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  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 1,407 1,203,682 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 1,407 1,203,682 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 2,077 1,296,524 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 5,749 4,339,800 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 1,219 1,149,698 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 1,219 1,149,698 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 547 121,818 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 4,463 3,517,845 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 3 572 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 4,463 3,517,845 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 4,463 3,517,845 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 1,329 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 1,329 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 4,463 3,517,845 08-18-2024, 08:03 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

tomh009 Wrote: (07-27-2024, 07:15 AM) -- at the time of the RFP they were unwilling to commit to any of that--and thus did not respond to the RFP. -- Regardless of featureset they weren't going to ...
  taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 4,463 3,517,845 07-27-2024, 10:12 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C

panamaniac Wrote: (07-26-2024, 04:39 PM) -- taylortbb Wrote: (07-26-2024, 02:21 PM) -- Based on what I've heard from someone who owns a unit there, that's dead on. -- What is tension in a window? ...
  taylortbb Urban Areas 714 195,385 07-27-2024, 01:28 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C

CuilTard Wrote: (07-26-2024, 08:04 AM) -- How long til we see if it has the DTK/IN8 problems? https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/s/m6tjJst3o6 -- One of the comments there says Quote: -- look...
  taylortbb Urban Areas 714 195,385 07-26-2024, 02:21 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

Bytor Wrote: (07-24-2024, 06:24 PM) -- jamincan Wrote: (07-22-2024, 02:57 PM) -- Metrolinx gets closer to 2-way, all-day GO service by expropriating land in Halton Hills (https://www.cbc.ca/news/can...
  taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 2,077 1,296,524 07-25-2024, 05:09 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Bytor Wrote: (07-24-2024, 07:08 PM) -- Governments in most cases cannot engage a vendor without RFQ/RFP for large contracts. Doing so would be to establish a sole source/single source contract, which...
  taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 4,463 3,517,845 07-25-2024, 05:03 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

ac3r Wrote: (07-22-2024, 07:16 PM) -- It was going to get built anyway -- This is the key point. As someone that was deeply involved in the project's approval, all I can tell you is I disagree with...
  taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,510 11,466,665 07-22-2024, 09:25 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

dtkvictim Wrote: (07-19-2024, 01:14 AM) -- taylortbb Wrote: (07-18-2024, 11:29 PM) -- Grand Trunk is also now open in their new King St space. They now have a wood pizza oven, and a good selection o...
  taylortbb Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,395 2,216,982 07-19-2024, 06:10 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

Grand Trunk is also now open in their new King St space. They now have a wood pizza oven, and a good selection of pizzas on the menu (which I can confirm was delicious!). The new space is much larg...
  taylortbb Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,395 2,216,982 07-18-2024, 11:29 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

ac3r Wrote: (07-18-2024, 11:41 AM) -- It's just the region choosing to do things their own way to stroke their ego. It's like the recycling system. It's 2024 and the region is still using the tiny bl...
  taylortbb Transportation and Infrastructure 4,463 3,517,845 07-18-2024, 11:25 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

Acitta Wrote: (07-15-2024, 07:54 PM) -- BT is opening Wednesday. I went by today, and some woman had just asked someone inside and told me. -- Can confirm it's now open. Was quite busy when I went ...
  taylortbb Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,395 2,216,982 07-17-2024, 04:17 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

creative Wrote: (07-14-2024, 05:48 PM) -- creative Wrote: (07-14-2024, 04:30 PM) -- https://torontorealtyblog.com/blog/commercialretail-condo-space/ -- This explains it all. No speculation required...
  taylortbb Urban Areas 5,749 4,339,800 07-14-2024, 08:07 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

danbrotherston Wrote: (07-14-2024, 01:04 PM) -- If the condo corporation owned the unit, the projected income of the unit would count as income for the condo corporation. It would directly impact the...
  taylortbb Urban Areas 5,749 4,339,800 07-14-2024, 04:48 PM

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