Statement by John Azulay

LRT

Progress - Let’s get it done. This project is one of the main keys to Hamilton's future. This is just a first step. Eventually there could be a beltline to James St. North Go station, the airport, East Mountain, all the way to Binbrook and then back down to Stoney Creek. Eventually there will be no cars and no parking in the downtown business core or at McMaster.

LRT is a one-time gift we must not refuse.

Consider the future with no or very few people driven cars. An electric driverless car (or transport pod) will pick you up at home and deliver to a public transportation hub where you will ride busses and LRT to where you want to go. These cars will not need parking lots because they will be on the road most of the time except at night and they will park and wait anywhere. China is already further ahead with this. They have high speed trains which we have none. China is looking at standardizing electric car vehicle batteries so they can be changed automatically at “Battery Stations” with fully charged batteries. This is way ahead of North America thinking.

When you think of the progress of LRT, you need to put it in the vision of the future. The technology of transportation and human mobility in the future will be nothing like it is today. The only personally owned transportation will likely be bicycles or their future replacement with bike paths.

The future is going to happen with or without you, so it is best get on the road and march with it.
We went from horse and buggy to cars, and now we are moving on.

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