08-27-2019, 09:49 PM
The regions "Moving Forward" master plan has just been published in it's full form:
https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/explo...-plan.aspx
Interestingly, the FB post promoting it (strange eh) describes it this way:
"Our Transportation Master Plan update #MovingForwardWR is now available. What is it? Moving Forward shows the need for active transportation (cycling & walking), public transit and roads to 2041; encouraging sustainable travel & economic growth. Visit https://bit.ly/2KZVDUz for report."
Yet, the plan itself spends the majority of it's funds on road projects, and makes a fairly enemic investment into cycling. Despite that enemic investment, the Regional Council has ALREADY (like, at the beginning) underfunded the active transportation component by at least 20% (20 million dollars over 10 years).
This is like greenwashing, no real effort to change our transportation habits, just lots of lip service on business as usual.
https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/explo...-plan.aspx
Interestingly, the FB post promoting it (strange eh) describes it this way:
"Our Transportation Master Plan update #MovingForwardWR is now available. What is it? Moving Forward shows the need for active transportation (cycling & walking), public transit and roads to 2041; encouraging sustainable travel & economic growth. Visit https://bit.ly/2KZVDUz for report."
Yet, the plan itself spends the majority of it's funds on road projects, and makes a fairly enemic investment into cycling. Despite that enemic investment, the Regional Council has ALREADY (like, at the beginning) underfunded the active transportation component by at least 20% (20 million dollars over 10 years).
This is like greenwashing, no real effort to change our transportation habits, just lots of lip service on business as usual.