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What people are saying about LRT

"We are trying to defeat the malls with a rapid transit system, but what we're doing is connecting the two biggest malls in town and making it easier to get there." - Jeff Allan


"In the region’s most recent peer review, the following statement is made regarding Cambridge transit needs: “Until ridership demand increases in Cambridge, a BRT (bus rapid transit) will provide excellent service, in a financially prudent manner that is well matched to the developing nature of Cambridge’s transit market.” I couldn’t have said it better myself for Kitchener-Waterloo." - Susan Forwell Recchia


"So, if I understand all of this, rapid transit will not actually be rapid, nor will its primary purpose be transit." - Ellen Shields


"LRT is a poor choice for rider convenience, it's a poor choice for our diffused population, and it could even prove to be a poorer choice environmentally." - Scott Davey


"LRT is a commuter rail system to serve downtown Kitchener, but unfortunately the forecast 2031 employment is only 25,000; less than half what is required to support LRT." - John Shortreed


"People are totally against having trains running up and down King Street." - Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran


"I think that before spending “about” $1 billion in taxes this plan should be put to a binding vote by the citizens of Waterloo Region." - Clarence Beintema


"The idea of letting the people of Waterloo Region vote for a light rail system does not have to be expensive. Just include a ballot with the 2011 final tax bill and have everyone vote when they pay their tax bill. Simple." - George Stec


"The LRT current design, including raised tracks and timed doors will make the system difficult for people with limited mobility to use. This goes against the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (Bill 118). Losing the ability to interact with the driver will create a potentially dangerous situation as the passenger may not be able to sit before the train leaves." - Barbara da Silva


"As an engineer, I deeply question the validity of the environmental assessment that recommended our region consider either light rail or rapid bus." - Derek Satnik


"For us ordinary people in the community, the scheme is a nightmare. If someone gave it to us for free, we’d do better to refuse." - Jan Narveson


"If fast buses don’t offer the same benefits as light rail, maybe we in Cambridge shouldn’t have to share in the cost for the light rail transit." - Tom Aitchison


"The costs to all regional taxpayers will be significant because the operating costs will be 23 million dollars a year and the capital costs will exceed projected estimates. In other words, it's unsustainable." - Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig


"We, the taxpayers, cannot afford another stupid idea." - Bob Oberholtzer


"It is becoming clear that the strategy of Waterloo regional council was to tone down their agenda for a while, and then embark on a biased “educational program” to convince taxpayers that their grandiose vision should take priority over the prudent wishes of those who elected them." - Bob Schulte


"I am almost giddy with excitement. The region will re-evaluate our rapid transit options. We get to choose whether to paint the trains red, yellow or black." - Alfred Rempel


"The question that the dreamy-eyed supporters are not asking themselves is how will the remaining 98 per cent of the population get around? Now and in the future, roads will always be needed for pedestrians, strollers, bicycles, school buses, cars and public transit." - Tom Fitzsimmons


"Kitchener and Waterloo are far from being even a medium-sized “big city” as yet and won’t be for many years. So, spending a billion of our dollars now, or any time in the near future, for a system that will thoroughly disrupt the automobile traffic which is and will remain for a long time the standard because most convenient way to get around in such a place, is, in brief, folly. The right way to think is not big: it’s to think the size we are — which is, very modest." - Jan Narveson


"The message that I got loud and clear, from not just a few, but probably hundreds, even thousands of people, was: We don’t want it. We won’t use it. We can’t afford it." - Mark Whaley


"[Paul Martin] told me that he intended to announce a program of federal grants enabling municipalities to install light-rail public transit. Now it was my turn to demur. I told him that unfortunate experiences already showed that fixed transit routes were expensive failures when they were not preceded by evidence of sufficient demand. Underused routes not only are a drain on transit systems but are ill-suited as contributors to the needs and convenience of users." - Jane Jacobs

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