[All] Fwd: Meeting

[Robert Milligan]

FYI
R

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Robert Milligan <mill at continuum.org>
> Date: June 19, 2010 3:48:48 AM GMT-04:00
> To: Mayor Doug Craig <craigd at cambridge.ca>
> Subject: Meeting
>
> Doug,
>
> Good speaking with you briefly at your wonderful arts event in  
> Cambridge's great new city hall venue.
>
> And thank you for agreeing to meet with me for 30 min. the week of  
> June 28th.  If I may, I will phone your executive assistant early  
> next week and arrange a specific time,
>
> I have reason to believe that the estimated ridership for a  
> Cambridge LRT was lower than the likely reality for at least two  
> reasons which I have agreement on with a long time Cambridge  
> resident -- and thoughtful environmentalist -- who is running for  
> Council.  I will be exploring this further with  Region staff and  
> their consultants.
>
> And when Chair Ken Seiling says that it was never intended to  
> include Cambridge in the LRT (now its 2033 or 2036!), perhaps if  
> they had used a smarter way of estimating prospective LRT ridership,  
> then Ken might have said the opposite!
>
> The same might apply to the KW estimates resulting in a stronger  
> argument for LRT funding overall!
>
> Of course, I hope to speak with you abut the importance of a  
> Riverside Park crossing by CP especially -- and possibly the LRT. As  
> I have in effect said in my emails, staff needs to be much more  
> sophisticated in their analysis of the situation.
>
> I will continue to work tirelessly for a Cambridge LRT in Stage 1  
> via IDEAS that save big on capital costs and increase average speed.  
> These will help make extending the LRT to Cambridge affordable and  
> attract more middle class from their traffic jamming cars  
> respectively.
>
> Best wishes,
> Robert
>
> Best wishes,
> Robert

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://gren.ca/pipermail/all_gren.ca/attachments/20100619/2373ae03/attachment.html>