All Statements of Support
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Michael Pigott says,
This is a huge opportunity for the greater Hamilton area, but the planned route needs to be re-thought. I have a plan that would make Hamilton the envy of every city in southern Ontario, and would love to share it. A visionary idea deserves a visionary plan. Lets make this city into what it could be.
Sincerely
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kam kamran says,
It would be great for the community, for the people and above all for Hamilton
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Tony Tucci says,
I remember going to McMaster from Grays & King in 1978 and it was a journey of 3 or even 4 buses, and up to almost 2 hours each way. I was ecstatic when the King trolley buses made it to Fiesta Mall quite a few years later, although my Mac days were long gone. We can see how sprawl is hurting the city, and we can see how the downtown renaissance is concentrating jobs and bringing people to live there. The high cost of bus transport can't be sustained. The LRT will create economic and social benefits well beyond what the planners have projected, if other cities' experiences are any indication. Let's do this!
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Michael Podlovics says,
I believe that the transit will bring many jobs to our city and the added connectivity will allow for clearer roadways and a system for which generations to come can use! Invest in the future.
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Alain Mark says,
Hello.
Storefront businesses can benefit from LRT construction!
Make Main a 2-way street *BEFORE* LRT construction begins. King street businesses can be attracted to Main Street revitalization only 1 block away. So they don't get hurt by construction on King street.
Look at what happened to James Street. Cars don't stop on Main today because they're focussed on keeping up with the synchronized green lights. Even dusty houses and 2-story ugly box offices can become patio pubs and cafes, too.
Local business gets more business during LRT construction.
Everybody wins!
Alain&Mark
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Jake Tyler-Smith says,
I love what this will do for are city!!!!! And I am 150% behind it . Thank you so much for fighting for this!!
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Michael Hulleman says,
I live without an official address in my view, but home is a feeling. I know this is right.
LRT for Hamilton. If we don't get it, we'll push you over for it. I would.
Don't be an ass. Give us LRT.
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Mark Rejhon says,
Hello,
Thank you very much for making LRT happen.
Please put both LRT rails on King, and turn Main Street into a 2-way street. We need to re-vitalize Main/King.
Please don't make the mistake of keeping Main/King 1-way and putting separate rails on both.
Main Street a 1-way Urban Expressway where cars focus on synchronized lights instead of stopping for businesses.
There are shuttered businesses because cars just zoom by. People are afraid to pull over to park, or get rear-ended.
We have Red Hill Valley Expressway now. We don't need Main/King to remain urban expressways anymore. De-synchronize the traffic lights, turn it into a 2-way street, revitalization will happen over the next 10 to 20 years.
Thank you,
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Michael Champagne says,
Please don't sideline this program. Be truley progressive, Toronto is bursting and broken with over population and under infrastructure. Hamilton is poised to become a global megalopolis with the spill over from Toronto. Be proactive and invite the torrent of frustrated Torontonians with an ahead of the game approach to rapid transit. Buses are not comfortable, the bang crash, bump on every pothole with their stiff suspension, the windows clang and clatter with every bump or breeze, you get whiplash every time they pull over to pick someone up. Trains are beautiful to ride on and beautiful to see.
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Simon MacDougall Sadava says,
LRT is an obvious choice when looking towards the future of transit planning. The capacity that LRT will provide to the city will help it continue to grow. Please take this opportunity of Hamilton becoming a hot spot by giving residents every reason to believe the people running it plan to keep it a hot spot for decades to come!
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Christopher Strachan says,
Hamilton streets are starting to be as congested as Toronto. I believe that a LRT line from eastgate square to McMaster will help reduce the amount of vehicles on the roads.
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ALI ASAD PIRZADA says,
I think having LRT system in Hamilton will ease commute and will benefit business in long run also bring revenue to city.
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T. S. says,
I live in Ottawa and I will be moving to Hamilton shortly. Ottawa city council made the mistake of scrapping a light rail plan in 2006, which cost the city millions in lawsuits. Ottawa should have had light rail 10 years ago. The city created a new plan and began the construction a couple years ago. With the increased population, the construction is a nightmare. Having a bus only transportation system is archaic. Every city that can support a light rail system needs to begin planning for one. It is the way of the future and better for the environment. Sticking to a bus only system will be detrimental. Look around the world, cities every where have a successful light rail system. Canadian cities need to look to the future and in my humble opinion, that is light rail.
