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  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
panamaniac Wrote: (11-22-2023, 11:23 PM) -- Bytor Wrote: (11-22-2023, 07:56 PM) -- Who commissioned the report from the Conference Board of Canada? Based on their report "Where the Rubber Meets the ...
   Bytor Waterloo Region Economy 586 556,135 43 minutes ago
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
jwilliamson Wrote: (Today, 12:10 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (Yesterday, 09:12 PM) -- No, 50m, although I didn’t actually calculate the number. The idea is that I can press the button and at about the ti...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 558 147,622 49 minutes ago
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
KevinL Wrote: (11-25-2023, 11:17 PM) -- If you look closely at the map on the explainer page, all the stops and route sections affected have a serious grade difference or tight turning radius that ma...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,189 3,087,336 7 hours ago
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
plam Wrote: (11-27-2023, 03:02 PM) -- Yes, seems like a much better schedule than what was proposed and almost all better than what there is now. -- The only thing that is better is 10-minute weekd...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 9 hours ago
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
KevinL Wrote: (11-25-2023, 11:18 PM) -- So no 8-minute frequency on peak. What is the problem with finding some budget room to have both? -- Because the staff is desperately trying to stay inside t...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 10 hours ago
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
ac3r Wrote: (11-22-2023, 01:12 PM) -- Waterloo Region’s economy has ‘every reason for optimism,’ report says: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-region-s-economy-has-every-reason...
   Bytor Waterloo Region Economy 586 556,135 11-22-2023, 07:56 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
nms Wrote: (11-18-2023, 09:39 AM) -- The Ion has now been in operation for over 1000 revenue days; it has been sidelined for parts of "at least" three days according to that CTV report. Overall, a pr...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 11-19-2023, 12:27 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/ndp-call-for-timeline-on-two-way-all-day-go-from-kitchener-to-toronto-1.6646846 Quote: -- BRANTFORD EXPANSION Brantford, meanwhile, is pushing for an extension of...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,893 1,098,239 11-16-2023, 12:09 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
It is interesting that TransSee shows no ION service at all between the crash and about 2:15pm. https://www.transsee.ca/operatechart?a=grt&r=301 Does anybody know the developer of that website and h...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 11-08-2023, 05:57 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
bravado Wrote: (11-07-2023, 11:46 PM) -- https://www.engagewr.ca/ainslie-street-improvements The Region has a Zoom meeting on Thursday to start the process to rebuild Ainslie St in Cambridge... I ...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 3,073 2,117,850 11-08-2023, 04:06 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
KevinL Wrote: (11-08-2023, 02:59 PM) -- Bytor Wrote: (11-08-2023, 02:45 PM) -- And how the heck does that take out multiple independent catenary electrification sections all the down to Market Stati...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 11-08-2023, 03:41 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
bravado Wrote: (11-08-2023, 12:46 PM) -- https://i.imgur.com/q1ao1hL.jpg perhaps more hi-viz is necessary -- And how the heck does that take out multiple independent catenary electrification sec...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 11-08-2023, 02:45 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Acitta Wrote: (11-06-2023, 05:45 PM) -- Does anyone remember what the evening service frequency on the #7 was before the start of ION service? -- You can use web.archive.org to get old versions of ...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 11-06-2023, 07:13 PM
  Thread: Victoria Park
Post: RE: Victoria Park
ac3r Wrote: (10-16-2023, 07:23 PM) -- Sure, but just look at the map of Victoria Park. Jubilee is a necessary road to connect Victoria and Queen. -- No, it is not. ac3r Wrote: (10-16-2023, 07:2...
   Bytor Sports and Recreation 94 60,610 11-03-2023, 03:51 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (11-02-2023, 04:39 PM) -- And unless the Flexity Freedom's are even worse than we thought, surely they could take those actual tight turns to get across Hayward much faster than they do. ...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 11-03-2023, 02:56 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
nms Wrote: (11-01-2023, 10:37 PM) -- So even accounting for the two year delay with the mid-2019 launch, the Region is conceivably well within the 2020-2024 (corrected to 2022-2026) window when 16 tr...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,093,188 11-03-2023, 02:45 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Chris Wrote: (10-06-2023, 09:22 AM) -- plam Wrote: (10-05-2023, 11:57 PM) -- We can write to our councillors... -- My councillor is busy running for MPP so I have the impression she doesn't care a...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,189 3,087,336 10-06-2023, 11:58 AM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
ac3r Wrote: (10-01-2023, 07:03 AM) -- Bus route ridership is only one, very tiny part of the puzzle. They didn't built the entire LRT just because of the 7/8/200 routes being full, it was first and f...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 922 796,920 10-05-2023, 05:06 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
ZEBuilder Wrote: (09-28-2023, 04:41 PM) -- SF22 Wrote: (09-28-2023, 04:13 PM) -- I think Victoria St is a better fit for a new LRT line on the north side of King, and Ottawa is a better fit on the s...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 922 796,920 09-30-2023, 03:36 PM
  Thread: 332 Charles Street East | 17 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 332 Charles Street East | 17 fl | Proposed
Chapman literally told me in person that she does not agree that supply and demand has anything at all to do with housing prices.
   Bytor Urban Areas 35 3,760 09-27-2023, 01:30 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
tomh009 Wrote: (09-16-2023, 03:57 PM) -- Pre-pandemic, peak monthly LRT ridership was 410K in November 2019, which equates to roughly 14K boardings per day. See the Power BI dashboard here: https...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,189 3,087,336 09-27-2023, 01:27 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
ac3r Wrote: (09-15-2023, 12:26 PM) -- Rainrider22 Wrote: (09-15-2023, 11:48 AM) -- The record is reporting ION ridership prepandemic  was 17 k per day...  But I seem to recall reading numbers more i...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 4,189 3,087,336 09-27-2023, 12:44 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
nms Wrote: (09-26-2023, 08:28 AM) -- Ontario proposes new way of funding GO Transit stations, spurring nearby development (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/go-transit-ontario-funding-1.6977860)...
   Bytor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,893 1,098,239 09-27-2023, 12:37 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
panamaniac Wrote: (07-21-2023, 06:10 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (07-21-2023, 04:18 PM) -- An Indian restaurant opens up nearly every week somewhere in the city hah. Feels like there's one on every block no ...
   Bytor Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,267 1,933,405 09-03-2023, 04:47 PM
  Thread: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Post: RE: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
nms Wrote: (09-01-2023, 04:14 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (08-31-2023, 03:45 PM) -- Or just think about it this way: when is the last time you've seen hundreds of people camping in tents in public parks or w...
   Bytor Urban Issues 102 15,221 09-03-2023, 04:39 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
taylortbb Wrote: (08-25-2023, 07:02 PM) -- Bytor Wrote: (08-25-2023, 03:07 PM) -- It is more than just a GMail only. Hotmail/Outlook Live support it, MS Exchange supports it, my email domain hoster ...
   Bytor Urban Areas 5,504 3,754,648 08-28-2023, 05:10 PM

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