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  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Via Urban Toronto: https://www.metrolinx.merx.com/public/solicitations/3659415506/abstract?origin=0 Quote: -- To achieve the capacity, agility and scale required to handle the increased demand M...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 1,242 1,232,747 11-08-2025, 10:44 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
tomh009 Wrote: (10-19-2025, 08:47 PM) -- Is there any word about the Mount Dennis station, which would give us a connection to Union-Pearson Express? -- There's already Weston, which is closer to P...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 2,136 1,404,558 10-23-2025, 03:47 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
There's a claim on Reddit (https://old.reddit.com/r/gotransit/comments/1o83c3p/metrolinx_extending_weekend_go_trains_to_kitchener/njto0gx/) that departures will be 7:49am and 3:49pm towards Toronto an...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 2,136 1,404,558 10-16-2025, 07:53 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
greybird Wrote: (09-26-2025, 02:48 PM) -- We were also gobsmacked that Michelin would recognize it. Others I've talked to this week feel the same -- that it's definitely good, but it's a surprise tha...
   taylortbb Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,426 2,357,840 10-01-2025, 02:06 PM
  Thread: The Boathouse
Post: RE: The Boathouse
They're building an outdoor bar on the patio. I think it was always a part of the plan, they just didn't get it finished before winter last year. The rough-in has been there since they opened.
   taylortbb Food, Dining and Nightlife 80 113,566 07-24-2025, 04:24 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Momo26 Wrote: (06-19-2025, 11:01 AM) -- Has anyone had Beast Pizza in Toronto? -- I've been to one of their Whole Animal Dinners, and it was quite a good experience.
   taylortbb Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,426 2,357,840 06-20-2025, 11:12 AM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Toronto's widely known Beast Pizza is opening a KW location, it'll be at Weber/Scott in the Civic 66 building. https://www.instagram.com/beast_pizza_kw
   taylortbb Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,426 2,357,840 06-12-2025, 02:50 PM
  Thread: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 171 King St S Waterloo
westwardloo Wrote: (05-29-2025, 11:42 AM) -- The render also makes those towers look too bulky for the size of the site. I hate that developers in this region only build rectangle buildings. -- Tha...
   taylortbb Urban Areas 25 5,046 06-03-2025, 02:45 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Metrolinx quietly drops Deutsche Bahn, Aecon from multibillion-dollar GO expansion project (https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/metrolinx-quietly-drops-deutsche-bahn-aecon-from-multibillion-dollar-go-exp...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 2,136 1,404,558 05-17-2025, 12:54 AM
  Thread: Work in the 21st century
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Compl...
ac3r Wrote: (04-04-2025, 05:12 PM) -- I'm sure it'll be a pretty busy office. The whole work from home meme is mostly a thing of the past now. -- What? I'm in tech and my employer is closing office...
   taylortbb Waterloo Region Economy 23 6,338 04-09-2025, 04:06 PM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Complete
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Compl...
Momo26 Wrote: (03-31-2025, 05:51 PM) -- But I am still unsure if people are recalled to office for any meaningful amount of time per week here? -- Yes, Google has done a RTO and all their employees...
   taylortbb Urban Areas 644 386,406 04-02-2025, 04:55 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...
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 if I want to put up a tall building with a pa...
   taylortbb Urban Areas 87 17,486 03-11-2025, 08:35 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-23-2025, 02:18 AM) -- Hi plam Wrote: (01-22-2025, 12:00 PM) -- Baggage scales, check in desks, etc all exist at YKF. It sounds like it's just like a connection where you ha...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 1,450 1,294,080 01-24-2025, 01:10 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-21-2025, 03:16 PM) -- plam Wrote: (01-21-2025, 02:25 PM) -- I added YKF segments after the fact to my YYZ-YQR trip this weekend for $0. I'm not sure it's actually a win ove...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 1,450 1,294,080 01-21-2025, 06:13 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
neonjoe Wrote: (01-09-2025, 03:02 PM) -- Isn't this just the old Missing Link that the previous liberal government proposed? -- Yep. As far as I can tell it's exactly identical to the plan Ford kil...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 2,136 1,404,558 01-09-2025, 03:30 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
timio Wrote: (12-10-2024, 08:12 PM) -- I believe public health has some usage in the building. I was going to book a vaccine and saw it would be at 20 Weber instead of Regina. -- 20 Weber is the ol...
   taylortbb Urban Areas 5,915 4,635,162 12-11-2024, 02:09 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
ijmorlan Wrote: (12-07-2024, 10:27 AM) -- I remember thinking about the absurdity of having no level-entry platform at the Via station when any contractor could, in a single weekend, build something ...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 1,242 1,232,747 12-09-2024, 12:32 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
ZEBuilder Wrote: (11-30-2024, 05:16 PM) -- It's entirely conceivable that they do the first phase which encompasses everything required for the station to be operational, so the platforms, bus loop, ...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 1,242 1,232,747 12-07-2024, 03:23 AM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
westwardloo Wrote: (12-03-2024, 11:21 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (12-03-2024, 10:55 AM) -- The square is very nice but I don't think it's big enough for the blues festival tents, maybe for some smaller t...
   taylortbb Urban Areas 547 145,268 12-03-2024, 04:58 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
MidTowner Wrote: (11-13-2024, 10:05 AM) -- A significantly lower fare would increase ridership and affordability both significantly. But it's not realistic with GRT, unfortunately, as they don't seem...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 4,502 3,763,566 11-13-2024, 12:05 PM
  Thread: Ira Needles/Highway 7 left-turn interchange
Post: RE: Ire Neddles at HWY 7, Left turn interchange.
the_conestoga_guy Wrote: (09-24-2024, 02:06 PM) -- I couldn't agree more that this area is very unsafe, especially for those turning left off of the highway. I've always thought that the plan should ...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 3 1,200 09-24-2024, 08:07 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (09-05-2024, 03:40 PM) -- Actually, car free rush hour would be an immense improvement in rush hour--I can personally attest. But leaving that aside, I was illustrating the doub...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 4,502 3,763,566 09-05-2024, 05:16 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (09-05-2024, 01:44 PM) -- Lets frame this around roads. Your local residential street is empty a lot of the time, on Sunday's it's probably almost never used, so are would you t...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 4,502 3,763,566 09-05-2024, 03:10 PM
  Thread: 169 Victoria St S | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 169 Victoria St S | 8 fl | Proposed
You're definitely right that it exceeds current demand for commercial space, but I'm thinking about Victoria's long term future. Especially if it gets a light rail line in 20 years.
   taylortbb Urban Areas 13 2,163 08-23-2024, 01:05 PM
  Thread: 169 Victoria St S | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 169 Victoria St S | 8 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (08-22-2024, 10:55 PM) -- The development does not propose any commercial spaces so the ground floor contains the lobby, move in room etc, as well as residential units (fronting Vict...
   taylortbb Urban Areas 13 2,163 08-23-2024, 12:23 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Every transit system reduces service at times when ridership is lower, I don't get why this is controversial. Overnight, rush hour, summer, midday, Christmas holidays, etc, are all just different time...
   taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 4,502 3,763,566 08-18-2024, 08:03 AM

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