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  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Acitta Wrote: (Yesterday, 07:16 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (Yesterday, 10:27 AM) -- I remember thinking about the absurdity of having no level-entry platform at the Via station when any contractor could...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 1,209 1,132,528 10 hours ago
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
danbrotherston Wrote: (Yesterday, 05:58 AM) -- It's absolutely bonkers that it will take 5 years to build platforms, ramps, bus platform, and an overpass. Aside from the overpass, a single person usi...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 1,209 1,132,528 Yesterday, 10:27 AM
  Thread: 328 & 330 Mill St | 20fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 328 & 330 Mill St | 20fl | Proposed
bravado Wrote: (11-29-2024, 11:25 PM) -- The best evidence against setbacks is the obvious fact that all the desirable and high-value areas of the city, old downtowns, have none and people love it th...
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 23 2,581 11-30-2024, 09:40 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
creative Wrote: (11-23-2024, 12:02 PM) -- Interestingly, I’ve often wondered if ac3r is even an architect! He’s quick to be critical of others’ work but only shows us examples of good architecture pr...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,504 11,313,379 11-24-2024, 12:50 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (11-22-2024, 04:20 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (11-22-2024, 12:18 PM) -- The problem with your statement is that the only way that happens is by keeping trains away from everything, inc...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,504 11,313,379 11-23-2024, 09:05 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (11-22-2024, 12:38 AM) -- Lmao. Top tier transit planning in action. -- Top tier driving qualification in action. This has nothing to do with transit planning. A driver that stupid i...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 17,504 11,313,379 11-22-2024, 09:12 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
MidTowner Wrote: (11-14-2024, 08:12 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (11-13-2024, 06:13 PM) -- I really dislike that “wealthy people getting stuff” framing as well, and not just for transit. I’ve seen peop...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,446 3,464,177 11-14-2024, 09:03 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
bravado Wrote: (11-13-2024, 06:22 PM) -- All this soul-searching and strife while drivers pay $0 for any trip outside of the 407 and the financing for maintaining all of it is never in question -- ...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,446 3,464,177 11-13-2024, 11:05 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (11-13-2024, 03:00 PM) -- Framing it as "wealthy teens getting cheap rides" is a value framing. I would argue that getting young people on transit--including wealthy ones--is va...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,446 3,464,177 11-13-2024, 06:13 PM
  Thread: 900 King St W | 25 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 900 King St W | 25 fl | U/C
I just wish the LRT traction power substation had been designed to be integrated into future development. There is no good reason why it has to permanently sterilize a significant plot of land.
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 182 50,043 11-09-2024, 07:00 PM
  Thread: General urbanism appreciation
Post: RE: General urbanism appreciation
dscurtis Wrote: (11-05-2024, 10:01 AM) -- EDIT: One more would be the Erb and Bridgeport one-ways, which together are similar to a six lane road. -- That one is weird. Westbound, it’s 3 lanes until...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 7 691 11-06-2024, 09:29 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
tomh009 Wrote: (11-01-2024, 12:07 PM) -- I think this is basically what Reitzel owns (and presumably what they are selling. A bit of an odd shape as they clearly have not been able to buy everything....
   ijmorlan Urban Areas 5,675 4,262,434 11-01-2024, 05:09 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
dscurtis Wrote: (10-21-2024, 09:44 AM) -- I also sent an email to Chris Hodgson at the City asking for information on the crossing of William St. He says a pedestrian crossover is being planned, with...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 2,726 1,715,391 10-22-2024, 06:58 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
danbrotherston Wrote: (10-21-2024, 12:49 PM) -- This kind of thing is basically ubiquitous in the Netherlands, virtually every residential street is disconnected in this way. It should be the norm. T...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 2,726 1,715,391 10-22-2024, 06:54 PM
  Thread: UW Indigenous Residence
Post: RE: UW Indigenous Residence
Vojnik_Vahaj Wrote: (10-08-2024, 08:30 PM) -- I wish my school would just shell out the money to build a structured parking garage and reforest or build even more residences on the rest of the land. ...
   ijmorlan University Area 33 5,225 10-09-2024, 12:13 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Hearing mention of TriTAG makes me wonder: has anybody heard from T4ST (Taxpayers for Shitty Transit, or something like that) lately?
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 4,446 3,464,177 10-06-2024, 10:39 PM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
bravado Wrote: (10-06-2024, 06:31 PM) -- Not to mention the resources didn't exist for voluntary treatment (the current system), so what's the plan from these 'lock em up' types? Are they really will...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 235 45,689 10-06-2024, 10:37 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
plam Wrote: (10-03-2024, 07:36 PM) -- I think the Liberals are far too centrist, but I am certainly appreciating the telecom regulation that the Canadian federal government has caused. It's a lot che...
   ijmorlan Politics 152 38,744 10-04-2024, 12:17 AM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
danbrotherston Wrote: (10-01-2024, 04:09 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (09-30-2024, 10:59 PM) -- If the alternative to forced rehab is increasingly erratic behaviour until they do something criminal and ar...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 235 45,689 10-01-2024, 09:45 AM
  Thread: What does DTK need?
Post: RE: What does DTK need?
ac3r Wrote: (09-30-2024, 02:11 PM) -- Forced rehab should be a possibility, but I know that gets into a messy ethical situation. People on one hand will argue you can't stop people from doing drugs i...
   ijmorlan Urban Issues 235 45,689 09-30-2024, 10:59 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
timc Wrote: (09-26-2024, 10:51 AM) -- Maybe the plan is to do a feasibility study, publicize how much it would cost, and then use that to make some other project more palatable. I have to believe...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,249 2,390,852 09-26-2024, 05:30 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Money for a tunnel of this magnitude would probably pay for every transit project ever proposed in the province, including some of the lines-on-maps drawn by enthusiasts.
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,249 2,390,852 09-25-2024, 06:12 PM
  Thread: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
KevinL Wrote: (09-25-2024, 05:24 PM) -- This does seem like a very odd place for this level of density; it's a long and unappealing walk from Sportsworld Ion, and the neighbourhood amenities are few ...
   ijmorlan Suburbs 20 7,201 09-25-2024, 06:10 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
bravado Wrote: (09-25-2024, 01:57 PM) -- Has Doug Ford finally lost what’s left of his mind? What is genuinely in the water in Etobicoke? https://globalnews.ca/news/10773679/ontario-highway-40...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,249 2,390,852 09-25-2024, 03:23 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Such a law is so patently unreasonable and vindictive that it could result in the Conservative party being out of government for a generation. On the other hand, there are enough idiots who would be c...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,249 2,390,852 09-22-2024, 01:20 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Fortunately, there is an easy solution: just close the car lanes. Don’t re-stripe them as bike lanes or anything. Of course, if some bicyclists still use the space once the cars are out of them, nobod...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,249 2,390,852 09-20-2024, 09:00 PM

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