Comment 33283

By Rush (anonymous) | Posted September 08, 2009 at 13:31:00

Yep, I'm with those who think we need to move more quickly to establish rapid transit service further afield to effectively step away from the car culture. If that means using big articulated buses instead of rails, well, the rails can come later. I know the concern is that fixed rails help anchor development nodes, but they do not if building nodes follow rather than lead the developers. Have to get out in front and the initial savings using buses can be used to build more and bigger stations in Dundas, Stoney Creek, east and west Mountain, Waterdown and (drum roll please) central Burlington. And build them sooner rather than later.

When it's built the rest of you may be getting a Blast, but I'll be RIDING THE HAMMER. If you must have an acronym, it'll mean Hamilton Area Municipal Mobilization Express Routes (or any damned thing, HSR still the service provider, of course) but locals will know what came first: the HAMMER or the nail. Of course, dogs chasing the wheels of these big buses will be out to nail the HAMMER, politicos debating what and what not to do will be hitting their heads with the HAMMER because they don't know when to stop. Folks who don't see the sense of rapid transit will have to get HAMMERed, or proponents will have dropped the HAMMER. Even newspaper sports writers will be able to follow the action.

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