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Expanding Mobility Choices
The City of Hamilton is expanding its mobility choices for residents and visitors. We want a transportation network that provides quality of life and supports a vibrant and equitable community, complete and compact neighbourhoods and a dynamic economy. Benefits of expanding mobility choices include healthier communities, economic benefits, a transit-oriented community, environmental gains such as lower emissions, and an enhanced city image.
We want to:
- Build a Rapid Ready transit network by improving transit services
- Continue to develop accessible transit in Hamilton
- Make transit faster and more reliable
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Provide better customer service and amenities to make it easier and more attractive to use transit
- Provide safe and convenient walking and cycling environments with connections to transit
- Coordinate land use planning with transit planning
- Combine different modes of transportation to maximize connections to transit
Current projects to expand mobility in Hamilton
- Real-time transit data by phone or on the website
- Bus stop enhanced shelters and amenities for the A and B Lines
- PRESTO cards
- GO Transit Park and Ride site at future Centennial GO station
- GO Transit James Street North station
- Smart Commute
- Bike parking at municipal facilities
- Hamilton Bike Share program
- Cannon Street bi-directional bike lane
- Mohawk College multi-modal transit hub
- Mountain transit terminal with Park and Ride
Projects successful in expanding our mobility choices
- Increased service capacity
- Auditory and visual bus stop announcement system and new GPS system for improved customer service
- New buses with improved emissions
- Improved accessibility for persons with disabilities including a new dispatch system, Travel Training program, buses outfitted with low bus floors
- Buses in Hamilton outfitted with bike racks
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