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(11-05-2021, 02:38 PM)Bytor Wrote: Wasn't the Region's switch-over to the new radio system supposed to happen this year?
The announcement about the new encrypted WRPS system coming online in September said Fire would also switch immediately, followed by other regional agencies a few months later in early 2021. Fire did switch to the new system, but their transmissions are not encrypted. EMS is still available there, with no indication they have switched systems yet. I know the cykf.net GRT/ION streams were available during the summer, but the page has mysteriously disappeared from the site now. I'm just trying to figure out what actually happened and whether public transit is now encrypted or not.
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It would seem that everything is on P25 now, but only WRPS is encrypted. I wonder why cykf.net removed the public transit streams?
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=10781
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Maybe it's because GRT/EMS is operated regionally operated? With the exception of fire, since each city/township has their own thing. I know WRPS is region wide but maybe some agencies just moved ahead faster than others.
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Finally some good progress on the new UW GRT bus station. GRT just posted some photos on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/p/CWDzGMwA1xx/ .
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Supply chain issues! Argh, we just can't have nice things...
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Supply chain issues on a project that was supposed to be done two years ago!
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(11-09-2021, 06:26 PM)timc Wrote: Supply chain issues on a project that was supposed to be done two years ago!
Wasn't there UW's usual uncooperativeness to deal with, though?
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(11-10-2021, 03:42 PM)Bytor Wrote: (11-09-2021, 06:26 PM)timc Wrote: Supply chain issues on a project that was supposed to be done two years ago!
Wasn't there UW's usual uncooperativeness to deal with, though?
Surely that didn’t affect the construction phase? I can see getting to construction being a problem, with having to negotiate with the University where the buses will go and what land will be transferred to whom, but once that’s all figured out I’d be pretty surprised if the University continued to cause trouble.
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"Supply chain issues" has also hit the Carl Zehr Square renovation. I can see "Supply chain issues" becoming a handy shorthand for "everything beyond our control" for years to come.
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(11-11-2021, 09:11 PM)nms Wrote: "Supply chain issues" has also hit the Carl Zehr Square renovation. I can see "Supply chain issues" becoming a handy shorthand for "everything beyond our control" for years to come.
Was thinking about this the other day, and maybe this is better suited to the general Kitchener thread but. How is possible that the entirety of Charlie West, a 31 storey condo, was started and in all likelihood will finish construction before they finish what seems to be slightly more than a repaving of the public square. Asinine.
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(11-12-2021, 12:27 AM)GtwoK Wrote: How is possible that the entirety of Charlie West, a 31 storey condo, was started and in all likelihood will finish construction before they finish what seems to be slightly more than a repaving of the public square. Asinine.
Charlie West started construction summer 2018, and won't be done until at least March 2022. The square didn't start until summer 2020. Charlie West was 10+ floors up when they started the square.
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And it's far more than just a repaving, as you will know if you have been observing the construction progress.
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(11-12-2021, 12:27 AM)GtwoK Wrote: Was thinking about this the other day, and maybe this is better suited to the general Kitchener thread but. How is possible that the entirety of Charlie West, a 31 storey condo, was started and in all likelihood will finish construction before they finish what seems to be slightly more than a repaving of the public square. Asinine.
I think the particular delay for this project had to do with some of the mechanical equipment. Odds are, somewhere in that equipment is a microchip that is in short supply.
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Free transit rides for kids in Guelph means better access to services, mayor says
Quote:"It introduces it to them now, they get used to it, they become long term users of transit and that helps not only families and maybe the bottom line with costs, [but] it also teaches them how useful the transit system can be and it also talks about climate change mitigation."
Mayor Guthrie gets it. I had a bit of back and forth with one of our Regional Councillors the other year when they voted to remove the children's discount. The councillor wouldn't acknowledge the argument that making it easier for parents to make transit part of their kids' lives is positive for building future ridership, and just kept repeating that not that many families would be impacted by the fare hike as not that many kids take transit.
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If that were the case, then the budget wouldn't be impacted by making those rides free.
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