02-02-2016, 11:40 PM
Sorry to be brutally picky and off-topic, but how does a paragraph like the one below make it into a Master's level thesis (page 16):
"Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo , also known as the Tri-Cities, creates Waterloo Region, one of the largest metropolitan area in southcentral Ontario. Kitchener is centrally located within Waterloo Region and locating the intermodal transit hub there creates a significant link between Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge, and to the wide Province. Kitchener is the largest municipality in Waterloo Region and has a population of 233,700 according to the 2013 census. 16"
First of all last I checked Waterloo Region also consisted of 4 townships, not just the 3 cities.
Second of all, censuses are done in years ending in 1 and 6; there was no census in 2013; the population had to have come from another source.
Finally, I doubt the cited source is correct: 16. Gastil, Raymond, Zoë Ryan, and Van Alen Institute. Open : New Designs for Public Space. Van Alen Report. Vol. 16. New York: Van Alen Institute : Distributed by Princeton Architectural Press, 2004
The author's design also calls for, "...access for pedestrians to the whole complex and for vehicles to the parking from Waterloo Street." (page 59)
How about this statement, "Currently, cars, buses, bicycles and trains travel on and across King Street; therefore, adding LRT will create a lot of traffic and chaos." (emphasis added by me).
Anyway, if you want to read the full thesis it is at the link below with additional renders and floor plans from the Kitchener site and examples of other projects from around the globe; the San Francisco and Rotterdam examples were interesting:
https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/10048/ALIMOHAMMADI_TAHOORA.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y or if that doesn't work https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/10048
"Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo , also known as the Tri-Cities, creates Waterloo Region, one of the largest metropolitan area in southcentral Ontario. Kitchener is centrally located within Waterloo Region and locating the intermodal transit hub there creates a significant link between Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge, and to the wide Province. Kitchener is the largest municipality in Waterloo Region and has a population of 233,700 according to the 2013 census. 16"
First of all last I checked Waterloo Region also consisted of 4 townships, not just the 3 cities.
Second of all, censuses are done in years ending in 1 and 6; there was no census in 2013; the population had to have come from another source.
Finally, I doubt the cited source is correct: 16. Gastil, Raymond, Zoë Ryan, and Van Alen Institute. Open : New Designs for Public Space. Van Alen Report. Vol. 16. New York: Van Alen Institute : Distributed by Princeton Architectural Press, 2004
The author's design also calls for, "...access for pedestrians to the whole complex and for vehicles to the parking from Waterloo Street." (page 59)
How about this statement, "Currently, cars, buses, bicycles and trains travel on and across King Street; therefore, adding LRT will create a lot of traffic and chaos." (emphasis added by me).
Anyway, if you want to read the full thesis it is at the link below with additional renders and floor plans from the Kitchener site and examples of other projects from around the globe; the San Francisco and Rotterdam examples were interesting:
https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/10048/ALIMOHAMMADI_TAHOORA.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y or if that doesn't work https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/10048
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.