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Mark Rejhon says,
Hamiltonians know the depressed state of Main/King/Barton. There are many who don't think those streets will ever revitalize, with speeding cars and shuttered businesses.
However, I see great potential, living on Proctor Boulvard near Main/King, especially with improved rapid transit including LRT and improved bus service:
- Aging pensioners will make way for a new wave of Hamiltonians, such as new workforce people, people from Toronto
- Parking lots replaced with businesses
- Houses between storefronts on Main/King converted to patio restaurants and cafes
- Strip malls revitalized
- There are many small businesses with large parking lots, leading to development opportunities.I also propose a recommendation to make Main Street a 2-way street, with nearby King street for the LRT.
Currently, people don't even bother to park at the parking meters even when parking is allowed because cars zoom by at 60-70mph, often having to change lanes to avoid parked cars. Cars will slow down and park more often, revitalizing businesses greatly. Transit users walk from the nearby LRT and/or connecting buses.
To make a big revitalization happen, a combined package needs to happen.
- LRT to make transit really convenient
- Traffic calming of Main-King by turning King into the LRT route and Main into a 2-way street.
- It should be cheaper to rent-out a storefront (earn rent) than to keep it shuttered (earn tax credit). Right now, a strange situation is occuring where several old Barton business owners earn more by keeping storefronts shuttered.
- Time, as old retirees that are a drain on the tax base, get gradually replaced by working people who move to HamiltonI see Hamilton City Council having mixed feelings on LRT but I can assure you that Hamilton City Council is more unified than Scarborough (as all of us know -- Scarborough subway was first approved in 2005). We have to satisfy the 416-and-905 situation by satisfying both Hamilton Lower City and Hamilton Mountain so please seriously consider approving both the LRT and BRT funds as a pleasant surprise. Find some funding mechanisms to slightly increase the budget beyond $811M if possible, so our 905 (Mountain) doesn't get jealous of 416, and Mountain will get the A-Line LRT (all the way to the airport) sooner when B-Line gets built, and maybe our B.L.A.S.T network of LRT may become a reality within our lifetimes.
Let's get started with both B-Line and bus funding, please.
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Michael Byford says,
I will support (with my vote) whoever will support the Hamilton LRT.
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Kaitlin Walsh says,
This would be a great way to encourage commerce between Provinces, and between the U.S. and Canada.
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Joe Gauthier says,
LRT in Hamilton will transform the city into a world class place to live.
With today's economic realities it needs to be done in logical financially responsible phases over the upcoming years.
LRT-GAU-TRAIN
LRT PHASE 1LRT to be built in a U shaped pattern
WESTERN TERMINUS
LRT Stn #1-James / Strachan Sts proceeding west along railway lands
-NEW TRACK REQ'd
In the area of Dundurn Park it would join (tunnel/ overland)the existing Hamilton GO railway in a southerly directionLRT Stn #2 in Area of Main Street
-LRT proceeds South & East on existing GO rail
LRT Stn #3 In Queen & Hunter area
LRT Stn #4 At Existing Hunter /John Sts Stn
LRT Stn #5 At Wentworth St
LRT Stn #6 at Gage St Lawrence Rd
LRT Stn #7 at Kenilworth/Lawrence Rd
LRT proceeds east & then North
-NEW TRACK REQ'd
along path of the Red Hill Expwy (RHX)-NEW TRACK REQ'd
LRT Stn #8 at King Street & (RHX)
-NEW TRACK REQ'd
LRT Stn #9 at Queesnston & (RHX)
-NEW TRACK REQ'd
LRT Stn #10 at Barton/Nash Rd GO StnEASTERN TERMINUS
This route would cause minimal disturbance with existing city traffic corridors and residential communities
PHASE 2/3/etc
Future plans could be considered to increase the LRT reach with sections of a second larger U shaped LRT taking form & being added in steps to expand the LRT service area
It could be possible for the Phase 2+ Sections to be utilized only during day time hours
HSR Bus routes would need to be modified to CROSS the Phase 2+LRT and terminate on the Phase 1 LRTPHASE 2+ LRT
-West along the Brantford Rail Trail
-(Servicing McMaster & Dundas)
LRT Stn A- Emerson-S/W Along Main W & Wilson Sts
LRT Stn B- Main St W/Lower Horning
LRT Stn C- Main St W/ Filman
LRT Stn D- Wison / Rousseau
-East along Rousseau
LRT Stn E- Martindale / (LAX)-East along the center of the Linc. Alexader Expwy (LAX)
LRT Stn F- Upper Horning / (LAX)
LRT Stn G- Upper Paradise / (LAX)
LRT Stn H- Garth / (LAX)
LRT Stn I- West 5th-Up James / (LAX)
LRT Stn J- Upper Wentworth / (LAX)
LRT Stn K- Upper Gage / LAX
(LAX) > (RHX)
LRT Stn L- Mud St /(RHX)
LRT Stn M- Greenhill / (RHX)-East along the center of the (RHX)-Joining the Phase 1 LRT "U"
City Bus transit routes would be altered to terminate at the various LRT Stns
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Wayne Baker says,
I want to see my hometown, Hamilton, prosper and be the best that it can be.
