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  Thread: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
Post: RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitche...
tomh009 Wrote: (Yesterday, 10:25 AM) -- Acitta Wrote: (08-04-2026, 11:19 PM) -- I first saw the report about this on CTV, which seemed to emphasize the transportation connections between the smaller...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 486 483,380 Yesterday, 12:45 PM
  Thread: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Prop...
Kodra24 Wrote: (06-18-2026, 02:41 PM) -- I get that there is a cost to own a vehicle (or 2) but isn't time your most precious resource? It doesn't even cross my mind to take transit and we live walki...
   MidTowner Urban Areas 49 6,493 06-19-2026, 09:59 AM
  Thread: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Prop...
My family has one car. On average it travels three times a week. Kids were mentioned. Typically, if my wife or I need to go somewhere alone that is too far to walk, we get on transit. If one or mor...
   MidTowner Urban Areas 49 6,493 06-18-2026, 08:29 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
City of Waterloo does accept complaints about sidewalks online. 2,122 doesn't seem like a high number to me. The fact that 40% of them resulted in orders suggests there's a real problem. It takes t...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 1,234 687,392 06-10-2026, 01:42 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
City of Waterloo handed out more than 350 fines for snow clearing concerns (https://www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/article/city-of-waterloo-handed-out-more-than-350-fines-for-snow-clearing-concerns/) ...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 1,234 687,392 06-09-2026, 11:33 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
the_conestoga_guy Wrote: (06-04-2026, 11:42 AM) -- ZEBuilder Wrote: (06-03-2026, 06:38 PM) -- An LRT along Ottawa from YKF to Sunrise Centre was conceptualized in ROPA 6, obviously ROPA 6 is no long...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 06-04-2026, 12:29 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (05-27-2026, 03:39 PM) -- neonjoe Wrote: (05-27-2026, 01:21 PM) -- The only allowed left turn movement there is from Agnes to King. Realistically this movement can be moved to ...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 17,677 13,463,789 05-27-2026, 04:54 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
As far as ridership goes, Metrolinx doesn't tell us, but the Kitchener bus is one of the busiest in the system, so I bet Kitchener Station itself ranks highly for ridership. This is a hub with loca...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 1,323 1,337,791 05-20-2026, 09:54 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Prolonged closure on Duke Street in preparation for transit hub (https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/05/11/prolonged-closure-on-duke-street-in-preperation-for-transit-hub/)
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 1,323 1,337,791 05-11-2026, 03:31 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Thank you for the good news! Great to see this lot finally up for sale! Better late than never, and this is at least some hope for eventual redevelopment.
   MidTowner Urban Areas 6,010 5,103,231 04-29-2026, 11:00 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Metrolinx says that they are expecting 16,000 riders annually, which to me doesn't seem like a lot, but they say it supports making the service permanent. The word "permanent" was used a lot at the pr...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,225 1,574,717 04-22-2026, 08:37 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
New schedule posted, effective April 25 (https://www.gotransit.com/en/travelling-on-go/service-changes-start-april-25) Starting Monday, April 27, we’re adding more weekday express trains betw...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,225 1,574,717 04-14-2026, 03:44 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
Capitalism can probably cheat for a while in the face of worsening demographics and outright population decline. As an example, you can have household formation without population increase for a while...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 604 371,795 03-27-2026, 11:40 AM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...
ZEBuilder Wrote: (03-08-2026, 07:51 PM) -- Andy Mc Wrote: (03-08-2026, 05:22 PM) -- So they're building the 45 story tower only and that is the one that's going up now? Thanks. -- Right now the bu...
   MidTowner Urban Areas 103 27,221 03-09-2026, 08:30 AM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
ZEBuilder Wrote: (02-17-2026, 02:30 PM) -- The design is for 2 bridges, one for either direction of travel. It's a controlled access freeway, you don't see pedestrians and cyclists on the existing hi...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 1,015 1,019,633 02-17-2026, 02:34 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
The reports all refer to "Grand River Bridges," yes because there will be one bridge for eastbound lanes, one for westbound. No, there is no plan for a sidewalk or bike lanes on those Grand River B...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 1,015 1,019,633 02-17-2026, 01:23 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Most of the train trips leaving Kitchener are express from Bramalea, so the connection at Mount Dennis is unfortunately somewhat moot. Weston is also the somewhat better station to connect to UP Expre...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,225 1,574,717 02-09-2026, 01:51 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
tomh009 Wrote: (01-07-2026, 12:53 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-07-2026, 12:07 PM) -- They will definitely not ignore it. It will doubtlessly up getting some transit service. Why not good service? Bec...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-07-2026, 03:04 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
tomh009 Wrote: (01-07-2026, 11:34 AM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-07-2026, 08:38 AM) -- Doubtlessly the hospital is going to wind up getting some transit service, but probably not good service. We're ta...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-07-2026, 12:07 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
tomh009 Wrote: (01-06-2026, 08:52 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-06-2026, 06:17 PM) -- Probably an existing nearby route winds up being diverted here (which does not make for a good bus route). Possibl...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-07-2026, 08:38 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
This issue made me think of this blog post: Be on the way (https://humantransit.org/2009/04/be-on-the-way.html) A hospital is potentially a significant trip generator for transit, but I nevertheles...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-06-2026, 06:17 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
panamaniac Wrote: (01-06-2026, 09:40 AM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-06-2026, 09:25 AM) -- If it goes west of Hagey instead of adjacent to Wes Graham Way, there will be no rerouting of the LRT and no sp...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-06-2026, 09:56 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
If it goes west of Hagey instead of adjacent to Wes Graham Way, there will be no rerouting of the LRT and no spur or anything like it. Route 9 is the closest bus route, and it could be rerouted to Hag...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-06-2026, 09:25 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-05-2026, 02:54 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-05-2026, 02:51 PM) -- It would be expensive. I don't think it would be at all realistic given the much much cheaper alternatives ...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-05-2026, 03:07 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
JoeKW Wrote: (01-05-2026, 02:22 PM) -- How hard would it be to realign the LRT route to take a detour after the R&T Station? -- It would be expensive. I don't think it would be at all realistic giv...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-05-2026, 02:51 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
Good article. It actually understates the problem a bit by saying it's over a half-kilometre walk. It's almost a full kilometre using the current roads, and that's only to the nearest side of the prop...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 383 122,247 01-05-2026, 10:33 AM

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