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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

tomh009 Wrote: (01-13-2025, 10:55 PM) -- So ... I see that every driver in greater Montreal is now paying $180/year (as part of the licence fees) to fund transit. Something like $120/vehicle woul...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 01-14-2025, 01:30 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

mastermind Wrote: (01-13-2025, 04:46 PM) -- KevinL Wrote: (01-13-2025, 02:00 PM) -- I just noticed thanks to a social media post that this year marks 25 years of GRT service - Kitchener Transit and ...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 01-13-2025, 05:38 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

At least this seems like a step in the right direction.
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 2,077 1,287,281 01-09-2025, 03:38 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment

Momo26 Wrote: (12-02-2024, 05:35 PM) -- I suppose I could add to that a wholesome underground parking garage a la Distillery District Toronto since we seem to have a parking problem in DTK. Go big...
  timc Urban Areas 534 117,925 12-03-2024, 09:57 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

neonjoe Wrote: (10-10-2024, 04:37 PM) -- E-buses not viable for GRT fleet, Waterloo Region council told https://archive.ph/BznjA It appears that GRT is having some challenges with the short range...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 10-11-2024, 02:19 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

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 it would be cheaper to buy back the 40...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 3,249 2,408,478 09-26-2024, 10:51 AM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

Yeah, Highway 7 is the Lucy-holding-the-football of construction projects. Every election we think she's not going to pull the ball away, but you know what happens.
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 974 891,765 09-24-2024, 12:22 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites

I thought the region said this land wasn't usable as farmland. Or does that just mean that feed corn doesn't count?
  timc Politics 226 22,142 08-02-2024, 12:35 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

Bjays93 Wrote: (05-23-2024, 02:13 PM) -- It's all the more frustrating because the answer is so simple, just move the pedestrian crossings slightly away from the intersections and maybe add some flas...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 3,249 2,408,478 05-24-2024, 03:31 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

In the same area ... why is nothing happening with the Manulife lot on the other side of Weber? It seems like that one lot should be usable for something.
  timc Urban Areas 1,271 1,091,965 05-22-2024, 02:08 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

That's good news. I just want to call out the weird photo that CBC used for the story. They show passengers disembarking from a Route 200 iXpress bus, which hasn't run in years. And it's at the Camb...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 04-25-2024, 04:01 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

I don't know if replacing the Freeport bridge is desirable. It is a heritage bridge, "widely recognized as the most important bridge in the Region" (https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 04-17-2024, 12:35 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

The longer things are delayed, the higher that number will go.
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 04-16-2024, 10:24 AM
  Thread: Kraus Development (525-565 Conestogo Road) | 3-35 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Kraus Development (525-565 Conestogo Road) | 3...

"May be dissuaded". I think it's pretty obvious that pedestrians and cyclists are strongly dissuaded from crossing on the Northfield Bridge.
  timc Urban Areas 174 38,472 04-10-2024, 10:53 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region

Ford doesn't make Tauruses anymore either.
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,240,384 02-20-2024, 02:24 PM
  Thread: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 1...

It could just be my love of brutalism, but I think the Long Lines building looks a lot nicer than this.
  timc Urban Areas 167 43,899 01-29-2024, 11:46 AM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region

danbrotherston Wrote: (01-22-2024, 11:07 AM) -- The reason I felt it was worth trying to explain it three times is that Ottawa (you know, the just as car centric capital city), their traffic signals ...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,240,384 01-22-2024, 01:05 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

ac3r Wrote: (12-31-2023, 08:09 AM) -- Is that the one that comes out behind Central Station? I have yet to see a single soul ever use that yet. I'm hoping that as more development goes up along Victo...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,789 3,240,569 01-02-2024, 10:41 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

The spikes were removed a couple of months ago.
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,789 3,240,569 12-20-2023, 01:58 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Speaking of Laurier, what is taking so long with the work there?
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 12-14-2023, 10:39 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

coriander Wrote: (12-07-2023, 02:54 PM) -- 5 minute headways would be phenomenal and put the ION truly in the category of urban rail. I don't imagine it'll be that long before that kind of demand eme...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 17,509 11,398,254 12-07-2023, 03:18 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

I don't know what a Runescape gp is, but there's no freezing rain predicted tonight.
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 17,509 11,398,254 11-21-2023, 03:13 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

dtkvictim Wrote: (11-06-2023, 06:04 PM) -- Yep, very poor survey. Every question has clearly positive and negative things bundled together in a single score. I complained and clarified in the text fi...
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 17,509 11,398,254 11-07-2023, 10:59 AM
  Thread: 180 King Street South | 10 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Allen Square (condo conversion) | 10 fl | Prop...

This one, right? https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1780
  timc Urban Areas 14 2,931 10-26-2023, 11:48 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

I thought they finished renovating the building. What do you mean they have given up?
  timc Urban Areas 1,271 1,091,965 10-17-2023, 12:14 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

We were promised that there would be no wraps on ION trains. I recommend that whoever suggested this take it back.
  timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,081 10-06-2023, 07:11 PM

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