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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Bytor Wrote: (07-24-2024, 06:18 PM) -- At this point, I feel about "ION should have been tunnelled through Downtown" the same way I feel about the suggestions that Stage 2 should run down Maple Grove...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 17,485 11,212,290 07-24-2024, 11:34 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Just throwing some spaghetti at a map. If I were to add more service to Breslau and the airport tomorrow here's how I'd do it. https://i.imgur.com/0mo2Exc.png Extend Routes 5 and 34 from Bridgeport ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 05-25-2024, 04:30 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Bytor Wrote: (05-11-2024, 08:17 PM) -- I wonder if it would make more sense to have it go from Fairway Station to YKF? That feels more convenient to more people. -- The real issue is that ION is one...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 05-13-2024, 09:46 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
The BusPlus route to the airport make sense. Not a huge fan of the circuitous route from Reuter Campus to Sportsworld. Hopefully the college keeps their shuttle.
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 05-03-2024, 05:27 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
GRT's got a survey up. https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/budget-2024-proposals.aspx Interesting that they're running it through their own internal site instead of through Engage. The questions in th...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 17,485 11,212,290 11-06-2023, 03:56 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
KevinL Wrote: (09-29-2023, 01:46 PM) -- We could build decent road capacity by widening the existing township highway to four lanes, and making a smooth connection from it to the end of Shirley (and ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 974 873,294 10-11-2023, 12:13 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
The line is running elevated pretty much from the Grand River Crossing to King St where it transitions to median with an overpass over the ramp. Lots of money to be saved here if the MTO can play nice...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,255,747 07-12-2023, 07:55 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
We've got a legacy to build! Onward to Cambridge?
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 07-10-2023, 12:40 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Organization takes work and dedication. I think getting the LRT built was a great lighting rod of a mission to attract dedicated people outside of transit fans to it and give TriTAG a purpose for bein...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 06-10-2023, 08:41 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
jeffster Wrote: (06-06-2023, 10:33 PM) -- dunkalunk Wrote: (06-05-2023, 09:54 PM) -- So, attended the route 2 and 73 cancellation public information session on Zoom. Less about Route 2 since it seem...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 06-08-2023, 07:14 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
@Kevin L https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/plans-and-projects.aspx#2023-service-adjustments It was mostly a call to action. There were some people who were resorting to ad-hominem attacks against the...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 06-06-2023, 07:35 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
So, attended the route 2 and 73 cancellation public information session on Zoom. Less about Route 2 since it seems that those concerns had mostly been addressed with the extension of route 34 through ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 06-05-2023, 09:54 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
timc Wrote: (05-29-2023, 02:00 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (05-29-2023, 01:39 PM) -- Unfortunately providing really good resilience probably involves paying some drivers to be on call. This is also a ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 17,485 11,212,290 05-30-2023, 07:20 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Under the current Cambridge council, I don't see Stage 2 happening. https://www.therecord.com/news/council/2023/05/18/fewer-lanes-on-hespeler-road-cambridge-council-says-no-way.html Keeping the ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 05-18-2023, 07:42 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
What If Stage 2 ION were a BRT and GO RER instead? https://i.imgur.com/b27XMA8.png Features: Bus -Dedicated busway on South side of 401, industrial rail spur -Queue jump lanes on Homer Watson Blvd,...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 04-29-2023, 08:12 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
If you intend to have driveway access on the street, then closing some accesses and limiting vehicle movements will ensure only local residents have access. Otherwise, yes, you're looking at demolishi...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 04-27-2023, 12:01 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Mixed traffic, right in right your for motor vehicles.
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 04-27-2023, 07:31 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
If its constrained, why does it need to be fully separated from traffic? If it needs to be separated from traffic, why not split the route?
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 04-26-2023, 05:48 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
We've got 7 years to wait for construction start. We'll see what happens with the 2030-2035 price tag in the business case.
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 04-24-2023, 05:30 PM
  Thread: Micromobility (bikeshare, scootershare)
Post: RE: Micromobility 2021+ (bikeshare, scootershare)
I took one of Neuron's scooters out for a ride today. Route went down Duke, over Cedar Hill, and over the rail overpass on Stirling. The scooter had a tough time getting up Cedar in the designated...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 67 16,336 04-24-2023, 04:31 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
On the subject of cutting corners, 2 crossings of CP's track and 3km can be removed from the route if instead of diverting to Hespeler Rd, the route stays West of CP's track and runs through Preston. ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 1,161 770,731 04-24-2023, 11:54 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
This will likely require a larger study once MTO gets involved with the Bridgeport Road cycling corridor. The Southbound weave between the Bridgeport and Lancaster ramps is particularly dangerous and ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 3,233 2,360,647 04-20-2023, 08:32 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
While I can understand the cold rationale of the decision, GRT should have expected community backlash from this and gotten ahead of it instead of being behind it. At the very least, alternates for se...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,490 04-19-2023, 08:55 AM
  Thread: Micromobility (bikeshare, scootershare)
Post: RE: Micromobility 2021+ (bikeshare, scootershare)
Improper helmet fitting is all over their promotional materials. I don't care if it's the law, having that much forehead showing isn't going to do much for you in a crash when you hit a toddler on the...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 67 16,336 04-16-2023, 08:54 AM
  Thread: Micromobility (bikeshare, scootershare)
Post: RE: Micromobility 2021+ (bikeshare, scootershare)
Programs like this don't work unless there is critical mass, like BIXI in Montreal. I don't think we'll get close to that. While I can understand the speed limits on the IHT for scooters, I don't unde...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 67 16,336 04-16-2023, 08:42 AM
  Thread: Micromobility (bikeshare, scootershare)
Post: RE: Micromobility 2021+ (bikeshare, scootershare)
Downloaded the app to see where I can go with these. It seems that the Iron Horse Trail between Victoria and the City of Waterloo border is missing, as well as the path going towards the transit hub, ...
   dunkalunk Transportation and Infrastructure 67 16,336 04-15-2023, 09:44 PM

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