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Debbie Dalle Vedove, Transit Trailblazer, Announces Retirement as HSR Director

By Joey Coleman, Editor | February 22, 2021

With a mastery of operations, strategy, and politics, Dalle Vedove laid a strong foundation for better transit in Hamilton and re-railed the HSR while facing the glass cliff of the 2017 Transit Crisis.

Photo shows a HSR supervisor car on the right, with a HSR 60-foot articulated bus to its left. Both are waiting at an intersection during a red light.

UPDATE: City Hall Reinstates HSR Bus Operators Following Public Outcry

By Joey Coleman, Editor | January 29, 2021

Following the publication of the story, the City and Union representing the operators met and reached an agreement to reinstate them.

City Terminates Two Immune Compromised HSR Bus Operators Who Are Not Able To Work During COVID

By Joey Coleman, Editor | January 27, 2021

Immune compromised bus operators sought safe alternative work such as contract tracing, the City is steadfast in its decision to terminate them. The Union is going to fight the terminations at arbitration.

Proposed HSR Transit Capital Spending for 2021 Indicates Transit Will Restore Post-COVID

By Joey Coleman, Editor | December 3, 2020

The proposed 2021 capital spend for Hamilton’s public transit agency, the Hamilton Street Railway, is $192,892,000. Of this, around 75 percent, $140,208,000 is being funded by other levels of government.

Photo shows a HSR supervisor car on the right, with a HSR 60-foot articulated bus to its left. Both are waiting at an intersection during a red light.

BRIEF- HSR Resuming Pre-COVID Levels of Service in New Year

By Joey Coleman, Editor | November 24, 2020

Hamilton’s public transit agency, the Hamilton Street Railway, states they will resume pre-COVID levels of service on many routes beginning on Sunday, December 27, 2020.

HSR Now Charging Fees for Road and Lane Closures on Bus Routes

By Joey Coleman, Editor | October 19, 2020

The new policy was implemented in the past few weeks, surprising developers and City planning staff. The policy is not on the City website, and no staff in the Development Industry Liaison Group meeting were able to explain it.

Farr to Metrolinx: Resume QEW Express Service Between Hamilton and Toronto

By Joey Coleman, Editor | October 14, 2020

Farr calls on Metrolinx to resume pre-COVID service levels. Farr has not made a similar call for Council to resume full HSR service.

HSR Announces Further Service Reductions Beginning June 28

By Joey Coleman, Editor | June 4, 2020

City Hall is reducing HSR service further beginning on June 28, with 14 bus routes seeing service reduced with many of the cuts focused upon evening and night service.

A HSR articulated bus, interior, with no passengers

Council to Decide if Students Continue Paying For HSR UPasses During COVID Closures

By Joey Coleman, Editor | May 5, 2020

With student U-Passes representing approx. 17% of HSR’s annual revenue, Council faces a growing municipal deficit due to COVID-19.

A Burlington Transit bus in Downtown Hamilton at night. Generic photo for illustrative purposes

Flamborough HSR Bus Service Cost Now Split Between Waterdown and Hamilton Ratepayers

By Joey Coleman, Editor | May 4, 2020

With the change, the $538,000 annual operating cost of the 18-Waterdown HSR bus route is funded 68.8% by Waterdown ratepayers and 31.2% by Hamilton ratepayers for approximately $370,000 and $168,000 respectively.

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