Grand River Transit

[dunkalunk]

A rebuild? Seems a bit odd given how short the remaining life is sexpected for the facility.

Given the timeline, it may be they'll just use asphalt instead of pouring concrete.

[Canard]

Asphalt for what, though? What are they doing?

[yige_t]

Heard rumour that GO Transit will be using platform F starting September for routes 25 and 30, which makes sense since that's the only lane that can accommodate double deckers.

[KevinL]

Heard rumour that GO Transit will be using platform F starting September for routes 25 and 30, which makes sense since that's the only lane that can accommodate double deckers.

Now THAT makes sense.

[danbrotherston]

Heard rumour that GO Transit will be using platform F starting September for routes 25 and 30, which makes sense since that's the only lane that can accommodate double deckers.

Now THAT makes sense.

Indeed.  I guess they cannot use Charles anymore.  If the terminal was going to be in use for a while longer, I'd hope they would build a  platform instead of the wall on the eastern edge of the terminal, or with possible access from Joseph.

Either way, I assume the region will of course accommodate double decker buses at the new transit terminal.

[Canard]

Heard rumour that GO Transit will be using platform F starting September for routes 25 and 30, which makes sense since that's the only lane that can accommodate double deckers.

For those of us not familiar with the layout, numbering or ops - does this mean that this new pavement is for Double-Decker busses because they don't fit under the overhead walkways?

[yige_t]

For those of us not familiar with the layout, numbering or ops - does this mean that this new pavement is for Double-Decker busses because they don't fit under the overhead walkways?

There is no walkway above the farthest laneway blocking the double deckers. New pavement is platform extension / an additional bay probably.

[KevinL]

Heard rumour that GO Transit will be using platform F starting September for routes 25 and 30, which makes sense since that's the only lane that can accommodate double deckers.

For those of us not familiar with the layout, numbering or ops - does this mean that this new pavement is for Double-Decker busses because they don't fit under the overhead walkways?

Correct. There's no walkway over the drive farthest from Charles, so the double-deckers can use it alone of the terminal's internal roads.

[yige_t]

...and as the new Charles Terminal layout shows, the concrete pour is to create an extension of Platform F to accommodate two new GO Transit bays.

http://www.grt.ca/en/travelwithus/resour...or-web.pdf

[jgsz]

More money for public transit and Waterloo Region is getting some of it.

[Markster]

According to The Record, a few of the projects in the bucket looking for funding are "a north transit hub" which I presume means the Northfield bus garage, and "part of an environmental study for [LRT] Phase 2"

What projects actually get the funding is still to be announced.

[519]

According to The Record, a few of the projects in the bucket looking for funding are "a north transit hub" which I presume means the Northfield bus garage, and "part of an environmental study for [LRT] Phase 2"

What projects actually get the funding is still to be announced.

http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2016/08/23/cana...re-funding


Fairview Mall Transit Terminal      $2,000,000 August 2, 2016
University of Waterloo Transit Plaza     $2,531,000 August 2, 2016
Northfield Drive Transit Facility      $775,000   January 1, 2017
iXpress Station Development      $3,535,000    August 2, 2016
Blockline Station Development    $2,000,000    August 2, 2016
Vehicle Replacements     $12,000,000  August 2, 2016
 

[KevinL]

What do they mean by 'station development'? To make the area around those stations more amenable for private development, or...?

[chutten]

And what _is_ an "iXpress Station"?

Maybe they mean s/Station/Bus Shelter/ ?

[Markster]

I think they mean literally building ("developing") bus stations/platforms.

The list basically reads as "GRT's Capital Plan for 2016/2017"
Which would mean that "iXpress Station Development" is probably referring to the Ottawa iXpress platforms/shelters.  
The "Block Line Station Development" would be the bus loop and station at the ION station there, which I guess was not part of the ION project agreement.

These kinds of funding announcements are where it pays off for a city to have a large stack of planned-but-unfunded capital projects.  You can see that Toronto and Ottawa have a huge number of projects getting funding.  We have... exactly what was planned for the next year anyway.  There are no "nice to have" items, or ones that are expected in the next 5 years, only things we were going to build next year regardless.  It would behoove GRT to make sure to have a small stack of "future projects" to pull from when funding opportunities like this come around.  One I'd like to see is a more concerted effort to install bus shelters across the system.