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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
We used to. I still don't know why it was eliminated.
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,605 12-28-2025, 02:37 PM
  Thread: Willow River PS
Post: RE: Willow River PS
Weather is always such a convenient excuse for construction delays. Weather happens every year. Surely we can prepare for it.
   timc General and Off-Topic Discussion 7 1,569 10-03-2025, 02:43 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
The people didn't vote against a merger. City Council voted against asking the people to vote on whether council should discuss a merger. https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/council-says-no-to-me...
   timc Urban Areas 1,348 1,234,677 09-23-2025, 03:48 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
neonjoe Wrote: (09-17-2025, 01:02 PM) -- They are too high for Waterloo, the three storey ones are in Kitchener. Waterloo wants to keep its small town charm... ... :/ -- Oh, you are so correct. I f...
   timc Urban Areas 1,348 1,234,677 09-18-2025, 09:35 AM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
I couldn't believe it when I read the article and residents said that three-story townhouses at Woolwich and Exmoor would be too high and not fit the neighbourhood. There are literally three-story tow...
   timc Urban Areas 1,348 1,234,677 09-17-2025, 11:48 AM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
The report was linked in the very first post in this thread. Of course, it has disappeared in ROW website redesign, but the Wayback Machine has a copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20171114203407/ht...
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 164 79,100 08-20-2025, 12:18 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
If it's a pedestrian crossing, should there be tactile tiles there?
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 164 79,100 08-09-2025, 10:20 AM
  Thread: General Urban Cambridge Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Cambridge Updates and Rumours
They really filled the NIMBY bingo card in this story.
   timc Urban Areas 387 424,787 07-17-2025, 11:54 AM
  Thread: The Aud
Post: RE: The Aud
I think Market Square would be a great site for the Aud. There's lot of parking, transit access, and places to walk to before or after a game.
   timc Sports and Recreation 182 172,776 07-03-2025, 10:49 AM
  Thread: 170 & 180 Columbia St W | 41 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 170 & 180 Columbia St W | 41 fl | Proposed
Where did those massive trains come from?
   timc University Area 8 2,853 06-30-2025, 10:20 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Won't Amazon solve it by just automating away all the jobs?
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,605 06-10-2025, 12:33 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Improvements are set to take place at the Conestoga Mall terminal this summer: https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/conestoga-station-improvements.aspx
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,605 06-03-2025, 03:22 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the city doesn't know how many km of pipe there are.
   timc Urban Issues 577 338,956 06-03-2025, 03:19 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
As commented by GRT, the new fareboxes are only being installed on new buses. The old fareboxes are a model that is no longer being produced.
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,605 05-21-2025, 01:24 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
I used the bridge on this past Saturday. It's a useful link, although the bridge itself is very open, which made me feel a bit uncomfortable.
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 164 79,100 05-13-2025, 09:36 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
I had to hunt the internet, but I found the project agreement with timelines. https://web.archive.org/web/20150212171548/http://rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/multimedialibrary/Project-Agreeme...
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 17,649 12,658,584 04-11-2025, 10:08 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (04-09-2025, 05:16 PM) -- Because the ION can only be 2 LRVs long and its speed is limited by its physical design features, it can only ever carry X amount of people and have whatever its...
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 17,649 12,658,584 04-10-2025, 08:55 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
I've noticed, in the opposite direction, that EB 7/8 to Hwy 8 is dangerous in the mornings. One time, a few months back, I tried to get on the highway at Courtland to drive to Waterloo. Merging at hig...
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 3,297 2,656,716 03-24-2025, 10:24 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Quote: -- Unused tickets in GRT Pay or Transit app will expire from your ticket wallet after one year and are not refundable. -- I'm sorry, what?
   timc Transportation and Infrastructure 4,542 3,884,605 03-16-2025, 08:27 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
I took a photo from King Street yesterday. https://i.imgur.com/55wWBsx.jpeg
   timc Urban Areas 834 280,608 02-24-2025, 11:32 AM
  Thread: Hidden Valley
Post: RE: Hidden Valley
Quote: -- Planning for additional development in the area has been discussed for decades and has been contentious, given Hidden Valley’s natural attributes which include provincially significant wetl...
   timc Suburbs 19 3,939 02-05-2025, 12:17 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Changes to proposed development at Albert and Seagram. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/bigger-apartments-proposed-in-taller-waterloo-tower-in-campus-neighbourhood/article_9487e32d-b7...
   timc Urban Areas 1,348 1,234,677 02-05-2025, 12:12 PM
  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 4,542 3,884,605 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 4,542 3,884,605 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 2,180 1,453,106 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 547 157,158 12-03-2024, 09:57 AM

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