City File: Truck Route Reboot

Hamilton's Designated Truck Route prioritizes the convenience of businesses over the safety of pedestrians and this needs to change says Ryan McGreal.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted May 01, 2019 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Risky Business

The Ford Government took Greenbelt development out of Bill 66. Don't let that distract you from what's still on the table.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted January 01, 2019 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Ticket to Ride

The anti-LRT gang insisted on making this election a referendum, and I say we hold them to it.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted November 01, 2018 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Passion Project

Hamilton needs a passionate leader with a vision for change.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted September 01, 2018 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Time to Vote

Everything you need to know about the upcoming municipal election.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted July 01, 2018 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Balancing Act

Gentrification is a complex problem lacking knee-jerk solutions.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted May 01, 2018 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Out of Service

The HSR has been starved for decades and it shows.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted February 01, 2018 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Gerrymandering

Elected representatives should never have the power to decide their own constituency boundaries.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted November 01, 2017 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Taking the Wheel

Eleventh-hour push to have HSR operate Hamilton’s LRT comes with big risks

By Ryan McGreal

Posted September 01, 2017 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: A Taller Tale

Intensification didn't cause our affordable housing crisis, but it could help solve it.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted July 01, 2017 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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City File: Stuck in Neutral

Master plans sound nice, but annual budgets tell the truth about our priorities.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted January 01, 2017 in Essays (Last Updated 00, 0000)

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HAMILTON NEXT: Good ideas come from urban focus

Ryan McGreal writes in our regular series by Hamilton's community leaders about the future of the city.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted September 09, 2011 in Essays (Last Updated March 23, 2015)

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Light rail delivers investment

LRT is about transforming neighbourhoods, not merely carrying passengers from A to B.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted November 24, 2010 in Essays (Last Updated November 24, 2010)

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Lost opportunities can tell us much

'Survivorship bias' means giving LRT say to those who are risk-adverse

By Ryan McGreal

Posted February 22, 2010 in Essays (Last Updated February 22, 2010)

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10 Tough Questions with Raise the Hammer's Ryan McGreal

Ryan answers 10 Tough Questions (+1) on Cal DiFalco's The Hamiltonian blog.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted November 10, 2009 in Essays (Last Updated November 10, 2009)

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City councillors have wrong-way thinking on two-way streets

Why are downtown neighbourhoods uniquely expendable patches of the city fabric?

By Ryan McGreal

Posted July 19, 2008 in Essays (Last Updated July 19, 2008)

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Rapid transit study misses big picture

The Rapid Transit Feasibility Study is an important contribution to the public discussion, but we need to move beyond its limited criteria to appreciate the full benefits of a modern transit system.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted April 16, 2008 in Essays (Last Updated April 16, 2008)

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Time for a change of consciousness

If we are to live up to Earth Hour, why more highways and air flights?

By Ryan McGreal

Posted April 02, 2008 in Essays (Last Updated April 02, 2008)

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Downtown is for living, not driving

The answer to core problems is density and diversity, not suburban values of separation and speed.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted March 30, 2007 in Essays (Last Updated March 30, 2007)

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No two ways about it

City streets should foster the connections and interactions between people that add up to city life.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted November 21, 2005 in Essays (Last Updated November 21, 2005)

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Plugging the Leaks

Hamilton can make significant improvements to transportation sustainability without massive capital outlays, simply by leveraging the infrastructure we already have.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted April 30, 2005 in Essays (Last Updated April 30, 2005)

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Filling in the doughnut: a Plan to Revitalize Hamilton

We can’t treat Hamilton’s ailments without knowing what constitutes good health.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted January 10, 2004 in Essays (Last Updated January 10, 2004)

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A Great Idea at the Time, Doughnut Politics Reasserts Itself

Citizens committed to the suburbs demanded a city that allows them to continue driving everywhere. That means more expressways, more lanes, and more sprawl.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted November 22, 2003 in Essays (Last Updated November 22, 2003)

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Imagine utopia without automobiles

Maybe we can move just a little bit towards communities that are designed for humans and not for machines.

By Ryan McGreal

Posted June 21, 2003 in Essays (Last Updated June 21, 2003)

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