Comment 64251

By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted May 30, 2011 at 16:02:36 in reply to Comment 64245

No worries.

CBD = central business district
CMA = census metropolitan area

As I said, I'm pro-LRT, and I'm certainly aware of the perception of qualitative differences between buses and LRT. It's possibly better that Hamilton is starting from a clean slate rather than having the years between 1981 and 2004 (RTH) only entrenching the FUD around rapid transit options. But as you say, it will be a fight to achieve follow-through -- a fight that will be more or less continuous until the first trains run across town. And it will require politicians and policymakers being bold enough to stake out a position that is in the long-term interests of the city, not merely their own short-term comfort, a position that suburban taxpayers may not appreciate immediately (especially if we're not just comped by the province). If you caught any of the local budget process or the stadium "negotiations", you'll know that kind of behaviour is not exactly a given. Hopefully Metrolinx shows similar vision and backbone.



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