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Championing a transformational transit initiative in London, Ontario. Tweets by Shawn Adamsson.
London, Ontario
Joined March 2017
Thank you to everyone who has pushed for the best possible transit investment in #ldnont. Today we are one step closer to actually building better transit infrastructure.
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“investment spent on public transport... including through congestion charging... sparks a chain reaction in economic activity up to 3 or 4 times the initial investment, enabling & promoting urban densification & greater urban productivity”
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#lndont and @CityofLdnOnt will continue to ignore the environment and one of the only things breathing life, brains and money into this city at its own peril. @WesternU @LTCLdnOnt #tonedeaf #environment #pollution #WakeUp
I have lived in #ldnont all my life (Ward 5). I’m a @kingsatwestern and @FanshaweCS alumni. A better bussing system would have saved me hours of stress & time. Post grad improvements include the addition of the 25 route, but no BRT a loss for students.
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I have lived in #ldnont all my life (Ward 5). I’m a @kingsatwestern and @FanshaweCS alumni. A better bussing system would have saved me hours of stress & time. Post grad improvements include the addition of the 25 route, but no BRT a loss for students.
westerngazette.ca
By ignoring the transit needs of the Western community, both the city and the campus lose out.
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Hey #ldnont. Does this help change your perspective on the value of offering non-car transportation options?
“The worst thing that many cities have done, for low-income people, is create a world in which you need a car ... Parking pushes everything farther apart, and even if you're too poor to own a car, you have to pay for all the free parking you don't use."
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Re-upping my op-ed from a year ago showing BRT's value to Londoners even if you don't ride the bus. We're a city at a crossroads - this is how we can take important steps to reduce sprawl and, with it, reduce tax servicing needs by up to $40M/yr.
lfpress.com
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Owning a car is more expensive than transit — so we must all do more to give people greater access to that low-cost transportation so they don’t think they “need” a car, which is a false choice.
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Paul Michael Anderson, another speaker who ran in the last municipal election: "There are problems to it, but this is a good first step... I urge council to be brave and make this first step to make London more livable for people of the working class." #LdnOnt
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Cedric Richards now speaking. Says BRT would make his life - and those of tens of thousands of Londoners - better. For neighbourhoods that complain BRT "doesn't touch their exact doorsteps," he says that won't happen unless #LdnOnt starts building better transit now, he says.
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"It's time for #LdnOnt to grow up" and develop a proper transit system, the next speaker says. She's an Old North resident and says not everyone there is opposed to BRT. "I'd be delighted to have bus rapid transit run along there."
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@RebeccaZandberg We have already spent over $11mil planning it, while city hall complains about the lack of funds and cost of other essential progress or services, and not a single detractor or anti BRTer has proposed a single feasible but better plan in the interim. Time to move on it as is.
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@LondonMorning Having attended many public input meetings about BRT, I am in favour of the forward-thinking plan. Very frustrated that a Council change can undo the whole thing. Doing just parts of the project is a mistake and won’t alleviate congestion.
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TICK TOCK! City council is set to finalize the list of projects that will go to the provincial and federal governments for transit funding. Our last chance to speak on these issues is on March 20th. We hope you will come out to support @LdnBRT! https://t.co/MZjp1iIWle
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Here is our letter to the Strategic Priorities and Policy committee that will decide on the future of BRT... The deadline in 9am tomorrow - so you have 11hrs to write your own!
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Steps to the future of mobility? 1. #Transit is the backbone. 2. #Sharedmodes complement and address equity concerns. 3. No more focus on modes in silos. @tchu88 @remix @3Rev_ITSDavis @ITS_UCDavis #3revsconference
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Dedicated bus lanes are making a huge difference in suburban Boston.
#Dedicatedlanes help move more people more quickly....just check out this rider video from the #ArlBRT pilot in @arlingtonmagov! The bus lane will be made permanent this summer.
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Here's a breakdown of the costs for the most common vehicle types registered in #ldnont, using cost of ownership figures from CAA https://t.co/r0lNJ9juBH The 72% of 277,900 registered vehicles in the five most common categories are costing #ldnont'ers $1,881,809,799 *per year*!
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Please #ldnont folks, expand your bubble. If you never want to take transit, okay. No one will make you. However, if transit improves, the traffic you experience in your cosy automobile will be better too. You don't have to take transit to benefit from better transit.
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