Quick Facts on Hamilton Transit:
- Hamilton has been spending increasingly less on transit over time. Adjusting for inflation to 2016 dollars, the city spent $83.85 million on transit in 1994, $61.15 million on transit in 2005, and $59.02 million on transit in 2016.
- Hamilton City Council approved the Rapid Ready transit plan, which requires a capital investment of $156 million and a commitment to address an operating cost shortfall of $45 million. Council also approved the Ten Year Local Transit Strategy which includes a requirement to invest $57 million on new buses alone. While these plans have been approved, Council has yet to commit these dollars, and scheduled fare increases are insufficient to cover the costs.
- Each year the federal government gives cities money generated from the federal gas tax with the intent that it be invested in projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, clean our air, and clean our water. Many cities across the country spend their gas tax money on transit. Of $32 million in federal gas tax transfers to Hamilton last year, $3 million went to transit and $29 million to road work.
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The Petition:
The HSR is broken and it’s time to fix it. We’re calling on Hamilton City Council to take our city’s transit needs seriously by committing to substantially increase funding for the HSR.
There are a number of actions Council can take in the short term to increase funding, such as spending more of our federal gas tax dollars on transit, like other cities do. Hamilton can also raise taxes to deliver the transit we need and deserve. The scheduled fare increases are not going to fix the HSR while tax dollars for transit remain stagnant.
Public transit is a public good, and enhancing service will bring benefits to residents across Hamilton.
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janet fisher signed 2017-11-10 07:58:49 -0500
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Rajireddy Myakala signed 2017-11-10 06:11:06 -0500Maintain, Manage, Keep calm and working
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Dean Carriere signed 2017-11-09 23:16:41 -0500
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sylvia jarrett signed 2017-11-09 22:47:00 -0500increase service frequency on school routes during rush hour
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Jeremy Gernhaelder posted about this on Facebook 2017-11-09 20:59:38 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt...if you have ever been stuck waiting for transit that never came, sign now
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Jeremy Gernhaelder signed 2017-11-09 20:58:15 -0500
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Gary Warner signed 2017-11-09 20:27:42 -0500I support increasing the City’s financial investment in public transit.
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Bob Gilbank signed 2017-11-09 20:20:44 -0500
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Tom Lowden signed 2017-11-09 20:01:39 -0500
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Diane Fields signed 2017-11-09 19:14:04 -0500
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Theresa McCuaig signed 2017-11-09 19:04:04 -0500
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Robin Cameron signed 2017-11-09 18:40:50 -0500
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Debbie Hillje signed 2017-11-09 18:40:13 -0500
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Cyndy Thomas signed 2017-11-09 18:33:36 -0500
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Carma Pollock signed 2017-11-09 18:13:50 -0500
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R. Saunders signed 2017-11-09 18:04:32 -0500
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Martin Suichies signed 2017-11-09 17:55:53 -0500
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Gail Ozolins signed 2017-11-09 17:50:59 -0500Drastically lower transit fares. Put the light rail on the mountain. Quit buggering around with the one-way traffic system! RIGHT ON! Three things that need to be done. Please do not burden us lower city folk with the light rail. Please quit changing the one-way streets that are so necessary in the lower city. Make transit fares affordable for the poor – of which we have many in Hamilton. $2 or less is more than enough.
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Don Brown posted about this on Facebook 2017-11-09 17:31:50 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt
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Don Brown signed 2017-11-09 17:31:31 -0500
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brian wylie signed 2017-11-09 17:10:17 -0500
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Ron and Mary Sealey signed 2017-11-09 17:01:52 -0500Mary K Sealey
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Rick Zingel signed 2017-11-09 17:00:53 -0500
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Jeffrey Zuk signed 2017-11-09 16:59:04 -0500HSR is vital!
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David Smith signed 2017-11-09 16:58:45 -0500Don’t waste rolling stock resources!!!!
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Robert James signed 2017-11-09 16:55:18 -0500Each bus takes may cars off the road. It is less destructive to the roads, and less polluting than the equivalent car numbers. And it is a public good, which needs to be supported.
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Emily Bain signed 2017-11-04 21:06:58 -0400
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Alain H Bureau signed 2017-11-04 16:00:29 -0400
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Krystina Koc signed via Stephanie Marie Bertolo 2017-11-04 00:58:27 -0400
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Aarij Ahmed signed via Stephanie Marie Bertolo 2017-11-03 23:29:14 -0400
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