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  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
MidTowner Wrote: (08-09-2019, 03:16 PM) -- Lancaster seems busy to me both ways both morning and afternoon rush, but when I take the 6 it seems underused. It's the route into town for motorists co...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 3,111 2,220,676 08-09-2019, 05:54 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
jgsz Wrote: (04-06-2019, 01:24 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (04-06-2019, 01:19 PM) -- Lunch served in a bento box? Or empty bento boxes for packing your own lunches? -- Empty.  I want to make my own bent...
   curious_look Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,302 2,023,093 04-06-2019, 04:47 PM
  Thread: Boulevard Parking (Kitchener)
Post: RE: Boulevard Parking (Kitchener)
dtkmelissa Wrote: (12-21-2018, 11:05 AM) -- Spokes Wrote: (12-21-2018, 10:06 AM) -- What's typically the biggest objection? -- I would think general appearance of it might be one objection. Person...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 64 28,322 12-21-2018, 01:35 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
It was really reassuring to see so many different types of people there and clearly excited!
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,494,763 04-08-2017, 05:39 PM
  Thread: ODC redevelopment (119 Roger St) | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Ontario Die Company (119 Roger St.)
That site would be perfect for cohousing!
 Lightbulb curious_look Urban Areas 105 91,485 04-06-2017, 08:44 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Elmira Guy Wrote: (02-07-2017, 12:02 AM) -- Thanks. Is that closer than the Margaret at Wellington stop? -- Yes, definitely!
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 4,304 3,223,548 02-07-2017, 10:27 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Elmira Guy Wrote: (02-06-2017, 10:35 PM) -- Trying to determine the best stop to get from Victoria and Margaret to Weber and Lincoln tomorrow afternoon. Obviously the #8 is the one to use, but when...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 4,304 3,223,548 02-06-2017, 11:41 PM
  Thread: Circa 1877 (née Brick Brewery) | 20 fl | Complete
Post: RE: 181 King St S: Brick Brewing Redevelopment
creative Wrote: (01-11-2017, 11:01 AM) --  Are there people on this forum, with families or have friends with families, looking for these types of units with 2 and 3 bedrooms and no desire for parkin...
   curious_look Urban Areas 511 417,347 01-12-2017, 08:32 AM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Stumbled on the soft opening of San Francisco Panini in downtown Kitchener this evening. Have never been to any other other branches before. My panini (eggplant) was great! I also really liked the woo...
   curious_look Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,302 2,023,093 12-02-2016, 08:42 PM
  Thread: Weber Street Reconstruction - College to Union
Post: RE: Weber Street Reconstruction - College to Union
At least they are finally connecting that 'sidewalk to nowhere' by the train tracks! New sidewalk appeared to be setting when I was on my way by today.
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 163 167,717 11-01-2016, 06:39 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Lens Wrote: (10-24-2016, 04:04 PM) -- It's going to look pretty darn good IMO http://media.zuza.com/7/0/7003d97f-e4f7-4f29-86a9-a8ce81627960/News.LegionHallRender___Gallery.jpg -- Whoa! I can't ...
   curious_look Urban Areas 1,237 984,977 10-24-2016, 04:41 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (10-20-2016, 05:54 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (10-20-2016, 05:32 PM) -- At least on regular routes not every stop is a time point. -- Which, with modern technology, is the wrong ...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 4,304 3,223,548 10-20-2016, 06:40 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
For the record, I do not have a speedometer on my bicycle.  Having a quantifiable threshold, like a speed limit, is much easier to enforce then something more qualitative ("courteous behaviour"), s...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,588,050 10-16-2016, 07:38 PM
  Thread: [Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Reconstruction
Post: RE: [Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Recons...
Canard Wrote: (05-13-2016, 06:12 AM) -- What do they mean "raised"? Like its elevated above road level like a sidewalk, with a curb for cars? -- Yes, that is exactly what they mean, from my understan...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 184 187,542 05-13-2016, 05:51 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
This is really interesting, thanks! I like the idea of making the fountain a reflecting pool that can be more interactive.
   curious_look Urban Areas 5,575 3,943,705 03-25-2016, 08:18 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
I had an excellent experience with GRT this morning! A car accident in a nearby intersection put my stop out of service, but it wasn't obvious as buses were still running on the other side and cars we...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 4,304 3,223,548 02-02-2016, 07:23 PM
  Thread: GRT to Airport?
Post: RE: GRT to Airport?
tomh009 Wrote: (02-02-2016, 08:09 AM) -- Canard Wrote: (02-02-2016, 07:39 AM) -- The issue of time saving though is one that can't be forgotten: if it takes you an hour on transit to get to YKF, you...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 33 34,802 02-02-2016, 08:29 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
MidTowner Wrote: (01-30-2016, 11:18 AM) -- More practically, if these crossovers are located (a minimum) sixty meters out of people's paths, many people will just not bother with them. -- I think t...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,436 01-30-2016, 11:17 PM
  Thread: City Centre/Young Condominiums | 17, 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: City Centre Condominiums | 67 & 46 m | 17 ...
I know someone who picked up their keys last week. They haven't moved in yet, but I bet others have!
   curious_look Urban Areas 690 413,011 01-17-2016, 09:25 AM
  Thread: [Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Reconstruction
Post: RE: [Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Recons...
I am so glad they are at least proposing these changes! I used to live there and navigate those intersections as a pedestrian, cyclist, and car driver and frankly Albert/Bridgeport and Albert/Erb as a...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 184 187,542 12-07-2015, 10:54 PM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region
The Transit app (not the GRT one, the general one) does include walking - it will definitely tell you to walk the whole way if it will be faster then a bus.
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,168,436 11-11-2015, 10:18 PM
  Thread: Midtown Lofts | ?m | 6 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Midtown Lofts | ?m | 7 fl | Proposed
MidTowner Wrote: (09-20-2015, 08:32 PM) -- GtwoK Wrote: (09-09-2015, 05:41 PM) -- Just found out that a friend of mine was actually working on the website and advertising for these. Not sure if it w...
   curious_look Urban Areas 182 220,987 09-22-2015, 08:26 AM
  Thread: City Centre/Young Condominiums | 17, 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: City Centre Condominiums | 67 , 46 m | 17 fl, ...
Looks like it is time for the City Centre crane to come down - happening right now! http://s16.postimg.org/qau7kiusl/20150902_084324.jpg
   curious_look Urban Areas 690 413,011 09-02-2015, 08:58 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
I just learned about this interesting website to crowd source cycling near misses, collisions, hazards, and thefts: bikemaps.org (bikemaps.org) Besides the maps with locations of each type of incid...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 35 46,558 08-27-2015, 04:51 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
MidTowner Wrote: (07-16-2015, 08:14 AM) -- I agree with ElmiraGuy that there ought to be a line that travels the entire length of Weber: mpd618's explanation for why that doesn't (yet) exist is a goo...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 4,304 3,223,548 07-16-2015, 09:22 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King and Victoria Intermodal Station
ac3r Wrote: (07-13-2015, 12:10 PM) -- For the longest time (and I'm thinking back at least...10 or 12 years) we had a by-law that wouldn't let anything really go above 12 floors in the core although ...
   curious_look Transportation and Infrastructure 1,143 1,017,193 07-13-2015, 01:40 PM

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