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  Thread: Catalyst137
Post: RE: Catalyst137
The novelty of the tables will wear off, but they have decent food and location to fall back on.
   Pheidippides Urban Areas 82 71,437 12-14-2018, 03:58 PM
  Thread: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C
Barra as well.
   Pheidippides Urban Areas 1,073 638,936 12-14-2018, 12:33 PM
  Thread: Catalyst137
Post: RE: Catalyst137
The Record article on that same news indicates that Catalyst137 is nearing capacity. (https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9081463-electric-vehicle-technology-firm-moving-into-catalyst137/) "Only a...
   Pheidippides Urban Areas 82 71,437 12-13-2018, 10:10 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 33fl | U/C
Chicken then egg, or egg then chicken? I think there is demand, and it is growing, but there aren't a lot of options because most builders try to maximize profits by building smaller units.
   Pheidippides Urban Areas 1,392 639,889 12-13-2018, 10:07 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
TriTag (Mike Boos) has this one as well. (https://mboos.github.io/bikeways4everybody/)Not sure how up-to-date it is.
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 2,719 1,693,984 12-12-2018, 09:21 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
Does anyone know, or could tweet at the city of Kitchener to find out, how many sidewalk clearing offences have been issued under the new pro-active enforcement rules? Also, is there some place on ...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 536,433 12-12-2018, 01:21 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Looks like the region has a pre-road safety education survey (https://www.engagewr.ca/road-safety-education-campaign)out that will allow them to compare to a post-survey and evaluate how effective th...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 3,233 2,360,650 12-11-2018, 09:19 PM
  Thread: Blackberry
Post: RE: Blackberry
BlackBerry unveils secure smart-city service (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/blackberry-unveils-secure-smart-city-service-as-ceo-opens-up-about-big-tech-1.4940069) "The Waterloo, O...
   Pheidippides Waterloo Region Economy 50 53,084 12-10-2018, 07:55 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Canard, I apologize for the personal remarks I directed toward you in my earlier response. My words were unkind, not productive, and irrelevant to current discussion and for that I am truly sorry. Y...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,520 12-09-2018, 10:19 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
From TVO.org: (https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/tories-bill-could-punch-factory-sized-holes-in-the-greenbelt) "And Bill 66 doesn’t simply bypass environmental and planning law — municipalities...
   Pheidippides Urban Issues 68 61,018 12-08-2018, 10:00 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Whoops!
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,520 12-08-2018, 08:54 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
I first came across a reference to it in this Twitter rant. (https://twitter.com/WrayAJ/status/1070842258088439809) The new law, Bill 66, Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2018 (https://www....
   Pheidippides Urban Issues 68 61,018 12-08-2018, 06:52 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Canard Wrote: (12-08-2018, 09:46 AM) -- ... I checked the schedule before I left, and it said it was 10 minute service, which I thought was reasonable.  I ended up waiting about 25 minutes.  How comm...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,520 12-08-2018, 03:14 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
danbrotherston Wrote: (12-07-2018, 11:49 PM) -- Why are we doing *more* public insulations. This was already approved. Just another opportunity for opposition. -- It is confusing. It is called a...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 2,719 1,693,984 12-08-2018, 12:00 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
GRT predicting a 5% increase in ridership for 2018: (https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-government/resources/Proposed_2019_Budget_Issue_Papers.pdf#page=33) "Ridership in 2018 is projected to...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 4,415 3,422,520 12-07-2018, 11:55 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
Upcoming Public Information Centre Iron House Trail 2019 Improvements The sections of the trail that run from Queen Street South to Ottawa Street South, and Victoria Street South to the City of W...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 2,719 1,693,984 12-07-2018, 10:08 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
I could see a developer challenging it on the basis of, "well municipality X has an open for business zoning by-law that frees us of regulatory burden therefore, region Y who does not have an open for...
   Pheidippides Urban Issues 68 61,018 12-07-2018, 08:22 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo Official Plan
If any municipality refuses to pass an "open for business" by-law that takes advantage of the new gaping holes created by the new provincial legislation they would then be put on the province's naught...
   Pheidippides Urban Issues 68 61,018 12-07-2018, 01:57 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Well that is good that more is also planned. There has been so little update on that pilot project. Of the Erb vs. Bridgeport options I think the Bridgeport is the marginally more useful route. ...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 4,764 3,177,564 12-07-2018, 01:17 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Wait. So the separated cycling lane pilot they announced in April of 2017 is only going to result in 650m on Bridgeport or 500m on Erb? It took two years to come up with that? Holy incramentalism Batm...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 4,764 3,177,564 12-06-2018, 07:14 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
I really wish MetroLinx had greater authority to act and implement plans for all modes of transportation so that someone would actually be working in the best interest of the people. We need to rem...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 2,059 1,255,747 12-06-2018, 01:51 PM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT
I didn't get a chance to respond this morning, but echo the general sentiment. The response from the city's transit manager was colossally bad and insensitive. He seems more irritated that the m...
   Pheidippides Outside Waterloo Region 392 244,771 12-05-2018, 09:10 PM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT
I'd much rather have the finishing work (weather stripping, paint, furnishings, etc.) left to do at this point than trying to figure out how get 70 year old tech to talk to new tech reliably (or at al...
   Pheidippides Outside Waterloo Region 392 244,771 12-03-2018, 11:44 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
Canard Wrote: (12-02-2018, 06:04 PM) -- ...and on an even more positive note, the connection between Ottawa and Grenville Ave. is looking amazing, including lighting! http://www.waterlooregionconn...
   Pheidippides Transportation and Infrastructure 2,719 1,693,984 12-03-2018, 12:22 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
They do not look sturdy enough to last 2 years, let alone twenty. They were patterned like candy canes this evening.
   Pheidippides Urban Areas 1,270 1,067,482 12-02-2018, 11:49 PM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT
It won't even be close. Ottawa is much further ahead in testing, and signals, than us as Canard highlighted in the Ion thread. They already have multiple trains running loops in full Automatic Train...
   Pheidippides Outside Waterloo Region 392 244,771 12-01-2018, 10:56 PM

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