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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Ashley Chabot signed 2016-12-07 20:42:31 -0500
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Julia Paddock signed 2016-12-07 18:34:35 -0500
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Stephen Bryce signed 2016-12-07 16:41:56 -0500
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Ashley Ince signed via John Wilbur 2016-12-07 15:53:01 -0500
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Bruce Hunt signed via Ron Poppe 2016-12-07 15:09:22 -0500The service by the HSR has not improved and raising the rate will not go over well with anyone. Especially with the rising cost of hydro and other products and services.
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Calvyn Lewis signed 2016-12-07 13:02:31 -0500The Hsr is so broken. This needs to be fixed
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Blake Mccall signed 2016-12-07 12:50:40 -0500Blake mccall
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Andreas Link signed 2016-12-07 12:34:27 -0500I agree with the intent of this campaign: transit is a public good and should receive more of the transportation funding to improve outcomes for Hamilton.
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Ron Poppe posted about this on Facebook 2016-12-07 11:01:50 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt
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@Asumos666 tweeted link to this page. 2016-12-07 11:01:48 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=8651Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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Ron Poppe signed 2016-12-07 11:01:19 -0500increased fair to offset improved services… last 2 years seen this message and yet i have not seen ANY improved services… not even preventative maintenance
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Elizabeth Marshall signed 2016-12-06 16:42:08 -0500
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Helen B signed 2016-12-06 14:57:18 -0500Bus service needs improvement on Hwy 8, going east past Grays Rd, on the weekends, but especially on Sundays. No service past 5 p.m,, nothing!
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Karlie Rogerson signed 2016-12-06 13:58:48 -0500
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Dieter Klaus signed 2016-12-06 13:25:43 -0500The real problem is the much much larger amount that is spent on roads for cars. And then some people still gripe about the money spent on public transit…
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Eugenia Zuroski signed 2016-12-06 12:18:45 -0500
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Krista Pottery signed 2016-12-06 11:16:31 -0500
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Lia Hamelin signed via Denim Daddy 2016-12-06 11:03:17 -0500NO LRT!
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Farhana Koya signed 2016-12-06 08:50:09 -0500Can you do something about the fare increase? I can’t afford to pay over 100 dollars to HSR every month.
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Louis Bursey signed via Denim Daddy 2016-12-06 03:36:25 -0500Louis Bursey
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Ed Holbeck posted about this on Facebook 2016-12-06 01:02:03 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt
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Ed Holbeck signed 2016-12-06 01:01:06 -0500
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Michael Nash signed 2016-12-06 00:42:19 -0500
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Nicole Dungey signed via Denim Daddy 2016-12-05 23:10:51 -0500
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Denim Daddy posted about this on Facebook 2016-12-05 23:00:02 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt
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@vincesoliveri tweeted link to this page. 2016-12-05 23:00:01 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=8627Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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John Wilbur posted about this on Facebook 2016-12-05 20:31:09 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt
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@mrjwilbur tweeted link to this page. 2016-12-05 20:31:07 -0500Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=584Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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John Wilbur signed 2016-12-05 20:30:33 -0500
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Olivia Howell abel signed 2016-12-05 18:15:40 -0500
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