All Posts Tagged With: "Kingston Transit"
Hall Monitor: A Capital Plan!
This is the first of a series looking at our city council’s strategic planning sessions and the resulting document. At the time of this writing, neither the final draft nor the final strategic plan have been presented or approved by council. The information below is based on observations and drafts made available at the time [...]
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Work Begins On Montreal Street Park And Ride
Work begins today on a new 93-spot commuter parking lot at Montreal Street and the 401 (north of the existing lot). The large lot will offer free parking to commuters who can use it as a place to meet to rideshare. The Park and Ride lot can be used by Highway 401 motorist, as well [...]
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Council Approves 3.39 Per Cent Municipal Tax Increase
Last night, Kingston’s new City Council approved its first operating budget keeping the municipal tax rate increase at 3.39 per cent. “Council took a very considered approach in its deliberations and City staff was very responsive in answering their questions. City staff members are to be commended for keeping their budgets keyed to the rate [...]
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Weekly Poll: Regulating Signs and Advertising
They’re positioned along every major street, perched high above our busiest intersections, splashed on the sides bus shelters, waiting inside restroom stalls, and even on the backside of Kingston’s parking tickets. Everywhere you turn in the Limestone City advertisements are attempting to influence us with semi-informative bits of information pulled from the yellow pages. While [...]
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Family Day Activities
Municipal Offices Closed & No Kingston Transit On Family Day The City and some community partners are offering a variety of Family Day activities for Monday, Feb. 21. (The holiday schedule for municipal services follows the activity listing.) At The Invista Centre Free Family Day Public Skating: Local sponsors are partnering with the City to [...]
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Weekly Poll: Light Rail Transit
In January 2002, Kingston’s Transportation Master Plan reported that: during the afternoon commuter peak hour, 82 percent of trips were made by car, 11 per cent by walking, 6 percent by transit (3 percent school bus and 3 percent public transit) and just over 1 percent by cycling. Over the next 25 years, Kingston is [...]
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Weekly Poll: Taxi!
Just in time transportation in the Limestone City is provided by three taxicab companies, specifically: Amey’s, Amherst and Modern. Over the past few years their respective fleets have received various upgrades thanks to the addition of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles, GPS navigation, debit and credit card machines, as well as safety lights, which flash to indicate [...]
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Weekly Poll: Exercise Your Right
Ladies and gentlemen, Kingston’s 2010 municipal election is but one week away. Well, that’s not entirely true as ballots have already been cast thanks to advance polling that occurred on the 16th of October. You can rock the vote this week, on Wednesday, October 20th (10am to 8pm), or hold out until the final polling [...]
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Community Soapbox: Ebikes
With the cool, wet weather returning, I’m noting the absence of a certain nifty little machine, out in the rainy traffic in front of my house today. The first time I saw one, it was hurtling toward me, going the wrong way up a one-way street. The second time, it was wobbling along in the [...]
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Weekly Poll: Kingston Transit
In 2004 the City of Kingston released the Transportation Master Plan, which outlined current ridership trends and attempted to forecast the transportation needs of Kingstonians in the year 2026. Since the document makes zero reference to hover cars, personal jetpacks and tele-commuting, it’s clearly lacking in the realistic expectations department. That said, notable highlights from [...]
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