Raise the Hammer
List of sections in Raise the Hammer, with links to each article in that section.
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Do City Bikes Reduce Cars In Cities? - Once you get your first class city bike project in place and enough people start to use it, you begin to get a new metric for your city that places increased value on proximity and multi-modal mobility. Published 2008/03/24
Hamilton Education Centre: The Dilemma and the Agenda - If we want to project an image to private investment that Hamilton is the right place to invest, then we first need to invest in our downtown ourselves. Published 2008/02/14
Changing the Rules - Most cyclists already treat stop signs as yields without incident. Why not make it official? Published 2007/06/27
Hamilton's Heat Alert Strategy Full of Hot Air - The city health department's heat alert strategy is vague and ineffectual. We need a detailed plan that reaches and protects our most vulnerable residents. Published 2007/06/07
How to Shift our Transport Paradigm: Learning from Grenoble - Re-balancing our urban transport network is possible, but it takes time and a real political campaign to change people's minds. Published 2007/05/18
The Ambitious City's Victorian Values - A history of Britain's Victorian industrial cities offers compelling lessons for Hamilton. Published 2007/03/19
Hamilton's Future: Forget About It - A myopic employment study prepared for City Council by Hemson Consulting imagines a dreary, low-skilled future of air transport and goods warehousing. Published 2007/02/09
Trying to Kick the Car Habit - City Hall is committed to walkable streets, but on the Department of Public Works' terms. Published 2006/11/23
High Interest: Protecting the Illegitimate Profits of Payday Lenders - The payday loan industry is booming, but the interest they charge is against the law. Now they want the law changed - or they'll be out of business. Published 2006/10/06
Tivoli Special Edition - The Tivoli Theatre: Comentary - History - Redevelopment - The Future Published 2005/04/04
The stars and the moon and the earth and the sun are aligning here." -- Mayor Fred Eisenberger on Light Rail in Hamilton
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Civic Monument or Big Box: Your Call (Oct. 10, 2008) - Mayor Fred has posted a survey on his website asking for public input on how to proceed with the renovations of city hall.
Go check it out and make your opinion count.
For those who don't
Sad But Funny (Oct. 9, 2008) - We'll need to file this one in the 'sad but funny' file at RTH - Toronto City Council voted on Tuesday to name their newest North York street, 'OMB Folly'.
This after the OM
Letter to Council: City Hall Deserves Better (Oct. 6, 2008) - Dear Mayor and Members of Council,
I've been following the ongoing discussions regarding the renovations of Hamilton City Hall.
As a resident and taxpayer in Hamilton, I certainly apprec
Authoritarianism Meets Stylishness (Oct. 6, 2008) - A couple of interesting articles in this weekend's Toronto Star. First off there's Thomas Walkhom's analysis of free market economics versus 'authoritarian capitalism'. Citing
Mayor: 'Stars Aligning' for Light Rail, Gore Plaza Moving Forward (Oct. 3, 2008) - I spoke this morning with Mayor Fred Eisenberger about light rail, economic development and the Gore Master Plan Study. He was understandably excited about the gathering momentum on light rail in
Sooner or Loiter (Oct. 3, 2008) -
An article in today's Spectator about the city's plan to revitalize Gore Park confused me:
Vendors. Entertainment. A peace memorial. Less loitering. A friendlier climate.
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