Comment 110224

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted March 13, 2015 at 18:07:14 in reply to Comment 110193

It's not "easy" to travel by transit, bike or walk compared with other cities (we are one of the most dangerous cities in Ontario for both pedestrians and cyclists according to statistics). Try walking along Main street from Locke to Hess to see what's missing.

We have the worst performing transit system of all comparator cities in Ontario (even worse than Windsor!). According to the transit director, we are failing to achieve any of our objectives. Taking HSR is very difficult and time wasting outside of the Main/King corridor where service is often only every 30 minutes, many stops have no shelters and no information at all (other than a post that says "HSR"). And a bus pass is almost twice as expensive as monthly parking downtown!

We have no rapid transit of any form (BRT, LRT, subways).

The only mode we do well at is motor vehicles, with our under-utilized very expensive to maintain and constantly expanding network of wide streets mostly one way in wards 1-3).

If you are really only interested in driving, that's fine. But don't pretend that Hamiltonians "can travel easily" by all modes of transportation. They can only travel "easily" (i.e. safely and conveniently) by car.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2015-03-13 18:18:50

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