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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
dtkvictim Wrote: (Today, 03:08 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (Yesterday, 04:39 PM) -- Shouldn’t even be allowed. I don’t think that’s allowed for gift certificates any more. I’m not sure how this should...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 4,406 3,407,525 9 hours ago
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
KevinL Wrote: (Yesterday, 01:03 PM) -- Fare machines have finally been installed at non-Ion locations! Cards can be loaded and tickets purchased at the Boardwalk, Sportsworld, and Sunrise Centre. Plu...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 4,406 3,407,525 Yesterday, 01:21 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Momo26 Wrote: (09-15-2024, 01:25 AM) -- Man ~4.5hrs LON to UNION is wild. And I'm guessing it cost at least $50 round trip? (If KIT to UNION alone is ~$33). In other words, cheaper to about equ...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,509 09-15-2024, 01:32 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
neonjoe Wrote: (09-12-2024, 09:16 AM) -- The additional lanes at highland are just turning lanes but you are correct this could be simplified with a small diet by changing the two dedicated turning l...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,714 1,687,983 09-12-2024, 09:46 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
neonjoe Wrote: (09-11-2024, 07:59 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (03-27-2021, 10:15 AM) -- Things are significantly improved with the MUT along Homer-Watson, but that's pretty new so won't appear on s...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,714 1,687,983 09-12-2024, 01:28 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
KevinL Wrote: (09-11-2024, 02:54 PM) -- The east side of Lawrence seems to have a large enough boulevard for the sidewalk to be 'trailized'. -- There definitely is enough space, but the region would...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,714 1,687,983 09-11-2024, 03:56 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
Bdtkvictim Wrote: (09-11-2024, 02:04 AM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (09-11-2024, 01:03 AM) -- As for alternatives, they still have the protectedish bike lanes on Queens and Belmont right?  Usually I w...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,714 1,687,983 09-11-2024, 06:00 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
dtkvictim Wrote: (09-10-2024, 10:21 PM) -- Does anyone know if there are plans to close this gap in trails? It's the most convenient way I've found to cycle from downtown to the Williamsburg area, vi...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,714 1,687,983 09-11-2024, 01:03 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
tomh009 Wrote: (09-10-2024, 09:21 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (09-10-2024, 04:46 PM) -- But...because the zeitgeist of our nation hasn't really put much emphasis on this, we fall short. While on the other ha...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,509 09-11-2024, 01:01 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ZEBuilder Wrote: (09-10-2024, 09:24 AM) -- cherrypark Wrote: (09-10-2024, 08:47 AM) -- Easiest tell for these spaces are the (usually blue) groundwater sample wells and a few drums around the site. ...
   danbrotherston Urban Areas 5,656 4,197,485 09-10-2024, 10:19 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Momo26 Wrote: (09-09-2024, 07:52 PM) -- Man we can certainly dream.  I need to bust out a huge map on a wall and start planning out ideal routes. Wasn't the now-scrapped like 1 or 2 a day LO...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,509 09-10-2024, 01:13 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
A “biohazard” is generally a hazardous biological agent. As far as I understand the hazard in this case is not biological in nature. . As for hazards to nearby workers. It’s considered localized, and...
   danbrotherston Urban Areas 5,656 4,197,485 09-10-2024, 01:12 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
tomh009 Wrote: (09-08-2024, 02:07 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (09-08-2024, 10:07 AM) -- The Boardwalk could have been a great little node at the edge of town, if it was planned correctly from the get ...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,509 09-09-2024, 02:34 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
mastermind Wrote: (09-08-2024, 08:15 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (09-08-2024, 01:50 AM) -- The space along the tracks? If it's the space I'm thinking of, it's got significant industrial contaminati...
   danbrotherston Urban Areas 5,656 4,197,485 09-09-2024, 02:33 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
mastermind Wrote: (09-07-2024, 09:34 PM) -- This picture reminds me, does anyone know what's up with that unkept green space behind the UW building parking lot?  It's a fairly large space that you re...
   danbrotherston Urban Areas 5,656 4,197,485 09-08-2024, 01:50 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
neonjoe Wrote: (09-06-2024, 09:13 AM) -- I’ve always thought that a west side Boardwalk station could work as well. The land is there and The Boardwalk already is one of the biggest transit hubs. Mov...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,247,509 09-06-2024, 02:24 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
taylortbb Wrote: (09-05-2024, 05:16 PM) -- 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 lea...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 4,406 3,407,525 09-06-2024, 02:17 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
taylortbb Wrote: (09-05-2024, 03:10 PM) -- 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 pr...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 4,406 3,407,525 09-05-2024, 03:40 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
ludo643 Wrote: (08-23-2024, 02:16 PM) -- taylortbb Wrote: (08-18-2024, 08:03 AM) -- Every transit system reduces service at times when ridership is lower, I don't get why this is controversial. Over...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 4,406 3,407,525 09-05-2024, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
dtkvictim Wrote: (08-30-2024, 05:03 AM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (08-30-2024, 04:15 AM) -- They're literally rotated around the city. But yeah, no other crime could you complain that it was unfai...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 609 213,455 08-30-2024, 07:07 AM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
dtkvictim Wrote: (08-30-2024, 02:02 AM) -- I suppose it's worth considering that these cameras are in fixed geographic locations, and could be viewed as unfair just as stationing officers in particul...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 609 213,455 08-30-2024, 04:15 AM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Of course the next day I get to read how Kitcheners mayor is trying to limit speed cameras because he’s worried that fining speeders is “unjust” https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/not-s...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 609 213,455 08-30-2024, 01:32 AM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
:( https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/cyclist-dies-after-collision-in-north-dumfries-1.7015586 This is a new level of passive voice here, at no point in any of this (very short) report does it even give a...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 609 213,455 08-28-2024, 12:27 PM
  Thread: Filming in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Filming in Waterloo Region
KevinL Wrote: (08-27-2024, 11:21 AM) -- An upcoming Star Trek series, Starfleet Academy, is apparently filming in Uptown today. A mass of trailers and equipment trucks are parked at Erb and Caroline....
   danbrotherston Arts and Culture 34 16,136 08-27-2024, 02:04 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
tomh009 Wrote: (08-15-2024, 07:11 PM) -- bravado Wrote: (08-15-2024, 07:00 PM) -- The bus should come at the same time every day of the year. It should be reliable, boring, and dependable because it...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 4,406 3,407,525 08-16-2024, 12:51 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
tomh009 Wrote: (08-13-2024, 10:55 AM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (08-13-2024, 10:03 AM) -- The depth of the freezing is clearly different but we do get frost on the ground some days. But I’d never ...
   danbrotherston Transportation and Infrastructure 4,764 3,163,892 08-13-2024, 05:21 PM

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