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  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Three more factoids that I picked up. I should probably be doing my day job instead. 1. Landline is also operating a shuttle from Montreal Trudeau (YUL) to downtown, but that one doesn't seem to ha...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 07-09-2026, 01:02 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
I just found that Lufthansa is operating some buses. Someone on the Internet says that they're not popular between Innsbruck and Munich, which is 2h45 (LH3834). That bus seems to depart from the Innsb...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 07-05-2026, 04:55 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
SammyOES Wrote: (06-29-2026, 09:36 AM) -- The bus isn’t actually a flight, so I assume has more relaxed rules.  Not really a bus vs no bus thing since either way you needed someone to issue the passp...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 06-29-2026, 07:23 PM
  Thread: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Prop...
Looking back at my notes, I used my car in Waterloo 6-8 times a month for January - April. It would be annoying to not have a car, but it certainly is far from an everyday-use item.
   plam Urban Areas 49 6,492 06-17-2026, 10:42 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
I was reading on the Internet and that reminded me of the discussion in this thread. https://loadbearingtomato.com/p/why-chasing-twitters-approval-doesnt Quote: -- And every few months, a h...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 06-11-2026, 06:41 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
ZEBuilder Wrote: (06-08-2026, 07:35 PM) -- Well for those who want the sneak peak peek here you go. -- Fantastic news! Thanks.
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 2,225 1,574,715 06-08-2026, 11:17 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
danbrotherston Wrote: (06-04-2026, 03:23 AM) -- I do not think "we'd have to do data entry in a computer for our system" is at all relevant. There are already flights that include train stations as t...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 06-04-2026, 05:45 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
danbrotherston Wrote: (06-03-2026, 03:23 AM) -- Yeah, AC does consider it a leg of their flight, but the benefits pretty much end there. There is no through connection of baggage, no through connecti...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 06-03-2026, 07:27 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
SammyOES Wrote: (06-02-2026, 05:31 PM) -- I think the Air Canada bus makes a lot of sense from CYKF.  Particularly because AC treats it like a flight in a lot of their internal systems.  But also bec...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 06-03-2026, 01:21 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
SammyOES Wrote: (06-02-2026, 12:12 PM) -- You can get the draft here: https://www.engagewr.ca/ykf-growth-plan I really feel like the region should abandon the commercial growth plans.  It’s a chic...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,499 1,400,734 06-02-2026, 05:01 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Kodra24 Wrote: (06-02-2026, 09:46 AM) -- Rules for thee not for me -- Yeah nah. I just said that cars break the rules way more than cyclists.
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 661 300,254 06-02-2026, 04:58 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Kodra24 Wrote: (06-01-2026, 01:19 PM) -- Wish there was a way cyclists can get fines for running red lights, unfortunately it's only for cars -- Oh hey look, people on bicycles break traffic laws w...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 661 300,254 06-02-2026, 06:57 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
ac3r Wrote: (05-21-2026, 10:16 AM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (05-20-2026, 08:13 AM) -- I agree the building is a bit about Civic Pride. It is almost an Art installation that will represent our city for ...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 1,323 1,337,791 05-21-2026, 05:39 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
tomh009 Wrote: (05-05-2026, 11:19 AM) -- Acitta Wrote: (05-04-2026, 06:51 PM) -- Longtime Waterloo pub listed for sale (https://www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/article/longtime-waterloo-pub-listed-for-sale...
   plam Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,436 2,574,880 05-07-2026, 05:48 AM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
tomh009 Wrote: (04-18-2026, 03:00 PM) -- The 70% figure is from this study, and that is specifically for software engineering grads, not computer engineering or computer science. https://brocku.ca/...
   plam Waterloo Region Economy 640 758,248 04-19-2026, 02:49 PM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
Kodra24 Wrote: (04-17-2026, 05:29 PM) -- I disagree - it is obviously a trend, and an alarming one at that It outlines that Canada is getting less and less consideration amongst Canadians on wheth...
   plam Waterloo Region Economy 640 758,248 04-18-2026, 09:43 AM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
Kodra24 Wrote: (04-03-2026, 11:14 AM) -- Well said, birds of the same feather flock together - it is difficult for some to accept this for some odd reason -- Perhaps because the empirical fact is t...
   plam Urban Issues 604 371,795 04-03-2026, 07:29 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
tomh009 Wrote: (04-02-2026, 10:35 PM) -- Vojnik_Vahaj Wrote: (04-02-2026, 01:38 PM) -- The more stay at home mothers, the more employed men(generally, very simplified). -- So, how do you propose t...
   plam Urban Issues 604 371,795 04-02-2026, 10:53 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
Vojnik_Vahaj Wrote: (03-26-2026, 01:14 PM) -- Population decline isn't bad in most cases. Populations rise and fall almost cyclicly(when it is natural causes). When it declines, there are more resour...
   plam Urban Issues 604 371,795 03-26-2026, 01:46 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
danbrotherston Wrote: (03-21-2026, 02:38 AM) -- plam Wrote: (03-20-2026, 04:48 PM) -- This article didn't say where people were leaving for (the US?). It reported both working-age people leaving as ...
   plam Urban Issues 604 371,795 03-21-2026, 10:25 AM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
Acitta Wrote: (01-22-2026, 11:09 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (01-22-2026, 11:00 PM) -- "Canadians Are Leaving In Record Numbers, Most Are Prime-Aged Workers" https://betterdwelling.com/canadians-are-le...
   plam Urban Issues 604 371,795 03-20-2026, 04:48 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (03-17-2026, 04:42 AM) -- I think commuter rail is a uniquely North American phenomenon. No other country (or at least none I can think of) builds a transit system that is desig...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 2,225 1,574,715 03-17-2026, 10:58 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (02-25-2026, 09:51 PM) -- 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 justificati...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 17,677 13,463,767 02-25-2026, 10:49 PM
  Thread: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed
creative Wrote: (02-18-2026, 04:48 PM) -- If our current population growth is at zero, who is going to live in all of these apartments that are currently under construction or recently completed? Def...
   plam Suburbs 25 7,730 02-25-2026, 10:43 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Kodra24 Wrote: (01-18-2026, 08:12 PM) -- Headline is "25% of Canadian millennials say they will probably buy a home in 2026: survey" But the most interesting statement is below: "Gen Zs (typica...
   plam Urban Areas 6,010 5,103,228 01-18-2026, 08:30 PM
  Thread: Bus Megathread
Post: RE: Bus Megathread
Acitta Wrote: (01-09-2026, 12:30 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (01-08-2026, 03:59 PM) -- Interesting ... it seems the actual battery tech is from Nordic Nano. Both companies are based in Finland. Being demo...
   plam Transportation and Infrastructure 36 9,705 01-09-2026, 10:34 PM

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