Elections
Do you support the city's plan to build an east-west light rail transit (LRT) line with full capital funding from the Province?
Responses to the question: "Do you support the city's plan to build an east-west light rail transit (LRT) line with full capital funding from the Province?"
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6 Candidate Responses (top)
| Mayor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Brief Response | Full Response |
| Baldasaro, Michael | No | No to east-west route. If the Province lives up to its promise to
fund Public Transportation, my business plan supports beefing up BRT service, shortening wait times and includes an LRT-LOOP from the GO BUS STATION on Hunter to the GO RAIL STATION on James St. North. Travelling North on Bay, South on James, East and west between King and Hunter, it encompass the new HSR/BRT Station on MacNab. This is the only LRT that makes sense. THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM to follow. Fossil fuelled transportation is tomorrows dinosaur. GO to GO services all East and West BRT Routes through-out the G.H.A. Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook, Hamilton, Mount Hope and Stoney Creek. An LRT LOOP will attract local and out-of-town Tourists and commuters to the downtown core and Condominiums. This is our best opportunity of creating a sustainable and expandable BRT/LRT which benefits everyone. |
| Butt, Ejaz | No | I support the under ground LRT connected to all part of the city and also to main go station. This will also resolve two of other big issues that is building of roads over the cemented roof and replace the old sewerage system that is to kill the three birds with one stone. Cost and time will be needed more but the problem will be solved for next 100 years or more. I would like to have 100% funding from the province however if we have add some associate cost we should do it without raising the property taxes. We must find some other ways to generate the revenue |
| Eisenberger, Fred | Yes | Yes, but need broad community support |
| Lavigne, Crystal | No | Absolutely not. I fully support increased bus services, including the taxi program that reaches to the areas that do not have access to a bus stop. Also, I would like to install a gondola system extending from the mountain to the lower part of our city in the central/east end. This would be the first site for this system, which would hook up to bus stops at either ends, as well as parking and bicycle hubs.
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| McHattie, Brian | Yes | Yes I support fully our LRT plan as described in the Rapid Ready Report. |
| Pattison, Michael A. | Maybe | I do support the east west light rail if and only if, these questions are answered.
At what level of populace will such infrastructure be deemed sustainable or better yet profitable? How can we increase ridership now to help circumvent the operating costs that will be incurred in the future? . Do we have efficient service designs that will adapt our existing transportation services into the new vision of Hamilton? Will the L.R.T, B.R.T or express bus transit systems identify, now or in the near future, our municipalities current needs which are not being met? To end the debate I just wish all short and long term planning could be vetted in a way that would showcase benefit-to-cost analysis, and complete transit outlooks upon completion and most importantly construction costs and schedules that can outline our population expectancies, presumed gridlock figures and ridership expectancies before we move forward. I see an absolute made-in Hamilton solution, for the people of Hamilton and the future of Hamilton. I know we have one so let’s lay every platform on the table at the same time with a barrage of questions that each proposal must identify and resolve before we make a selection. |
Response Summary (top)
| Brief Response | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 2 | 33.3% |
| No | 3 | 50.0% |
| Maybe | 1 | 16.7% |
6 Candidates Have Not Responded (top)
| Mayor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Clancy, Mike | ||
| Clark, Brad | ||
| Francis, Warrand | ||
| Iamonico, Nick | ||
| Ryerson, Phil | ||
| Tavares, Ricky | ||
