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  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
ZEBuilder Wrote: (Yesterday, 02:30 PM) -- The design is for 2 bridges, one for either direction of travel. It's a controlled access freeway, you don't see pedestrians and cyclists on the existing hig...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 994 960,696 Yesterday, 02:34 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
The reports all refer to "Grand River Bridges," yes because there will be one bridge for eastbound lanes, one for westbound. No, there is no plan for a sidewalk or bike lanes on those Grand River B...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 994 960,696 Yesterday, 01:23 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Most of the train trips leaving Kitchener are express from Bramalea, so the connection at Mount Dennis is unfortunately somewhat moot. Weston is also the somewhat better station to connect to UP Expre...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,180 1,453,120 02-09-2026, 01:51 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
tomh009 Wrote: (01-07-2026, 12:53 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-07-2026, 12:07 PM) -- They will definitely not ignore it. It will doubtlessly up getting some transit service. Why not good service? Bec...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-07-2026, 03:04 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
tomh009 Wrote: (01-07-2026, 11:34 AM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-07-2026, 08:38 AM) -- Doubtlessly the hospital is going to wind up getting some transit service, but probably not good service. We're ta...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-07-2026, 12:07 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
tomh009 Wrote: (01-06-2026, 08:52 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-06-2026, 06:17 PM) -- Probably an existing nearby route winds up being diverted here (which does not make for a good bus route). Possibl...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-07-2026, 08:38 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
This issue made me think of this blog post: Be on the way (https://humantransit.org/2009/04/be-on-the-way.html) A hospital is potentially a significant trip generator for transit, but I nevertheles...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-06-2026, 06:17 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
panamaniac Wrote: (01-06-2026, 09:40 AM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-06-2026, 09:25 AM) -- If it goes west of Hagey instead of adjacent to Wes Graham Way, there will be no rerouting of the LRT and no sp...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-06-2026, 09:56 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
If it goes west of Hagey instead of adjacent to Wes Graham Way, there will be no rerouting of the LRT and no spur or anything like it. Route 9 is the closest bus route, and it could be rerouted to Hag...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-06-2026, 09:25 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-05-2026, 02:54 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-05-2026, 02:51 PM) -- It would be expensive. I don't think it would be at all realistic given the much much cheaper alternatives ...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-05-2026, 03:07 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
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 don't think it would be at all realistic giv...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-05-2026, 02:51 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
Good article. It actually understates the problem a bit by saying it's over a half-kilometre walk. It's almost a full kilometre using the current roads, and that's only to the nearest side of the prop...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 365 100,493 01-05-2026, 10:33 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-03-2026, 09:38 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (01-03-2026, 07:44 AM) -- Free fares during inclement weather is actually a bad idea. You take a rush hour when transit is already bus...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 01-05-2026, 09:06 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Bob_McBob Wrote: (01-01-2026, 01:23 AM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (12-27-2025, 09:45 AM) -- New Year's Eve is next week. London Transit Commission, Guelph Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, Go Transit, ...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 01-02-2026, 08:16 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
New Year's Eve is next week. London Transit Commission, Guelph Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, Go Transit, TTC, OC Transpo, Niagara Transit, all have free transit after a certain time. GRT, ho...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 12-27-2025, 09:45 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (12-19-2025, 07:16 PM) -- 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 thin...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 12-22-2025, 09:13 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (12-19-2025, 04:50 PM) -- Yeah, the seniors thing pisses me off too. But as far as things which piss me off, it's not that high on the list. When it comes to it, we're (tr...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 12-19-2025, 05:13 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
I wish politicians would educate themselves and stop talking about "seniors on fixed income" when that cohort is actually less likely than average to be lower income or live in poverty. But I think th...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 12-19-2025, 04:06 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (11-27-2025, 05:18 PM) -- creative Wrote: (11-27-2025, 10:41 AM) -- If people on here were truly concerned about this they could have easily reached out to the region to enquir...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,180 1,453,120 11-28-2025, 08:35 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
tomh009 Wrote: (11-26-2025, 11:26 AM) -- Momo26 Wrote: (11-25-2025, 12:00 AM) -- What a colossal oversight .https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/s/dw7INVmQpO Cross posted -- For anyone who does...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 11-26-2025, 01:00 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
This is something that GRT can and should correct. Hopefully the redditor who put together the analysis has also communicated with GRT, it seems an easy sell.
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,618 11-26-2025, 08:44 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Well, no more waiting for weekend service, we now have it. Time to demand better weekend service, but the best way is for people to actually use it. From some posts on social media, there was a lot of...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,180 1,453,120 11-24-2025, 09:09 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (11-22-2025, 04:12 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (11-22-2025, 04:07 PM) -- I believe it's nine Toronto-bound and 10 Kitchener-bound. Hopefully there is significant ridership on th...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,180 1,453,120 11-22-2025, 04:52 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Momo26 Wrote: (11-22-2025, 03:58 PM) -- Is it 10 each way M to F? -- I believe it's nine Toronto-bound and 10 Kitchener-bound. Hopefully there is significant ridership on this new weekend servic...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,180 1,453,120 11-22-2025, 04:07 PM
  Thread: Urban Trees
Post: RE: Urban Trees
WRDSB Receives Federal Grant for Major Tree Planting Initiative (https://www.wrdsb.ca/blog/2025/11/17/wrdsb-receives-federal-grant-for-major-tree-planting-initiative/) $176,000 grant from the Gover...
   MidTowner Urban Issues 30 26,368 11-18-2025, 09:16 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Previously announced Go service improvements have been confirmed (https://www.gotransit.com/en/travelling-on-go/service-changes-begin-on-nov-22) There were rumours about the timing of the new weeke...
   MidTowner Transportation and Infrastructure 2,180 1,453,120 11-13-2025, 09:00 AM

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