The city's rapid transit feasibility study comparing the costs and opportunities of bus rapid transit and light rail transit is now available.
The agenda for the public works committee meeting on April 14 includes a presentation of the rapid transit feasibility study conducted by McCormack Rankin Consulting for the city.
The report is available to download here:
Watch this space for analysis to come shortly.
I live in Hamilton and am pleased to be raising my young family in the heart of the city. We've seen new vibrancy slowly return to our neighbourhood in recent years, but now is the time for the city and province to fully commit to propelling Hamilton forward as a successful, growing mid-size city with an unparalleled quality of life. Much has changed in our society in the past 50 years. Oil prices continue to rise and the next generation is in love with urban mobility options. Hamilton has trained many of the brightest minds on the planet in recent decades, but has seen far too many of them leave here upon completing their schooling.
It's time to commit to LRT along Hamilton's East/West corridor.
WATCH:
The Light Rail Presentation
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