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  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
ac3r Wrote: (Yesterday, 10:45 AM) -- Note if you go to the top post on page 25, there's a link to the hospital website that offers a masterplan that shows you the layout. Unfortunately I am unable to...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 383 114,957 7 hours ago
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
ac3r Wrote: (05-05-2026, 08:01 PM) -- An interesting new consideration WRHN is looking at regarding transit: autonomous bus shuttles from the LRT to the hospital. This will likely just be for staf...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 383 114,957 05-06-2026, 02:09 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
taylortbb Wrote: (05-04-2026, 06:16 PM) -- Every time the agenda is updated the old link is invalidated, it's now https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=17114 . Y...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 1,260 1,306,621 05-04-2026, 09:24 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Acitta Wrote: (05-04-2026, 02:07 PM) -- taylortbb Wrote: (05-04-2026, 01:48 PM) -- Project update is out with new renderings, and a lot of details about timelines/tendering. Starting on page 22 of h...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 1,260 1,306,621 05-04-2026, 05:46 PM
  Thread: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | ?fl | Propos...
the_conestoga_guy Wrote: (04-17-2026, 04:07 PM) -- Like, theoretically in 100 years if all buildings in MTSAs have been replaced and have zero parking, where would the car-shares go? Just a dumb thou...
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 21 3,659 04-18-2026, 01:40 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
They should at least design the station area so that the parking only affects one side. The other side should be designed to connect directly to adjacent properties and at least allow for the possibil...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 2,210 1,534,765 03-16-2026, 11:23 PM
  Thread: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
Bjays93 Wrote: (03-09-2026, 03:40 PM) -- I mean, I think the LRT is a pretty good example of build the infrastructure first and the development will come flooding it. It doesn't even have to be built...
   ijmorlan Suburbs 52 18,561 03-10-2026, 06:47 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
plam Wrote: (02-25-2026, 10:49 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (02-25-2026, 09:51 PM) -- Similarly in other areas the article confirms my suspicions that the system is being operated absurdly cautiously, the...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,660 13,108,654 02-26-2026, 10:00 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
A good article which unfortunately makes me even more upset. It shows that indeed when we dig into many of the slow areas we get completely bogus justifications. For example, the southbound slow order...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,660 13,108,654 02-25-2026, 09:51 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
MidTowner Wrote: (01-05-2026, 02:51 PM) -- JoeKW Wrote: (01-05-2026, 02:22 PM) -- How hard would it be to realign the LRT route to take a detour after the R&T Station? -- It would be expensive. I ...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 383 114,957 01-06-2026, 01:37 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
You could have an impressive ribbon-cutting by building a new hospital on the block (actually 2 blocks, if I believe Google) bounded by King/Union/Park/Mount Hope. Yes, I know it’s the Sun Life parkin...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 383 114,957 01-05-2026, 11:51 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Good point about the system capacity. I recall a discussion elsewhere on a similar topic related to Toronto, where dumping a bunch of additional people onto the subway at rush hour very much would not...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 4,033,320 01-05-2026, 11:47 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
MidTowner Wrote: (01-02-2026, 08:16 AM) -- Bob_McBob Wrote: (01-01-2026, 01:23 AM) -- I heard multiple drivers calling in to ask if they were supposed to be doing free rides for NYE on the scanner. ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 4,033,320 01-03-2026, 07:44 AM
  Thread: World politics
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Rainrider22 Wrote: (12-29-2025, 05:23 PM) -- Its nice that you take time to explain your position or understanding of the case ( sincerely mean this) however, why do you feel the need to insult someo...
   ijmorlan Politics 12 2,088 12-29-2025, 06:09 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
MidTowner Wrote: (12-19-2025, 04:06 PM) -- Seniors are more likely to use transit at off-peak times, so that would be one reason to extend this kind of thing to them and not others, making better use...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 4,033,320 12-19-2025, 07:16 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
dtkvictim Wrote: (12-04-2025, 02:38 AM) -- Despite the other restrictions included, I do wonder if this is only meant to target cycling. Wider sidewalks can be turned into MUTs, bus lanes often permi...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,854 3,771,887 12-05-2025, 09:51 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
What about removing lanes just to reduce the road width, with nothing new being constructed in its place? I know of 4 lane roads in Waterloo that absolutely do not whatsoever in any way need that many...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,854 3,771,887 12-04-2025, 12:04 AM
  Thread: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
nms Wrote: (10-10-2025, 07:46 AM) -- … Condominium residential buildings will likely still be standing and incapable of being replaced since there are dozens if not hundreds of owners who hold a shar...
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 27 8,107 11-29-2025, 06:40 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
bravado Wrote: (11-28-2025, 02:00 PM) -- This is all quite a big distraction. It’s not an unreasonable request that our levels of government talk to each other and plan together. Especially when p...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 2,210 1,534,765 11-29-2025, 06:36 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
The PDF schedule I found at https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1762897570/Documents/GO/full-schedules/FS20122025/TABLE31.pdf seems to have the first part of the Eastbound weekday schedule (pp4...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 2,210 1,534,765 11-22-2025, 11:05 PM
  Thread: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years...maybe
Post: RE: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years....
Don’t worry, there will be another study but still no actual high speed rail construction, so it doesn’t really matter how far line is proposed to go.
   ijmorlan General and Off-Topic Discussion 24 4,900 11-22-2025, 10:58 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
I believe the initial schedule was 2 trains to Toronto in the morning, 2 back to Kitchener in the evening, Monday to Friday. Pitiful, right? Yet now we are, if I’m reading the schedule correctly, up t...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 2,210 1,534,765 11-22-2025, 10:05 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Kodra24 Wrote: (10-23-2025, 03:22 PM) -- Perhaps municipalities are scared that if they start charging for parking it would reduce traffic as many drivers won't want to pay and will look for cheaper ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,660 13,108,654 10-24-2025, 12:02 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
creative Wrote: (10-22-2025, 02:39 PM) -- I like many people drive for convenience. Time is my most valuable asset and I am willing to pay for that. I used to work in the tech park. I could drive the...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,660 13,108,654 10-23-2025, 12:47 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
plam Wrote: (10-19-2025, 11:55 PM) -- The University of Waterloo Sustainable Transportation people feel like they haven't made headway on shifting modeshare over the past 20 years. They would really ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,660 13,108,654 10-22-2025, 03:21 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Momo26 Wrote: (10-19-2025, 11:07 PM) -- Yes, parking should be free at the station.  You need to incentivize people taking train.  Changing habits. -- Why not just reduce fares? What is so magical ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 2,210 1,534,765 10-20-2025, 01:04 PM

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