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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
westwardloo Wrote: (11-27-2023, 09:32 AM) -- (...) but maybe they should be looking at increasing the station lengths to add new train sets in the near future. -- Or ordering a few additional train...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 11-27-2023, 09:37 AM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
plam Wrote: (11-12-2023, 12:56 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (11-11-2023, 12:00 AM) -- Do people really not understand that they won’t get a green if they don’t press the button? I regularly observe this o...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 558 147,610 11-27-2023, 05:06 AM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
I don't think any of the buildings are specifically funded by the province. And most likely a parking garage would not attract huge alumni donations, so funding from parking revenues indeed seems like...
   tomh009 University Area 390 422,025 11-26-2023, 09:31 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Acitta Wrote: (11-19-2023, 04:09 PM) -- Service changes may put brakes on Ion’s gold standard of transit (https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/service-changes-may-put-brakes-on-ion-s-gold-sta...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 11-19-2023, 06:17 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Freezing rain is plenty common in Finland. And yet they manage trams (Helsinki), LRT (Tampere) and nationwide electric train service. I would really like to see an answer from the region to the scr...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 11-18-2023, 06:44 PM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours
the_conestoga_guy Wrote: (11-17-2023, 07:09 PM) -- Yeah, if it’s a 15 minute drive to the nearest bus stop, I can’t imagine it’d be a reasonable cycling distance from UW.  -- I can't imagine anywhe...
   tomh009 University Area 390 422,025 11-18-2023, 06:39 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Acitta Wrote: (11-11-2023, 08:37 PM) -- CP42 Wrote: (11-11-2023, 06:24 PM) -- Looks like the project is called Central Lofts https://centrallofts.ca -- Can those hip looking young people afford a...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 5,504 3,754,525 11-12-2023, 06:47 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (11-01-2023, 11:36 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (10-31-2023, 04:57 PM) -- At the moment, the complete return trip takes about 100 minutes, from the Conestoga departure until the train leave...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 11-05-2023, 07:25 PM
  Thread: Visiting Waterloo after a year away
Post: RE: Visiting Waterloo after a year away
Yes, you are correct that Canada is not very cheap for mobile plans. But not many people are looking for your 50 test/50 minutes/no data plan. Anyway, your original request was for a cheaper plan t...
   tomh009 General and Off-Topic Discussion 22 2,483 11-05-2023, 07:16 PM
  Thread: Visiting Waterloo after a year away
Post: RE: Visiting Waterloo after a year away
Lucky Mobile, $30/month for 4GB of data (with bonuses), and unlimited talk/text. No activation fee as an eSIM. And that's well less than three euros per day. :) https://www.luckymobile.ca/shop/pla...
   tomh009 General and Off-Topic Discussion 22 2,483 11-04-2023, 04:36 PM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/...
westwardloo Wrote: (11-01-2023, 02:44 PM) -- haha there is an assortment of randomly picked brick and stone colours that complement each other like oil and water. -- Are you talking about the unive...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 749 399,591 11-04-2023, 04:11 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (10-31-2023, 06:25 PM) -- Like, faster but smaller scoops of dirt isn't necessarily going to be as useful as a huge wheelbarrow or dump truck full of it at once. -- Quite true. The dirt...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 10-31-2023, 08:31 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
SF22 Wrote: (10-31-2023, 12:30 PM) -- But we'll need to order new trains and fix up each station platform, and both of those things will take at least a couple of years to fully complete. It'll be in...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 10-31-2023, 04:57 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
tomh009 Wrote: (10-24-2023, 03:49 PM) -- On the other side ... Casa Toro 88 (at Charles and Benton) was hopping busy on Sunday afternoon. Will hopefully check it out very soon! -- Official opening,...
   tomh009 Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,267 1,933,395 10-30-2023, 03:58 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
dtkvictim Wrote: (10-30-2023, 12:51 AM) -- If I'm not mistaken when I was in Tokyo there was signage at platforms suggesting trains on the same line fluctuate between 8/12/16 car trains throughout th...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 10-30-2023, 09:38 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Looking at the actual (draft) budget book, this is what it has for LRT. Here there is no mention of the evening/early morning frequency reduction. In any case, these are just staff proposals at the mo...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 10-29-2023, 09:20 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Thanks! The extra insight is very helpful.
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 10-29-2023, 09:04 PM
  Thread: Lodging Homes (Kitchener)
Post: RE: Lodging Homes (Kitchener)
That's good news -- it's about time this was removed from the books!
   tomh009 Urban Issues 2 547 10-29-2023, 08:55 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Bob_McBob Wrote: (10-28-2023, 03:44 PM) -- They mean 30 minute frequency, which is ridiculous for an LRT system. -- Do you have a link for the complete document?
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 10-29-2023, 01:47 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Eight-minute daytime frequency would be very nice. But a sudden drop to 30 minutes at 8 PM? Or does that mean that frequencies would be between 15 and 30 minutes at those times (5-7 AM and 8 PM-midnig...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,398 10,092,957 10-28-2023, 02:44 PM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/...
Bjays93 Wrote: (10-27-2023, 10:00 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (10-22-2023, 08:18 PM) -- The quote is from 2011 but Drewlo didn't buy the property until 2016. And yet ... I'm still happy to have a (stil...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 749 399,591 10-28-2023, 02:40 PM
  Thread: NS Rail upcycles old train parts into household goods
Post: RE: NS Rail upcycles old train parts into househol...
I do like those Intercity sneakers! :D
   tomh009 General and Off-Topic Discussion 3 310 10-27-2023, 02:21 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
1.3 million miles for me, I don't expect I'll ever make it to 2MM. And I'm OK with that. :)
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 1,321 1,062,062 10-26-2023, 10:33 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
jeffster Wrote: (10-26-2023, 12:50 AM) -- I did mention something to the manager, but I was told that 'black people can't be racist' so there was nothing ever said to her. -- I think your example i...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 5,504 3,754,525 10-26-2023, 10:27 AM
  Thread: 180 King Street South | 10 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Allen Square (condo conversion) | 10 fl | Prop...
It makes sense. We have a housing shortage, and there is a glut of empty office space in central Waterloo. Allen Square is pretty tired as far as office space goes, dating back to the 1970s (or 1960s?...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 14 1,484 10-26-2023, 10:14 AM
  Thread: Elevate Condos (1333 Weber St E) | 15, 15, 12 & 12 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Elevate Condos (1333 Weber St E) | 15, 15, 12 ...
taylortbb Wrote: (10-25-2023, 10:38 AM) -- The $46MM in down payments would likely have been held in trust by a law firm, that's how I worked for Charlie West, and I think it's a regulatory requireme...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 207 79,741 10-25-2023, 11:12 AM

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