There's no project on the horizon that will create more jobs, spark more economic growth, or improve our transit more than our BRT plan. Let's build this city.
London, Ontario
Joined September 2018
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Thank you to everyone who has pushed for the best possible transit investment in #ldnont. Today we are one step closer to actually building better transit infrastructure.
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“investment spent on public transport... including through congestion charging... sparks a chain reaction in economic activity up to 3 or 4 times the initial investment, enabling & promoting urban densification & greater urban productivity”
forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…
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Mobility innovations should never be assessed on a single indicator.
Good innovations solve multiple problems...
...and the best cause no new ones!
(graphic by @ElliotFishman)
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@CityofLdnOnt @Build_This_City An interesting analysis we should give consideration to for our great city. @LFPress @LondonMorning @CJBK @AM980News @CTVLondon @DNewcombeCTV To our media - let's talk!
"NIMBYs are not necessarily the problem ...The problem is politicians and other decision-makers who know better, who don’t do the right thing because of NIMBY fear." @BrentToderian, interviewed by @drvox for @voxdotcom vox.com/2017/6/20/15815490/t…
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The typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/3rd of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people. #CityMakingMath
HT @circulareconomy
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#lndont and @CityofLdnOnt will continue to ignore the environment and one of the only things breathing life, brains and money into this city at its own peril. @WesternU @LTCLdnOnt #tonedeaf #environment #pollution #WakeUp
I have lived in #ldnont all my life (Ward 5). I’m a @kingsatwestern and @FanshaweCS alumni. A better bussing system would have saved me hours of stress & time. Post grad improvements include the addition of the 25 route, but no BRT a loss for students. westerngazette.ca/opinion/ed…
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I have lived in #ldnont all my life (Ward 5). I’m a @kingsatwestern and @FanshaweCS alumni. A better bussing system would have saved me hours of stress & time. Post grad improvements include the addition of the 25 route, but no BRT a loss for students. westerngazette.ca/opinion/ed…
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Could decision to divide #ShiftBRT make it less attractive to upper levels of government? @DNewcombeCTV on ridership numbers: london.ctvnews.ca/divided-sh…
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OPINION: @st3v3turn3r says council's post-BRT road will need a bit of paving tinyurl.com/yy8mg8bf #ldnont
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#ldnont stop looking at yourself and look at your broader community.
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Tax Consequences of Transit Vote
"Transit projects other than bus rapid transit can help London tap into $375 million in funding from Ottawa and Queen’s Park, but PAYING FOR CITY HALL'S SHARE WILL HIT PROPERTY TAXPAYERS IN THE WALLET"
@MeganatLFPress
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NEWS ANALYSIS: BRT dismembering jeopardises London Plan tinyurl.com/yxsnbnws #ldnont
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Paul Michael Anderson, another speaker who ran in the last municipal election:
"There are problems to it, but this is a good first step...
I urge council to be brave and make this first step to make London more livable for people of the working class."
#LdnOnt
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Cedric Richards now speaking. Says BRT would make his life - and those of tens of thousands of Londoners - better.
For neighbourhoods that complain BRT "doesn't touch their exact doorsteps," he says that won't happen unless #LdnOnt starts building better transit now, he says.
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"It's time for #LdnOnt to grow up" and develop a proper transit system, the next speaker says. She's an Old North resident and says not everyone there is opposed to BRT. "I'd be delighted to have bus rapid transit run along there."