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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Another Outhit strike out: Your rail transit bill has now reached $473 
Quote:To date, there's no evidence that rail transit is getting people out of cars or drawing jobs to all 19 future stations. 
Well, d'oh! Is it possible that's because the LRT hasn't been built and isn't in operation?

Quote:But there are job sparks at King and Victoria streets in Kitchener. There's evidence of housing drawn to stations. 
I'm not sure why "job sparks" (whatever they're supposed to be) are restricted to one intersection. There's ample evidence of new building construction all along the LRT route.

Quote:Trains won't run until 2017, so rail transit ambitions have time to come true.
Again, how would "rail transit ambitions" "come true" before the LRT is in operation?

Then he goes on to bash GRT for providing needed services to those with mobility issues, students and others who can't afford their own cars.

Meanwhile Jeff's bosses are wringing their hands over why they have to close down newspapers, most recently The Record's sister publication in Guelph. If only they'd read one of Jeff's pieces the answer would become instantly clear.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by ookpik - 01-30-2016, 11:50 AM
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