Comment 102694

By Andreas (anonymous) | Posted June 19, 2014 at 14:09:53

I really appreciate Raise the Hammer keeping the pressure on the LRT question. The time is definitely now to make sure we have a mayor and a council that supports building the city of Hamilton to the best of its ability. From what I see we have three main mayoral candidates in McHattie, Eisenberger and Clark, and I think Clark is the only anti-LRT candidate. Why can't we poll the various candidates for council and see who is pro and anti? I wonder if we can try to make the argument for LRT-skeptic suburban and rural Hamilton voter. Sure they may not live downtown, but key benefits remain:
-> improved flow of person-car-equivalents (a transportation planning term not mine) through the downtown core,
-> increased Hamilton tax base due to businesses and investment along the LRT line,
-> less pressure to develop on green fields, due to downtown revitalization
-> less pollution, buses & accidents downtown,
-> improving the image of Hamilton as a city,
-> building the B-line will make the case for a North-South LRT A-Line
-> real transportation options for low income, students and seniors that can't drive
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There are plenty of reasons why we need to keep the pressure on our politicians to show real leadership and do the right thing.

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