffic congestion and a lack of road capacity, air pollution problems, an aging population with mobility issues, and the poor being unable to get to get around quickly. Build the LRT, or suffer from stagnation. Driving pleasure doesn't bring cities economic growth.
 
Wish the province could tell them to piss off and build it anyways.

Amazing how this is the same song and dance we saw in Brampton.
 
Tuck said:
Wish the province could tell them to piss off and build it anyways.

Amazing how this is the same song and dance we saw in Brampton.
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And, similar to Brampton, the McMeekin was quoted in the Spec article linked above with this:

Hamilton Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin, who briefly attended Wednesday's meeting, has said the offered $1 billion is for the planned LRT only. If council rejects the project — with about $30 million already spent — the rest of the cash would be returned to the Metrolinx rapid transit pot. "Likely within 30 seconds it would be sent to another community," he previously told The Spectator.
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Tuck said:
Wish the province could tell them to piss off and build it anyways.

Amazing how this is the same song and dance we saw in Brampton.
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Why have cities if the province is going to make decisions about local transit? Shouldn't local matters be handled locally?
 
TOareaFan said:
Why have cities if the province is going to make decisions about local transit? Shouldn't local matters be handled locally?
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Why have Metrolinx??

They are supposed to tell the cities off, but go off the rail to please folks instead.
 
drum118 said:
Why have Metrolinx??

They are supposed to tell the cities off, but go off the rail to please folks instead.
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There is a role for ML.....transit that connects cities (GO, ReR, UP) is regional in nature and needs a regional planning body........but transit systems within a city that is local and nature should be planned locally...otherwise, why have cities?
 
So, asked if Hamilton loses its $1B if it does not build LRT....the premier says repeatedly the money is for Transit in Hamilton.....so Brampton remains unique that it had money pulled from it because it did not build exactly what the province wanted (this video on housing but LRT question posed around 1:25)

 
TOareaFan said:
So, asked if Hamilton loses its $1B if it does not build LRT....the premier says repeatedly the money is for Transit in Hamilton.....so Brampton remains unique that it had money pulled from it because it did not build exactly what the province wanted (this video on housing but LRT question posed around 1:25)

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There you go again....

There was an EA and plenty of public consultations. Brampton Council voted to throw all that out for the section north of Steeles. Stop saying that the province dictated the LRT in Brampton.
 
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