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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@edgypotter13 tweeted link to this page. 2017-05-07 17:10:14 -0400Sign the petition! #FixtheHSR #HamOnt http://environmenthamilton.nationbuilder.com/fixthehsr?recruiter_id=11312Reply · Retweet · Favorite
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Valerie Oates signed via william oates 2017-05-04 19:33:54 -0400
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Terri Bocz signed 2017-04-18 13:36:13 -0400
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Brittany FitzGreen signed 2017-04-08 08:25:03 -0400Brittany FitzGreen
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Garry Sled signed 2017-03-24 06:14:29 -0400
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Keri MacFarlane signed 2017-03-24 01:03:04 -0400Keri MacFarlane
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Maria anyusheva signed 2017-03-21 21:45:59 -0400Better connections, faster and diverse routes and many more cycling lanes for the city
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Christeen Urquhart signed 2017-03-21 11:09:52 -0400
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Chris McAnally signed 2017-03-21 11:09:20 -0400
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Don Murno signed 2017-03-21 11:04:45 -0400
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Victoria Shymlosky signed 2017-03-21 11:03:00 -0400
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Keely Brown signed 2017-03-21 11:01:03 -0400
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Rosemary Horsewood signed 2017-03-21 10:59:44 -0400
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Bj Baldwin signed 2017-03-21 10:58:51 -0400
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Jameel Qader signed 2017-03-21 10:58:07 -0400
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Norm Newbery signed 2017-03-20 17:15:36 -0400Cutting back scheduled increases to Rapid Ready in 2017 will make it doubly hard to meet the target in 2018. Efficient, affordable and timely transit interfacing with the new LRT needs to be a top priority.
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Daphne Ugor signed 2017-03-20 13:04:09 -0400
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Maya Gorodskoy signed 2017-03-20 13:03:21 -0400
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Sahra Soudi signed 2017-03-20 13:02:43 -0400
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Sierah McDowall signed 2017-03-20 13:02:01 -0400
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Sarah Jama signed 2017-03-20 13:01:16 -0400
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Sara Mustafa signed 2017-03-20 13:00:21 -0400
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Koubra Haggar signed 2017-03-20 12:59:46 -0400
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Sabreina Dahab signed 2017-03-20 12:59:09 -0400
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Alex Tessier signed 2017-03-20 12:58:32 -0400
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Ellyse James signed 2017-03-20 09:40:33 -0400
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Kush Upadhyay signed 2017-03-20 09:39:31 -0400
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Parthesh Patel signed 2017-03-20 09:38:07 -0400
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Rosmarie Gentles signed 2017-03-20 09:36:49 -0400
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Max Koomen signed 2017-03-20 09:35:45 -0400
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