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  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
That's a shame but at least I'm no longer a tax payer in this region.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 1,228 875,780 11-01-2025, 04:59 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Not usually, it was kinda odd. The LRT left Fairway and was barely moving along the tracks, then by the time we crossed Fairway Road it ended up stalling around that Chevrolet dealership. It was there...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,306,317 10-28-2025, 10:43 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
I'm in the region maybe twice a month?
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,905 4,632,316 10-28-2025, 10:18 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
The old unsafe injection site is finally shuttered and up for sale. It would be a great place for a 8-10 floor midrise building. Hopefully someone will try to build something new because that existing...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,905 4,632,316 10-26-2025, 04:29 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Looks like the first (?) frost has incapacitated the LRT. I'm on one right now and sparks are flying, the wheels are slipping and the train keeps stalling out and stopping...lol.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,306,317 10-26-2025, 07:41 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Why pay when you can park for free?
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,306,317 10-25-2025, 01:52 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
I think our region/cities aren't big enough for people to care. When you live in a city with millions of people, the do tend to pay more attention to local politics and vote. But when you have a regio...
   ac3r Urban Issues 575 329,136 10-24-2025, 11:40 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
KevinL Wrote: (10-19-2025, 08:54 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (10-19-2025, 06:58 PM) -- Does anyone know why they've bolted black plastic strips on the platforms at Fairway? They're similar to the yellow ones...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,306,317 10-23-2025, 11:49 AM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
Here's an idea...what if we stop electing the same boomers to office year after year?
   ac3r Urban Issues 575 329,136 10-23-2025, 11:34 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
If only we could clear out the slum next door to start building a new train station and make it safer for women and other vulnerable people to walk 10 minutes in the dark without having to worry...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 2,135 1,403,133 10-19-2025, 07:02 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Does anyone know why they've bolted black plastic strips on the platforms at Fairway? They're similar to the yellow ones with bumps they have for blind people, but these aren't sunk into the concrete....
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,306,317 10-19-2025, 06:58 PM
  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
I suspect the point was that because condo sales have slowed down, it makes no sense to keep building them at the moment. But unfortunately there's no way we can make developers focus on apartments an...
   ac3r Urban Areas 76 20,189 10-19-2025, 04:36 PM
  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (10-18-2025, 08:40 AM) -- It may take 15 years but they'll still be built, so for now sure it's smoke but it takes a while for things to come to fruition when it's a developer in it ...
   ac3r Urban Areas 76 20,189 10-18-2025, 01:20 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
CityNews featured some young teen from Vancouver who has been creating a replica of both Vancouver itself and its SkyTrain system in Roblox which is really cool idea. Someone should start working on a...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 3,297 2,590,469 10-18-2025, 12:50 PM
  Thread: Ending Chronic Homelessness
Post: RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness
Does anyone else notice the slow, incremental decline in ease of access to over the counter drugs thanks to homeless addicts? It seems to really highlight the problems albeit in a subtle way. The most...
   ac3r Urban Issues 181 52,084 10-17-2025, 08:54 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Ah well that's utterly useless unless you plan to spend a whole day there.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 2,135 1,403,133 10-17-2025, 06:22 PM
  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Very likely, I feel for every 1 project that gets started, 3 sit in limbo for years and go absolutely nowhere.
   ac3r Urban Areas 76 20,189 10-17-2025, 06:18 PM
  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Ah that one. Makes sense, the crane wasn't too tall.
   ac3r Urban Areas 76 20,189 10-17-2025, 06:34 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Does anyone know what they anticipate the schedule to be like? Hopefully it isn't like...2 trips a day to start.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 2,135 1,403,133 10-16-2025, 04:51 PM
  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Did this start? I was by the courthouse today and saw a crane in the direction of this area. I couldn't tell if it was for this or something else.
   ac3r Urban Areas 76 20,189 10-16-2025, 04:47 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
The beloved street running train got hit once again at King and Agnus. That intersection seems to account for a huge percentage of crashes. Great design.
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 17,632 12,306,317 10-16-2025, 03:10 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
danbrotherston Wrote: (10-15-2025, 01:01 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (10-15-2025, 11:16 AM) -- Be careful, this kind of talk might get you banned around here, please pay your fair share -- Literally nobo...
   ac3r Urban Areas 5,905 4,632,316 10-15-2025, 01:42 PM
  Thread: Ending Chronic Homelessness
Post: RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness
RocaNews has published a video on the homelessness and drug abuse in Waterloo Region, paying a visit to the slum downtown to do some interviews with the people living there. I had no idea the harm red...
   ac3r Urban Issues 181 52,084 10-15-2025, 01:16 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Because as you increase capacity and headways, ridership generally goes up. Single LRVs that are standing room only half of the day and 10-15 minute frequencies isn't really enticing anyone to leave t...
   ac3r Transportation and Infrastructure 1,228 875,780 10-14-2025, 05:56 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
Until you need one.
   ac3r Urban Issues 575 329,136 10-14-2025, 12:13 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
This is great because it means we won't have to deal with deliberately ugly, poorly made towers polluting our skyline...for a while, at least. Press F to pay respects.
   ac3r Urban Areas 122 35,685 10-12-2025, 01:05 PM

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