[All] Please vote on GREN position

[Eleanor Grant]

I support it, if by point # 2 you mean that they should implement the
crosstown express buses BEFORE building Light Rail, rather than delaying the
buses as they recently announced.  This is key.

Eleanor Grant

2011/4/29 Norah & Richard <nrchaloner at hotmail.com>

> Hello All,
>
>  I support the motion as presented but if changes are to be made would
> favour Susan K's suggestion that St Jacob's may not be the best place to
> start because of its 2 day congestion compared to the southern daily
> traffic. If there are further changes to your position,  I add my support to
> the majority of a group decision. You have put an enormous amount of effort
> into this and I am unfamiliar with the complexities since I do not live and
> use the existing routes. Your combined intelligence is stellar and should
> help to move this forward.   Norah
>
> On 28/04/2011 9:53 PM, Caterina Lindman wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone.  I'm sorry I missed the meeting on Wednesday.  It sounds
> like you had an interesting discussion about the transit proposals that the
> Region is considering.  CREW (Community Renewable Energy of Waterloo) have
> issued a press release<http://www.crewzone.ca/pubs/release_CREW_transit_study_2011-03-10.pdf>and a research
> paper<http://www.crewzone.ca/pubs/rpt_CREW_Transit_Options_2011-03-10.pdf>that I found helpful and inspiring.  The research paper is an easy-to-read
> comparison of different transit options.  The conclusion of their study is
> that Aerorail would be the best option because it can be implemented at a
> relatively low cost, without having to disrupt as much of the current
> infrastructure.
>
> I can support the motion you have presented, if in item 4), by new
> technologies, we include above-grade suspension rails, ie Aerobus or
> Aerorail.
>
> CREW's recommendation is to build an Aerorail pilot project from Laurier to
> University of Waterloo to R&T Park, at the cost of approximately $50 M.  My
> experience with the I-express is that hardly anyone gets on or off at R&T
> park, so the pilot should perhaps include McCormick arena as well to serve a
> lot of student transportation needs.
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, John Jackson <jjackson at web.ca> wrote:
>
>> Last night at the GREN meeting we discussed what position GREN should take
>> on the current light rail transit proposal before Waterloo Regional Council.
>> The Council will be making a decision on June 15 and will be holding public
>> input sessions to hear from delegations prior to that.
>>
>> After an hour of discussion, the following motion was made as a position
>> that we should take to Regional Council:
>> GREN Motion: 1) Urge Region to adopt a combination of L9 & L3 (the
>> administration’s recommendation to council). [this means that they commit
>> now to having a light rail train system all the way from St. Jacob’s farmers
>> market to the Ainslie Street bus terminal in Cambridge (L9), but that they
>> begin by having rail only from St. Jacob’s farmers market to Fairview Mall
>> and Bus rapid transit to Cambridge (L3); 2) Urge Region to now commit to and
>> immediately begin rapidly implementing a reformed bus system throughout the
>> three communities, with new Express Bus Routes and new local bus route
>> system as shown on page 10 of their “Connecting to the Future” document; 3)
>> integrate this with a reassessment of the road system needs given that the
>> bus and rail system is dramatically improved; 4) while the details of the
>> LRT system are being developed over the next two years, that they continue
>> to explore new technologies; and 5) ensure that planning policies are
>> implemented (as described in the Region’s new official plan) that will
>> support the transit system.
>>
>> This motion was passed, but was not passed unanimously. Therefore, we
>> decided to ask our paid-up GREN members who were not present last night to
>> vote on the motion to bring us to a decision.
>>
>> Please send me your vote by Sunday May 1. I have also attached the
>> Region’s information handout that explains L9, L3 and has the page 10 map
>> referred to in the motion.
>>
>> Thanks for your immediate attention to this matter.
>>
>> John
>> --
>> John Jackson
>> 17 Major Street
>> Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
>> 519-744-7503
>>
>>
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