Comment 116843

By mdrejhon (registered) - website | Posted March 05, 2016 at 01:41:29 in reply to Comment 109932

To H1:

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It looks like it's only 10% of area. But did you know the total population of Ward 1-4 is more than 25% of population? They are the population-dense wards. Denser areas get upgraded transit (e.g. subways, LRTs, etc). From Census 2011, Ward 1-4 had a grand total population of (29515+37950+39090+34975)=141,530 people. Metro-wide, population is 519K. Mathematically, 141K/519K = just Wards 1-4 is a full 27% of population -- pulling far more percentage than the seemingly tiny area.

If you're asking rural Ancaster residents, yes, I suppose most there are probably against LRT. But if you're asking urban Ward 1-4 residents, most are in favour of LRT unless you cherrypick areas (e.g. residents who live near industrial Burlington Ave).

Does that mean LRT is a waste of money? NO. It's a large transit initiative that fits together as one large GO+HSR+LRT transit expansion in the next 10 years. All-day GO service, LRT service, and a (roughly) doubled HSR bus fleet -- combined, makes transit far more attractive in Hamilton.

Small World Class Cities (of 500,000 population) often have excellent transit which invariably include a package of what HSR+LRT+GO hopefully should be in 10 years from now. That said, the HSR file certainly will need more work, to help both GO and LRT.

Comment edited by mdrejhon on 2016-03-05 01:51:28

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