Light rail transit would improve transit service in the city for the benefit of everyone.
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Lena Scholman says,
Hamilton can be a great city. Right now, it's not a united city. It's a hodgepodge of different citizens with different priorities.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Hamilton can be a connected city. A vibrant city. A city where people can be mobile and feel they belong in any neighbourhood- because they can easily get there.
It starts with an east-west, but it shouldn't end there. Citizens in this city need to be able to quickly and easily travel up and down and around the mountain.
Without a modern public transit plan, this city will continue to become an inflated bedroom community- with no connecting arteries.
Keep LRT alive, keep Hamilton alive. -
Kathy Pipe says,
I believe Hamilton must continue the goal of pursuing LRT for the city It is necessary to modernize a transit system that is falling behind those of other cities.
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Rommel Garcia says,
Hamilton will look modern if they implement an LRT system, and it will promote more economic growth.
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Mike Majcher says,
I am a Hamiltonian who supports an LRT system for this city. Of all the options I've read about it seems this one makes the most sense in the long run. With the growth that is planned for this area we'll have to be able to move a lot of people around in an efficient manner or the traffic will be crippling..just as we're seeing in Toronto today. It makes the most sense to be out in front of this issue and make the right decision now. Please help Hamilton be an effective part of the overall inter-regional transit solution.
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Ozkan Caliskan says,
I believe that both the North-South A line and the East-West B lines are key for Hamilton's growth.
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Tom Ciancone says,
Weighing all the arguments for and against, I have come to believe that the LRT will be a good thing for Hamilton. There may be short term pain during the construction phase, but we would have to accept that as necessary for a long term benefit. By the way, I live on the mountain. So even if I may not take advantage of the initial B-line, at least it's a start.
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Van Hoang says,
I saw LRT in Hongkong, in Los Angeles and in Seattle. The local people i know there talked highly about these LRT in their city and their families has been using it every day!
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Peter Hill says,
I fully support the efforts to bring modern, efficient local transportation to Hamilton. We need to build this part of our infrastructure BEFORE we need it so that we can grow our economy more effectively and by design rather than by happenstance. We DO NOT want to be in the position that Toronto is in right now - trying to play catch up having been overtaken by independent travel options which have created chaos in clogged roads, disrupting construction and other manifestations.
We can also take some pressure off Toronto by encouraging development here, reducing the QEW traffic situation. -
Robert Bowers says,
Please fund the LRT. It will make a huge difference to the viability of Hamilton!
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Peter McCutcheon says,
I am a regular transit user and look forward to the expansion of the transit system in Hamilton via the construction of a LRT. This is really the direction needed to get more citizens and city councilors to view transit as a sensible, attractive option for all citizens ,not just the poor.
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Patricia Reid says,
It is imperative to have LRT here in Hamilton as traffic is becoming more and more congested with only one person in the vehicle. We can no longer afford to delay this infrastructure build as time passes it will become more and more expensive. I guess Hamilton needs to experience daily grid lock before they wake up to the need.
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