Who Supports Light Rail
These organizations have endorsed light rail for a variety of reasons. From economic development, to environmental concerns, to employee retention there is a broad base of support for light rail in the community. If you wish for your organization to be listed here please contact TriTAG.
Business
- Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce (conditional endorsement)
- Communitech (Endorsement)
- Canada’s Technology Triangle (Endorsement)
- University of Waterloo Research + Technology Park (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- Tech Town (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- Open Text (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- Google (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- Agfa HealthCare (quote of support)
- Desire2Learn (Coverage of endorsement)
- Perimeter Development Corporation (Coverage of endorsement)
- Tech Capital Partners (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- Colliers International (Endorsement)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- UW Federation of Students (Endorsed at June 2011 public meetings)
- WLU Student Union (Endorsed at June 2011 public meetings)
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (Endorsement)
Non-profits and associations
- Waterloo Federation of Agriculture (Endorsed at June 2011 public meetings)
- Waterloo, Wellington, Dufferin & Grey Building & Construction Trades Council (Endorsed at June 2011 public meetings)
- Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Realtors (Endorsement)
- Sustainable Waterloo (Endorsement)
- REEP Green Solutions (Direct confirmation of support)
- Grand River Environmental Network (Endorsed at June 2011 public meetings)
- City of Kitchener Cycling Advisory Committee (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- Transport Action Ontario (Endorsed at June 2009 public meeting)
- Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee (Endorsed at June 2011 public meetings)
- Barnraisers’ Council of Waterloo Region (Endorsement)
- Grand River CarShare (Endorsement)
- Tri-Cities Transport Action Group (Yes, we endorse it)
Media
Other
- Centre in the Square (Endorsed at June 2011 public meetings)
- Over 1,500 people on Facebook
- Expert peer-review panel endorsement (PDF)
Who’s opposed to LRT
There have not been many organizations that have stated opposition to LRT.
- Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (Mixed opposition to current plans)
- Taxpayers for Sensible Transit
- Cambridge City Council (coverage of opposition)
- Cambridge Chamber of Commerce – auto-play in link (coverage of opposition)