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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Jane Cudmore posted about this on Facebook 2016-11-30 12:43:53 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition
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@makesmewannauke tweeted link to this page. 2016-11-30 12:43:51 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=6473Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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Maddison Hampel signed 2016-11-30 11:14:54 -0500Maddison Hampel
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Jennifer Ridge signed via Tyler Marr 2016-11-29 22:33:01 -0500
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@tylerdavidmarr tweeted link to this page. 2016-11-29 19:55:36 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=3727Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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Tyler Marr signed 2016-11-29 19:55:10 -0500Tyler Marr
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Michael Majcher signed 2016-11-29 14:08:10 -0500Big cities always seem to make public transit a big priority. I’m thinking there must be some pretty good reasons for that.
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Matthew Walker signed 2016-11-29 10:45:31 -0500
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Tom Shepherd signed 2016-11-29 08:28:40 -0500I’ve been using the HSR off and on for 16 years, it’s time for the City of Hamilton to commit to comprehensive change to this critical city service. At a bare minimum the system must be brought up to modern standards from a technological perspective to scheduling to routing and on board amenities. #FixtheHSR
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Oliver Veit signed 2016-11-29 08:11:38 -0500
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Catherine Wheaton signed 2016-11-29 06:01:53 -0500Let’s get this done now, put money into her, make it the best bus system in Ontario
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Dave Michal signed 2016-11-29 01:01:01 -0500
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Judie Punche signed 2016-11-28 21:26:24 -0500
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Laura Fenwick-Sehl signed 2016-11-28 21:11:27 -0500
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Linda Smith signed 2016-11-28 20:56:48 -0500
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Ian Mitch signed 2016-11-28 20:20:40 -0500LRT is not the answer to any f hamiltons problems, HSR needs better service, run times, 24hour service, express routes, mountain accesses. More drivers less management. This will do to start with. Then we can solve its other problems.
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Daniel Hamilton signed 2016-11-28 17:36:55 -0500
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Melissa Leaist signed 2016-11-28 15:40:35 -0500
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Johanna Bleecker signed 2016-11-28 15:24:32 -0500
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Jennifer Hennigar-Shuh posted about this on Facebook 2016-11-28 14:25:52 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition
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Jennifer Hennigar-Shuh signed 2016-11-28 14:25:32 -0500
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Jimmy Hoffa signed 2016-11-28 14:22:15 -0500Should pay it by cyclists! They use the road too!
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Natalie Pieluch signed 2016-11-28 13:32:13 -0500Well done Michael! A great first move towards a better HSR!
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Jennifer Kranz signed 2016-11-28 13:22:53 -0500
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Mickey Mouse signed 2016-11-28 13:13:42 -0500Mickey Mouse approves this Monorail project!
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Sheila Russell signed 2016-11-28 11:33:12 -0500I am sceptical about the value of LRT and would love to see a proper bus rapid transit system with clean-running, comfortable buses, more buses, dedicated bus lanes, and more frequent service. That way BRT could extend to all areas of the city, including outlying areas that would never be able to use LRT. The Beeline bus is a huge success; why not build on that? The revitalization of James Street North is a huge success; why ruin it with years of construction? For sure the construction companies and developers would benefit from LRT but what about the rest of us? Bus rapid transit could be started right now and all could benefit.
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Robert Yates signed via cees vangemerden 2016-11-28 11:30:16 -0500Cheap & effective public transit is (and increasingly will be) an essential public service like roads, bridges & garbage collection and should not be thought of as a frill that is subsidized.
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Mary Anne McDougall signed via cees vangemerden 2016-11-27 18:42:15 -0500
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Marie Raftis signed via Paul Mason 2016-11-27 10:46:33 -0500Between rent and hydro I struggle to afford food , I cannot walk far well and the bus is so expensive and they only gives you a 2 hour transfer. Over the past 6 yrs. I have suffered through bed bugs / roaches / mice / lice / fleas, I am worn.
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Sharon Bray Bray signed via cees vangemerden 2016-11-27 08:53:42 -0500Sharon Bray Bray
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