Today, October 27, is Municipal Election Day in Waterloo Region. Because so much depends on the outcome of this election, please take this opportunity to let your voice be heard by voting. If you ...

Over the years, we’ve spoken with citizens all across Waterloo Region about LRT, and we’ve come across both ardent supporters and resolved opponents. But most people have approached the creation of...

Yesterday, we covered how cancelling ION would result in an additional half a billion dollars’ road costs, straining regional taxpayers and adding new debt. So it’s interesting that LRT opponents’ ...

Municipal candidates opposed to ION light rail asked to provide details on what they would build instead The Tri-Cities Transport Action Group is calling on regional chair candidate Jay Aissa and ...

Earlier this week, we explained how regional taxpayers would pay more in cancellation than finishing construction, and how LRT operation will be more affordable than buses as we grow. This time, we...

Yesterday, we showed how ION construction will be cheaper to finish than to cancel. Today, we’ll talk about operating costs. ION will cost, annually: $19 million to operate, maintain, and refu...

In debunking Myth 2, we estimated the cost of running bus service to equal ION’s ridership in 2017 to cost $23.6 million, and by 2031 to cost $52.9 million. In comparison, the operations and financ...

Monday: Myth #1 “We can save money by cancelling LRT” Tuesday: Myth #2 “LRT will be more expensive to operate than buses” Wednesday: Myth #3: “Cancelling LRT will lower your taxes.” Thursday: My...

ION opponents claim that we can still save money by cancelling the project now. But there’s no getting around the fact that we would have to pay for work done so far. By the time a new council tak...

Find our election survey for Waterloo Region, Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo candidates at tritag.ca/election2014