From My Bottom Step

LTC Subsidies Takes a Legal Turn

Is the City looking for an excuse to say ‘no’?

London’s Got It Backwards

Follow the money trail. Pay attention to Council’s spending priorities. [audio]

Subsidized Transit for Low-Income Londoners

The Community and Protective Services Committee will hold a public participation meeting on January 25, 2010 at 5:00 p.m., to hear delegations regarding the proposed options for changes to the current City of London subsidized transit program for seniors and the visually impaired. The staff report regarding the possible options can be viewed on the City’s website at www.london.ca or is available for public review from … Continue Reading

Is London Ready For LRT?

Here’s some of the highlights from yesterday’s Edmonton Journal editorial about the decision of the City Council there to go ahead with a major LRT expansion:
“In relatively tough times such as these, far-sighted proposals usually fall victim to the penny-wise instincts of wary politicians, especially at the local level.”
“In fact, the downturn is exactly the right time to jump-start major construction projects, since costs are lower than they … Continue Reading

LTC Media Release

I wonder how much this is going to cost LTC users?

Transportation Subsidies

Various components of London’s most disadvantaged demographic have made repeated requests for an LTC subsidy without having much success. The issue is currently being examined again by the CSCP committee and a public participation meeting is planned.

An interesting offshoot of that file is now receiving special consideration because of the LTC strike. Continue Reading

Attack on the Blind?

I’ve been aware of past citizen requests for public transit subsidies, but I only just become aware of this latest development when I was approached for assistance by a member of the local chapter of the Canadian Council of the Blind.

At it’s 2009/11/02 meeting, the Community and Protective Services (CAPS) Committee requested that the City Clerk schedule a 2009/12/07 public participation meeting to receive delegations about the following subsidized transit options that a report from the General Manager of Community Services asked to be considered: Continue Reading

Walkways Debate

A letter to LFPress on Friday by another advocate of closing walkways. Here’s the response which I submitted:

Walkways do not deserve the rap that some people are trying to give them.

Every year, large numbers of collisions take place in intersections like Oxford/Highbury and Wellington/Commissioners. Should those intersections be closed simply because of the behaviour of some citizens?

In many cases, walkways are necessary “shortcuts.” Because of neighbourhoods that were … Continue Reading

ODSP Recipients Need LTC Help

LTC and City Hall should have addressed this problem long ago.

Income-Based Subsidized LTC Fares

The potential move to an income based LTC subsidy is seen as the most equitable means of providing assistance supporting the working poor, war veterans, seniors, individuals on ODSP…