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I was wondering that myself.
My best guess is that the northbound bus stop at Uptown Square is going to be north of the tracks. There's an ample bay there, and now the trail has a signalized crossing.
But William St? There's no consideration on the ground. It's seems too far between stops from Allen to Erb to simply not have any stops. But letting the bus stop in the LRT lane seems counterproductive.
Wow, looking at the drawings again, things have really changed. The on the ground reality is quite different in a lot of places.
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Today's the last day to submit comments about the UW transit plaza, and associated route desgin
Consultation page:
http://www.grt.ca/en/aboutus/uwaterloo-t...tation.asp
Survey link:
https://row.survey.esolutionsgroup.ca/Ta...D=84K287l4
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Electronic Fare Management Update:
http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/region...df#page=35
"The project is expected to be completed in summer 2017 with ticket vending equipment and platform validators being installed at ION stations afterward."
"A minor delay due to the farebox software configuration slowed the project roll-out. This configuration issue has been addressed, and installations will take place from January to March, 2017."
"Once installation begins, five buses will receive the new farebox per day. Completed buses will enter service on the following day using the new farebox."
"Ticket Vending Machines and Platform Validators for ION platforms are expected to be delivered to the Region in early 2017. The first devices will be installed in the EFMS lab at 85 Chandler Drive for staff testing."
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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Seems like a waste to rebuild this driveway at UW to what it was, when it is only going to be widened in a few months, but I guess that is one of the problems with the P3 contract that changes are so expensive mid-contract:
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(12-02-2016, 08:48 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Seems like a waste to rebuild this driveway at UW to what it was, when it is only going to be widened in a few months, but I guess that is one of the problems with the P3 contract that changes are so expensive mid-contract:
I don't imagine they'll be changing the railway crossing portion of that, when they build the bus mall.
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(12-02-2016, 10:29 PM)Markster Wrote: (12-02-2016, 08:48 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Seems like a waste to rebuild this driveway at UW to what it was, when it is only going to be widened in a few months, but I guess that is one of the problems with the P3 contract that changes are so expensive mid-contract:
I don't imagine they'll be changing the railway crossing portion of that, when they build the bus mall.
Well something will have to change because they've promised pedestrian, cycling, and bus connections across the new transit road access and based on how it currently being rebuilt there is room for pedestrians on each side and a regular sized van going each way but there is no way busses can fit through the rebuilt access, especially side-by-side and with the challenging turn angles.
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(12-03-2016, 02:41 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: (12-02-2016, 10:29 PM)Markster Wrote: I don't imagine they'll be changing the railway crossing portion of that, when they build the bus mall.
Well something will have to change because they've promised pedestrian, cycling, and bus connections across the new transit road access and based on how it currently being rebuilt there is room for pedestrians on each side and a regular sized van going each way but there is no way busses can fit through the rebuilt access, especially side-by-side and with the challenging turn angles.
I don't think the entrance is as tight as you think it is. It used to handle large UW cargo trucks with no problem, even the rare times they went in both directions simultaneously.
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Jane Mitchell posted on Twitter in response to a question about the #7 detours in Uptown Waterloo, "Detours end on Wednesday": https://twitter.com/janemitchell/status/...8045981696
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Does anyone know what the new routing will be? It looks like they could run on King as far as Agnes, then detour onto Park to get around the underpass work.
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My pessimistic bet is that they continue to detour to Park at William until construction is 100% complete.
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Agnes would be problematic given the elementary school on the corner, but Green or Mount Hope could work.
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12-05-2016, 11:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-05-2016, 11:15 AM by Pheidippides.)
GRT tweeted that the seven will go Park to William to King with Nb stops at William and Caroline and King and Erb while SB stops are at King and Erb and King and William.
https://mobile.twitter.com/GRT_ROW/statu...5416249344
I had thought that they would go back to the Park to Union to King detour, but maybe there was too much of a time penalty getting from Park to King on Union.
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(12-05-2016, 11:07 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: I had thought that they would go back to the Park to Union to King detour, but maybe there was too much of a time penalty getting from Park to King on Union.
I was once on that bus at rush hour. Union in front of Sun Life is congested almost to a standstill.
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(12-05-2016, 11:07 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: GRT tweeted that the seven will go Park to William to King with Nb stops at William and Caroline and King and Erb while SB stops are at King and Erb and King and William.
https://mobile.twitter.com/GRT_ROW/statu...5416249344
I had thought that they would go back to the Park to Union to King detour, but maybe there was too much of a time penalty getting from Park to King on Union.
What would be wrong with Wellington-Duke-Victoria? For the iXpress this would even mean that no actual stops would be affected.
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