ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Viewfromthe42]

The black lightposts are a great example of fauxchitecture, or just application of out-of-contextitecture.

[panamaniac]

On a list of esthetic issues wrt Ion, I think I'd put the "ye olde" street lights well down the list. I say that as a complete supporter of ION/LRT by the way.

[timc]

That retaining wall around the McDonald's looks massive.

[Spokes]

That retaining wall around the McDonald's looks massive.

I was thinking the same.  In the future, if developed, I'd think that even with the grade change you could have an effective street presence.

[kps]

That retaining wall around the McDonald's looks massive.

I was thinking the same.  In the future, if developed, I'd think that even with the grade change you could have an effective street presence.

It was already high before King & Moore were lowered further… anyone know when or why that happened? It wasn't always that way.

   

[Markster]

It was already high before King & Moore were lowered further… anyone know when or why that happened? It wasn't always that way.

They probably didn't want cars on a slope right in front of the rail crossing, and so they flattened out the area around the mainline, and moved the slope to the west of the Moore/Breithaupt intersection (and reconfigured that intersection while they were at it).

[Pheidippides]

Why is there a no-left turn restriction on Willis (WB) to Caroline (SB) added with the Ion construction? What is the goal? It's not like there is a huge flow of traffic on Willis that would start backing up if someone is having trouble turning left for a few extra seconds. Is it temporary during Ion construction/Uptown streetscape construction or is it permanent? Or is the sign rotated and actually a no-left turn from Caroline (SB) on the Willis (EB).

[Markster]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sunset and asphalt at King/Victoria<a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RegionWaterloo">@RegionWaterloo</a> <a href="https://t.co/p9OUWnvoHg">pic.twitter.com/p9OUWnvoHg</a></p>&mdash; Mark Jackson-Brown (@Markster3000) <a href="https://twitter.com/Markster3000/status/869718815789244416">May 31, 2017</a></blockquote>

[KevinL]

Queen and Charles has reopened.

[Canard]

Final paving and pavement markings are happening in Waterloo, June 6-10!

Deets here: http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/newsli...eQuAleQuAl

[JJTL]

Frederick Station was receiving its top coat on the platform this morning.

[Canard]

Same with Borden! Also, a crew was out near Cedar pulling out all those white strips between the sections of concrete. Not sure if they were temporary and they replace them with something else (rubber?).

[Canard]

Because of all the work now on the platforms, the wooden enclosures for the anchor walls have all come down.

[tomh009]

What was the rationale for those enclosures? Protecting from vandalism doesn't really make sense as they'll be exposed to that for the foreseeable future.

[KevinL]

Protecting from vandalism until the security cameras are activated, which provide protection of another kind.