03-06-2024, 06:37 PM
(03-06-2024, 04:48 PM)westwardloo Wrote:(03-06-2024, 03:59 PM)bravado Wrote: Why does Cambridge city council matter at all? It’s not their jurisdiction. Yet again why is governance so needlessly complex and inefficient here? Who is it benefiting?
Because that is the mess that we have created by having multiple levels of municipal politics. At the end of the day this is a Regional project, but it goes through Cambridge neighbourhoods and Cambridge streets. Like it or not Cambridge needs to back this project for it so move forward. I long for the day that we are 1 municipality, but unfortunately I seem to be in the minority.
It doesn't help that at least 2 of the 3 cambridge representatives on Regional council are actively opposed to the LRT. Not sure where pam stands on the issue.
Also the LRT inevitably relates directly to matters which are City jurisdiction — zoning, and a lot of planning. You can’t really separate public transportation from other aspects of urban planning.
But indeed, it is unfortunate and disappointing that Cambridge council is acting like this. I hope the rest of the Region votes down any BRT alternative to LRT. BRT may be appropriate here and there (e.g., to reach an LRT stop!), but the idea that we should build a fully separate bus route down from Fairview instead of an LRT extension is nonsensical.