It’s official: Lethbridge has a new master plan for transportation. But it doesn’t deal with dangerous goods routes, city-owned rail lines or access to the airport. And those are just some of the criticisms levelled against the consultants’ report, delivered to city council last fall.
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Several questions continue to plague councillor Jeff Toews over council’s March 25 decision to give administration the thumbs up to submit an application to the provincial government with regards to an alternative option for transit.
During council’s most recent meeting, a blueprint for what transit may look like in Cochrane was approved by a 5-2 vote – Toews and councillor Ivan Brooker being the two opposed – which permits administration to submit an application to the provincial government to ensure that GreenTRIP funding is still available to the town for a portion of capital costs for transit.
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The mayor may not have had as many councillors on board as he previously said, but nevertheless, Cochrane is one step closer to the implementation of an alternative transit plan.
Following a two-hour presentation and subsequent discussion, council gave administration the go-ahead to submit ‘option 2’ to the provincial government as the town’s blueprint for a transit system. The town must provide these plans to ensure that GreenTrip funding is still available, which pays for the majority of the capital costs, such as busses and bus shelters, of launching a transit.
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Cochrane Town Council has agreed to take the next step in analyzing transit options for Cochrane.
Five of seven councillors supported accepting a transit alternatives report for information and endorsed the strategy outlined as option 2 as a manageable first step for transit in Cochrane. They also directed town administration to prepare and submit a transit implementation plan to Alberta Transportation Green Trip incentives program to see if it meets approval for funding.
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EDMONTON – Leduc will have direct bus service to the nearby Edmonton International Airport under plans announced Tuesday to expand local transit.
The city and the county of Leduc set up the C-Line in 2010 offering morning and afternoon rush-hour buses between Leduc, Nisku and the Century Park transit centre.
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The Harper government is renewing its multibillion-dollar public infrastructure programs with a 10-year plan that targets key demands from Canadian cities, and offers billions of dollars in new spending to help provinces and communities meet basic needs for water, transportation and other infrastructure.
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A 30-year partnership came to an end Tuesday night, as the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo’s city council voted in favour of cutting ties with Diversified for the municipality’s transit services, effective June 30.
The municipality was considering five proposals — one of which was from Diversified — from companies wanting to become the RMWB’s transit service provider, and decided to partner with Tokmakjian Inc. for a term of 15 years, with an option to extend for a further five years upon mutual agreement.
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And then there were three.
After what seemed like a lengthy hiatus, transit is back in the public forum. With administration having narrowed the choices down to three, they are now looking for your input.
The three alternatives are as follows:
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A consultants’ plan to convince more Lethbridge residents to park the family car got a rough ride Monday at city council.
Their “high level” report, focusing on the city’s transportation needs well into the future, recommended steps to increase use of transit, cycling and car-pooling to reduce the impacts of growth as the city approaches a population of 100,000 and later, 130,000 people. It also urged more immediate bus service improvements, allowing would-be passengers to get where they’re going more easily.
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It looks like the road ahead for RouteAhead will get a bit bumpier as a bloc of southeast aldermen voted against the next step in Calgary’s 30-year transit plan on Wednesday.
“Love the document, can’t support it,” said Ald. Shane Keating who, along with Ald. Peter Demong and Ald. Andre Chabot, opposed final approval of an amended RouteAhead document that was presented to the city’s transportation committee.
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