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Hello All,<br>
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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 <br>
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On 28/04/2011 9:53 PM, Caterina Lindman wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTimhs1Wmrux-P1owA1zX87RT2doQng@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">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 <a
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href="http://www.crewzone.ca/pubs/release_CREW_transit_study_2011-03-10.pdf">press
release</a> and a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.crewzone.ca/pubs/rpt_CREW_Transit_Options_2011-03-10.pdf">research
paper</a> 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.<br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, John
Jackson <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca">jjackson@web.ca</a>></span>
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style="font-size: 11pt;">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.<br>
<br>
After an hour of discussion, the following motion was
made as a position that we should take to Regional
Council:<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your immediate attention to this matter.<br>
<br>
John<br>
-- <br>
John Jackson<br>
17 Major Street<br>
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:519-744-7503"
value="+15197447503" target="_blank">519-744-7503</a><br>
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