Therion
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There was a crew doing some preliminary drilling on the station site next to the Main St. roundabout last week. Definitely some movement afoot.
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Allandale25
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From the Spec:
Mayor now hopes to see draft Hamilton LRT agreement by early September
Allandale25
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LRT related event tonight.
Coming up this Wednesday! Join us and @AcornHamilton to talk about the LRT and the future of the HSR with Eric Tuck!
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Coming up this Wednesday! Join us and @AcornHamilton to talk about the LRT and the future of the HSR with Eric Tuck!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: HTRU + ACORN: Transit Riders Forum. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This is the Zoom link for the Hamilton Transit Riders Union and Hamilton ACORN transit riders forum, to discuss the LRT and the future of the HSR with Eric Tuck (ATU 107 President).
Allandale25
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Allandale25
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LRT MoU says Hamilton Pays for Operations, Not Construction Overruns
The City will get fare revenues, but who operates the LRT is still undetermined. The City and Metrolinx will have to decide if its privatized or run by the HSR.
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Allandale25
Senior Member
Today's MOU staff presentation, report, and recommendations.
Livestream in case you want to watch:
Livestream in case you want to watch:
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Northern Light
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Today's MOU staff presentation, report, and recommendations.
Livestream in case you want to watch:
Council, in the form of the General Issues committee has voted 11-3 in favour of signing the MOU with the province.
Story from CBC here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lrt-1.6167672
From the above story:
Amare
Senior Member
Hallelujah!
On a side note it only took Eisenberger what, 3 full complete terms just to get shovels on the ground? Thats just an all-time low, he shouldnt even put it on his record. Theoretically if he completed another 2 terms the LRT still probably wouldnt be in service.
On a side note it only took Eisenberger what, 3 full complete terms just to get shovels on the ground? Thats just an all-time low, he shouldnt even put it on his record. Theoretically if he completed another 2 terms the LRT still probably wouldnt be in service.
christiesplits
Senior Member
I will hold my breath until the shovels are on the ground. But this is good news.
mdrejhon
Senior Member
The LRT has been delayed so long, there's some minor tweaks that could be done to the resurrected LRT:
Just like technology changed so quickly, that Eglinton Crosstown LRT recently cancelled a peaker gas plant to build the Metrolinx battery farm (article) like a UPS for the Crosstown LRT. A Metrolinx mid-construction plan change! And we're a bit earlier (pre-bid).
In our case, Alstom just added a battery option to Flexity LRV vehicles.
There are some massive trees along International Village that are going to be cut down, for a very sun-scorched brick expanse. At summer it's going to be nasty with the lack of shade in International Village with all those trees cut down because of the Hamilton LRT catenary. Even worse with global warming effects. Now, the battery permits elimination of catenary would save the Hamilton downtown trees.
And the cost savings of lack of downtown catenary might be almost enough to add onboard batteries to all Hamilton LRVs. So a budget-wash.
The battery would recharge outside downtown (catenary), to allow the downtown core to be catenary-free and save the nice shade in International Village, to avoid ruining summertime comfort -- you know how hot unshaded downtown streets can become. The current Metrolinx plan to cut down all those massive majestic sumach trees and others that are providing excellent shade/vibe to Hamilton's International Village. Even though they'll plant 3 new trees for every 1 cut down.
Possible win-win-win thanks to real-time technology changes (like the Eglinton Crosstown battery farm surprise)?
Just like technology changed so quickly, that Eglinton Crosstown LRT recently cancelled a peaker gas plant to build the Metrolinx battery farm (article) like a UPS for the Crosstown LRT. A Metrolinx mid-construction plan change! And we're a bit earlier (pre-bid).
In our case, Alstom just added a battery option to Flexity LRV vehicles.
There are some massive trees along International Village that are going to be cut down, for a very sun-scorched brick expanse. At summer it's going to be nasty with the lack of shade in International Village with all those trees cut down because of the Hamilton LRT catenary. Even worse with global warming effects. Now, the battery permits elimination of catenary would save the Hamilton downtown trees.
And the cost savings of lack of downtown catenary might be almost enough to add onboard batteries to all Hamilton LRVs. So a budget-wash.
The battery would recharge outside downtown (catenary), to allow the downtown core to be catenary-free and save the nice shade in International Village, to avoid ruining summertime comfort -- you know how hot unshaded downtown streets can become. The current Metrolinx plan to cut down all those massive majestic sumach trees and others that are providing excellent shade/vibe to Hamilton's International Village. Even though they'll plant 3 new trees for every 1 cut down.
Possible win-win-win thanks to real-time technology changes (like the Eglinton Crosstown battery farm surprise)?
mdrejhon
Senior Member
I mean. This IS one of my least favourite part of the LRT. The chop down!
Making good shade disappear to a summer scorched paved plaza!
That’s why I suggest the small battery option for 2km of catenaryless ops. It can recharge on the catenary while on the gp outside downtown. No time lost.
Making good shade disappear to a summer scorched paved plaza!
That’s why I suggest the small battery option for 2km of catenaryless ops. It can recharge on the catenary while on the gp outside downtown. No time lost.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
I think that could be an excellent solution to avoid cutting down all those trees. I Believe the CityLynx Gold Line in Charlotte North Carolina uses the same technology/idea having no catenaries through uptown charlotte, though the segment without catenaries there is far shorter than 2km
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Seems odd that they are using King rather than Main considering. Did this not come up during the public consultation / EA review sessions? Seems like those trees would have been a rallying cry for both LRT supporters and dissenters alike.
turini2
Active Member
Yes, batteries are easier and cheaper than the previous catenary free technology (APS ground level power, and that probably wouldn't be viable in Canada), but still more expensive than standard catenary. Someone would have to pony up the cost - I suspect Metrolinx would say "sure.... but Hamilton you can pay for it as an extra if you want it"
Bureaucromancer
Active Member
I'm not much of a fan of battery ops, or one to sympathize with the desire to eliminate catenary, but this actually feels like one of the best use cases for it I've seen.