Quantcast
Channel: metrolinx – bayobserver.ca Hamilton, Burlington and GTA
Browsing all 74 articles
Browse latest View live

Just the facts on LRT

To paraphrase the old McCarthy-era witch-hunt phrase–“Are you now, or have you ever been an LRT denier?” After simmering on the back burner of public opinion for a few months the LRT issue suddenly...

View Article



$9 Million spent selling LRT to council and public

A Bay Observer examination of LRT related documents and other sources provides a picture of a massive public relations campaign in Hamilton that ran from 2008 to 2011 and absorbed millions of dollars...

View Article

As council, Province mull LRT, urban experts start to question touted benefits

At the meeting  last month between Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca and city representatives, the minister said Hamilton city staff will soon be invited to  meet with Metrolinx in an...

View Article

MY TAKE: HAMILTON LRT ASSESSMENT CLAIM IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN

Any conclusion that there would be a property assessment boom if a Hamilton LRT were built is problematic. The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) Study asserts that the financial benefits of a B line LRT...

View Article

A golden opportunity for transit clarity

Forget about the he-said, she-said news conferences that followed Mayor Fred Eisenberger’s meeting with Premier Wynne to discuss transit. It is time for Hamilton council to seize the opportunity to...

View Article


LRT’s Unintended Consequences

The previous four notes have covered the LRT topics of: the false assessment increase claims, the lack of transparency in the alleged business case, the dangers in the fine print and the misleading...

View Article

Metrolinx open to bus-first approach to transit in Hamilton

When Hamilton Transit Chief David Dixon presented his 10 year transit master plan to council last month, Mayor Eisenberger and some councillors expressed concern that the plan, which called for an...

View Article

2016 Will be a pivotal year for Transit in Hamilton

As of publication time the Minister of Finance had not yet released the date that he will bring down his spring budget. When he does bring down the budget however, transit watchers in Hamilton will be...

View Article


Hamilton transit picture still muddy

A fair criticism of Hamilton Council is that it tends to avoid taking action on tough, divisive issues until the very last minute. The stadium location is a prime example. Now in 2016 it appears...

View Article


LRT PROJECT WILL FORCE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS

With Premier Wynne’s announcement that Hamilton will indeed get an LRT system, the focus in Hamilton is rapidly shifting to questions around the total funding envelope, the 10 year master Transit Plan,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Pushing back against LRT

The Ministry of the Environment will have a few Hamilton citizen Light Rail Transit objections to mull over between now and early August. The Bay Observer has learned that Environmental lawyer John...

View Article

Politics trumps evidence in transit policy and we all pay

The Toronto Star, often accused of being the house organ for the Wynne government, showed a commendable streak of independent thinking in its investigation of meddling by Transport Minister Stephen Del...

View Article

CLOUD OF FOG ENVELOPS GO TRANSIT PICTURE

Hopefully somebody briefed Antoine Belaieff of Metrolinx about the pitfalls of appearing before Hamilton City Council to discuss transit. The Metrolinx Director of Regional Planning’s presentation...

View Article


Trying to do long-term planning in a short-term political environment

You have to feel some sympathy for any transportation planner trying to map out a transit plan for the GTAH in the current political climate. Metrolinx, which started out with much promise as an...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

All day GO may be more gradual than thought

After unsuccessfully trying to get answers from Metrolinx about what it would take to get all day GO service into Hamilton, the Bay Observer talked to some transit experts familiar with the process who...

View Article


It’s still better to put the brakes on LRT

Metrolinx appears to be in a race with the clock to throw as much money at Hamilton’s LRT project before the elections later this year as to make the project unstoppable. The transit agency has...

View Article

Commentary

Hamilton LRT project has spent $74 Million. Simultaneously with the Rob Ford pledge to allow Hamilton to spend the LRT funding as it sees fit we have been hearing various estimates of how much money...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Poll casts more doubt on LRT for Hamilton

A poll commissioned by Metrolinx indicates that while Hamilton ranks ahead of other GTA communities in awareness of the LRT project, actual support is the lowest of the surveyed cities. Further, as LRT...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Another vote for versatile buses

Toronto Star transportation reporter Ben Spurr has published a story that suggests the lowly bus is the best way to get an uptick in transit ridership. This is the latest in a series of developments...

View Article

The self-destruction of Ontario Liberalism

Despite the fact that just under a million more Ontarians turned out to vote in the Ontario election last week compared to 2014, the Ontario Liberal party lost more than 800,000 votes. While...

View Article
Browsing all 74 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images