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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
bravado Wrote: (06-12-2025, 11:51 AM) -- Ridership goes up: pull nails and torture councillors to get some funding to support small growth in one budget cycle Ridership goes down: start cutting ev...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,498 3,604,618 06-12-2025, 10:41 PM
  Thread: Bus Megathread
Post: RE: Bus Megathread
danbrotherston Wrote: (05-07-2025, 12:53 AM) -- Vojnik_Vahaj Wrote: (05-06-2025, 06:48 PM) -- I'm pretty sure that Ontario gets most of its electricity from nuclear and hydroelectric, with coal subs...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 30 2,700 05-07-2025, 07:11 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
Kodra24 Wrote: (05-05-2025, 04:30 PM) -- According to the Montreal Institute 44% of every dollar spent in Canada is spent by government - this rises to 64% if you include compelled spending triggered...
   ijmorlan Politics 597 229,619 05-05-2025, 07:11 PM
  Thread: General Retail News
Post: RE: General Retail News
KevinL Wrote: (04-25-2025, 08:49 PM) -- Acitta Wrote: (04-25-2025, 07:37 PM) -- There are three large department store locations in the region that are about to become available. Maybe Ikea will be ...
   ijmorlan Retail 1,014 1,017,402 04-25-2025, 10:53 PM
  Thread: Work in the 21st century
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Compl...
Even within my own job, there are some aspects of it that work fine from home and others that don’t. If I’m just putting my head down and implementing a new feature or fixing a bug, I can do it at hom...
   ijmorlan Waterloo Region Economy 23 2,390 04-10-2025, 08:36 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (04-04-2025, 05:28 PM) -- Just imagine how good it could have been...! :'P -- Just imagine how expensive it would have been. Well, actually, it wouldn’t have been expensive at all be...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,797,674 04-05-2025, 10:42 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
neonjoe Wrote: (03-31-2025, 02:36 PM) -- We're really lucky in Canada that HOAs aren't a thing! -- How different is an HOA from a condo corporation? Or the Beechwood West covenants? That being s...
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 39 6,946 04-01-2025, 12:33 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
It’s not even necessarily a matter of people “coming up” with a reason not to bicycle. If the infrastructure isn’t good they might not even think of it as a possibility. Even once infrastructure impro...
   ijmorlan Politics 239 30,854 03-25-2025, 04:24 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
bravado Wrote: (03-22-2025, 11:51 PM) -- I’m just gonna sneak in here and casually mention that adding more lanes doesn’t equal less congestion Thanks, bye -- True in general, but in some cases it ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,272 2,487,167 03-23-2025, 09:22 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
It just occurred to me, it’s interesting that the parking is completely enclosed. That implies a massive ventilation system, rather than just having it sufficiently open. I wonder if it will be heated...
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 780 222,964 03-13-2025, 11:58 PM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...
taylortbb Wrote: (03-11-2025, 08:35 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (03-09-2025, 02:22 PM) -- And because there are apparently maximum as well as minimum setbacks. I’m having trouble understanding this. So i...
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 79 11,798 03-12-2025, 10:59 AM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
bravado Wrote: (03-09-2025, 11:05 AM) -- As a general rule with media literacy, it's important to use trustworthy sources - and the President of the United States hasn't been one since January 20th, ...
   ijmorlan Politics 94 11,391 03-09-2025, 02:23 PM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...
ZEBuilder Wrote: (03-09-2025, 06:02 AM) -- nms Wrote: (03-09-2025, 12:05 AM) -- From that link, the building is proposed to be moved back from the intersection and closer to the field behind it: -- ...
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 79 11,798 03-09-2025, 02:22 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
danbrotherston Wrote: (03-07-2025, 03:59 AM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (03-06-2025, 05:09 PM) -- A better economic system? OK sure please do tell, but in no way or shape can it affect free market principles...
   ijmorlan Politics 94 11,391 03-07-2025, 11:59 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
danbrotherston Wrote: (03-02-2025, 02:45 PM) -- Interesting, it seems clear that things are worse now than when the Liberals were in power. I don't like the Liberals, but healthcare is worse, housing...
   ijmorlan Politics 597 229,619 03-03-2025, 12:00 PM
  Thread: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
Post: RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitche...
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-27-2025, 01:51 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (02-27-2025, 01:38 AM) -- $4M/km? That is approximately 10 times a number I found for building (not designing) a 2-lane road in a r...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 476 436,133 02-27-2025, 11:47 PM
  Thread: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
Post: RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitche...
KevinL Wrote: (02-26-2025, 08:48 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (02-26-2025, 07:55 PM) -- Lmfao, I can tell it's election time again! 4 billion dollars just for "planning and bureaucracy" is hilarious. Good ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 476 436,133 02-27-2025, 01:38 AM
  Thread: Bus Megathread
Post: RE: Bus Megathread
ac3r Wrote: (02-25-2025, 10:06 PM) -- They're a pain to maintain because while anyone can work on a traditional engine, few people understand or could work on (in some cases, possibly even legally!) ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 30 2,700 02-26-2025, 05:50 PM
  Thread: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
Post: RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitche...
What is going on with the construction costs? Apparently the design phase is to cost something like $4G. This is several million dollars per kilometre. Now, OK, I’m sure that’s not evenly distributed....
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 476 436,133 02-20-2025, 05:12 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
Acitta Wrote: (02-14-2025, 01:41 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (02-14-2025, 01:35 PM) -- :facepalm: It's 2024...if you're denying climate change...you have zero credibility, because climate change...
   ijmorlan Politics 94 11,391 02-14-2025, 09:38 PM
  Thread: Conestoga College
Post: RE: Conestoga College
plam Wrote: (02-09-2025, 02:02 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (02-08-2025, 03:34 PM) -- Who said anything about visas? -- I dunno, it seems hard to cross the border from Canada into the US without a vis...
   ijmorlan Waterloo Region Economy 38 13,566 02-09-2025, 05:15 PM
  Thread: Buying Canadian (and not American)
Post: RE: Buying Canadian (and not American)
panamaniac Wrote: (02-02-2025, 10:57 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (02-02-2025, 10:47 PM) -- Now we’re imposing tariffs apparently, so stuff from the US will automatically rise in price. I have no idea ...
   ijmorlan Politics 35 3,948 02-03-2025, 02:48 PM
  Thread: Buying Canadian (and not American)
Post: RE: Buying Canadian (and not American)
Now we’re imposing tariffs apparently, so stuff from the US will automatically rise in price. I have no idea if retaliatory tariffs is a good response. I just hope that we take this as an opportuni...
   ijmorlan Politics 35 3,948 02-02-2025, 10:47 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
jeffster Wrote: (01-28-2025, 09:55 PM) -- I miss the old Planetarium in Toronto. Sucks that it closed. Unsure how well it would do in K-Dub if it can't make it in a larger city like Toronto. But it w...
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 547 131,208 01-29-2025, 11:02 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
neonjoe Wrote: (01-27-2025, 04:34 PM) -- ^ Dan was referring to the councillor' view that there are homeowners that clear better than the city, not his own. -- There are clearly some homeowners tha...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 1,228 579,356 01-27-2025, 05:04 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-14-2025, 02:03 PM) -- bravado Wrote: (01-14-2025, 01:35 PM) -- That kind of socialism and handouts will never fly here! Meanwhile, goodbye $120 licence fee for drivers… ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,498 3,604,618 01-14-2025, 11:16 PM

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