Comment 66299

By mystoneycreek (registered) - website | Posted July 17, 2011 at 11:32:35 in reply to Comment 66294

Let's not take council's bait of a GO vs. LRT debate.

This in itself is the most mind-boggling 'conflict'. How anyone with any semblance of rational thinking can see these two goals as even being in the same discussion is beyond me. The former has to do with inter-city connectivity, while the latter has to do with HAMILTON. Certainly, they both involve transit, but that's almost as much as they have in common. (Yes, I'm reducing things to a very simple discussion here. Sue me.)

(And the fact that in 2011 we're still fighting for all-day train service is so indicative of how far we haven't come as a city; part of me wants to snicker that if, in some bizarro-world, the GO service was to Rymal Road, we'd see one hellova lot different picture unfolding...)

So many of the people who offer up their 'considered opinions' about LRT don't have sufficient scope. They're either limited by what they've always experienced in Hamilton, or seem petrified of actually considering a future more complicated than sustained car use and conventional bus service. I am not saying 'LRT at all costs!'. But good Lord; this is beginning to resemble the Pan Am Stadium Selection Process already.

More hearty, engaging, informed dialogue, please.

Comment edited by mystoneycreek on 2011-07-17 11:34:04

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