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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Paul Mason posted about this on Facebook 2016-11-24 16:51:12 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition
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@PaulMason2 tweeted link to this page. 2016-11-24 16:51:11 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=700Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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Laurie Nielsen signed via Robert Berberick 2016-11-24 16:46:50 -0500
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Andrew Buxton signed via Erinn Turnbull 2016-11-24 16:45:39 -0500
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donald mclaughlin signed 2016-11-24 16:41:42 -0500
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PEter Ormond signed 2016-11-24 16:33:56 -0500The year is 2016 folks. Public Transit makes cents for everyone. We all say yes. Why aren’t you, City Council?
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Alex Zafer signed 2016-11-24 16:29:24 -0500
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Peter Queck signed 2016-11-24 16:26:47 -0500
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Todd Bulmer signed 2016-11-24 16:13:53 -0500
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Lyn Folkes signed 2016-11-24 16:11:40 -0500With the School Board providing HSR passes for our children to get to school now, the City of Hamilton has a more important obligation to provide enough transit to allow students to get to and from school efficiently and safely. Currently there is a shortage of transit along Mohawk Road on the Hamilton Mountain. Bus drivers pass by my children sometimes because the bus is over filled. This has forced us to drive our children to school often over the years. We receive no compensation, and more drivers on the road just adds to the problem of global warming. If our School Board and City are not helping to solve transit and other climate-change related problems, then who will? It is your job to do better for those who pay your salaries — and our future. Better public transit will reduce the numbers of cars on our roads and allow parents to comfortably rely on the HSR to transport our children when they need a ride. Improve public transit as fast as you can!
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Ryan Threndyle signed 2016-11-24 16:10:16 -0500
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Erinn Turnbull signed via Bike Locke 2016-11-24 16:04:59 -0500Let’s work to provide better transit for Hamilton’s citizens and keep funding promises already made.
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Ian Chisholm signed 2016-11-24 16:00:49 -0500I think if the council rode #2 Barton for a few weekdays, sandwiched between screaming babies, a few intoxicated men, and someone bleeding out of a fresh head wound on a tiny bus; they’d be more inclined to fix our transit system.
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Nathan Savelli signed via Bike Locke 2016-11-24 15:44:59 -0500Nathan Savelli
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Paul Weinberg signed 2016-11-24 15:39:55 -0500
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Chris Osborne signed 2016-11-24 15:36:09 -0500
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Donna Ellis signed 2016-11-24 15:31:01 -0500
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Caroline Sutton signed 2016-11-24 15:25:35 -0500
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Ray Reed signed 2016-11-24 15:24:20 -0500Can the LRT; fix the HSR
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Richard Gelder signed 2016-11-24 15:18:16 -0500
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Lee Purins posted about this on Facebook 2016-11-24 15:16:32 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition
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Harold Marquis signed 2016-11-24 15:14:03 -0500
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@bike_locke tweeted link to this page. 2016-11-24 15:12:12 -0500Sign the petition: HSR Petition http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=8400Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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Martin Zarate signed 2016-11-24 15:01:41 -0500The hsr is stuck in torpor. The city has made many plans for the hsr, but has not followed through. Routes need to be reconsidered, more express routes need to be added, and more frequent service on major mountain routes.
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Mary Ann Blair signed 2016-11-24 14:52:49 -0500
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Elizabeth Kitching signed 2016-11-24 14:51:39 -0500
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Melaiya Grappie signed 2016-11-24 14:49:47 -0500
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Andrea Phair signed 2016-11-24 14:48:51 -0500
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Michael Calder signed 2016-11-24 14:48:18 -0500
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Elysia Petrone signed 2016-11-24 14:45:30 -0500
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