(03-01-2023, 02:30 PM)Acitta Wrote:

(03-01-2023, 12:44 PM)mastermind Wrote: Also take a look at the other end of Bleams.  It ends at Manitou... but not for long.  Anyone know what they're calling the new road beyond there?  Maybe they should rename Goodrich and Hidden Valley to Bleams, and then we can keep going until someday Bleams goes all the way to Hespeler!  lol

That is the River Road extension.

(03-06-2023, 09:50 AM)mastermind Wrote:

(03-01-2023, 02:30 PM)Acitta Wrote: That is the River Road extension.

Is it actually going to go under highway 8 and connect to River Road?

(03-06-2023, 09:57 AM)the_conestoga_guy Wrote:

(03-06-2023, 09:50 AM)mastermind Wrote: Is it actually going to go under highway 8 and connect to River Road?

Unless the design has changed, I think the plan is to go over highway 8.

https://icreate7.esolutionsgroup.ca/11111028_RegionofWaterloo/en/living-here/resources/Documents/Future-Construction/DC_07087_DesignConceptEast2.pdf

(03-11-2023, 06:27 PM)ac3r Wrote: I guess the original plan for that location fell through, then. There were some ideas floating around at some point though I don't recall any suggestions for a tower at the time. I can't find a thread for it, so I guess it's buried somewhere in this general thread on an earlier page.

(03-13-2023, 08:54 AM)ac3r Wrote: At 525 Erinbrook Drive a developer is proposing a 72 unit townhouse project. It is to contain 3 buildings and 99 parking spaces.

Currently the site is a grass lot which also contains the Hope and Unity Community Garden. It'd be a huge loss if this was destroyed for housing, so I hope the gardeners can find a new location if this project is approved. Urban gardening is a great thing in its sustainability and community building so I'd hate to see it removed.

(03-13-2023, 10:11 AM)sluismcfc Wrote:

(03-13-2023, 08:54 AM)ac3r Wrote: At 525 Erinbrook Drive a developer is proposing a 72 unit townhouse project. It is to contain 3 buildings and 99 parking spaces.

Currently the site is a grass lot which also contains the Hope and Unity Community Garden. It'd be a huge loss if this was destroyed for housing, so I hope the gardeners can find a new location if this project is approved. Urban gardening is a great thing in its sustainability and community building so I'd hate to see it removed.

Activa picked up this parcel when it was sold by the Salvation Army Church last year

(03-13-2023, 03:19 PM)ac3r Wrote: I suppose the issue is that nobody living out there would seriously wish to rely on public transit unless they had no other option. It's a 40 minute trip just to get downtown, for example. Compare that with a 15 minute car ride. Heck Google Maps estimates it's faster to bike than bus...though one would need to be a suicidal masochist to regularly ride their bike down Westmount or Block Line.

The issue with transit in this city is that it takes so long to get anywhere, so nobody really wants to use it unless they are forced to. Time is amongst the most valuable resources people have, so they're not going to want to waste it on the bus or LRT, both of which are often quite unreliable as well...the LRT always seems to be having problems and buses can be annoying if you have to transfer and you miss it because, say, someone is paying their fare in nickels or there are a lot of people with mobility issues getting on/off.

(03-13-2023, 03:19 PM)ac3r Wrote: I suppose the issue is that nobody living out there would seriously wish to rely on public transit unless they had no other option. It's a 40 minute trip just to get downtown, for example. Compare that with a 15 minute car ride. Heck Google Maps estimates it's faster to bike than bus...though one would need to be a suicidal masochist to regularly ride their bike down Westmount or Block Line.

The issue with transit in this city is that it takes so long to get anywhere, so nobody really wants to use it unless they are forced to. Time is amongst the most valuable resources people have, so they're not going to want to waste it on the bus or LRT, both of which are often quite unreliable as well...the LRT always seems to be having problems and buses can be annoying if you have to transfer and you miss it because, say, someone is paying their fare in nickels or there are a lot of people with mobility issues getting on/off.

(03-13-2023, 07:44 PM)Acitta Wrote:

(03-13-2023, 03:19 PM)ac3r Wrote: I suppose the issue is that nobody living out there would seriously wish to rely on public transit unless they had no other option. It's a 40 minute trip just to get downtown, for example. Compare that with a 15 minute car ride. Heck Google Maps estimates it's faster to bike than bus...though one would need to be a suicidal masochist to regularly ride their bike down Westmount or Block Line.

The issue with transit in this city is that it takes so long to get anywhere, so nobody really wants to use it unless they are forced to. Time is amongst the most valuable resources people have, so they're not going to want to waste it on the bus or LRT, both of which are often quite unreliable as well...the LRT always seems to be having problems and buses can be annoying if you have to transfer and you miss it because, say, someone is paying their fare in nickels or there are a lot of people with mobility issues getting on/off.

Block line has bicycle lanes on each side. Fischer-Hallman has MUTs on both sides. The Region has been actively putting MUTs and bike lanes on arterial roads so the suburbs are continually getting better. There are also trails through the parks and the hydro right-of-ways. I have cycled in that area and have not found it to be too bad.

(03-13-2023, 07:56 PM)ZEBuilder Wrote:

(03-13-2023, 07:44 PM)Acitta Wrote: Block line has bicycle lanes on each side. Fischer-Hallman has MUTs on both sides. The Region has been actively putting MUTs and bike lanes on arterial roads so the suburbs are continually getting better. There are also trails through the parks and the hydro right-of-ways. I have cycled in that area and have not found it to be too bad.

Block Line has MUTs on the section between Strasburg and Homerwatson and bike lanes everywhere else, Bleams is supposed to be getting MUTs when they widen it, Homerwatson also has a MUT, Ottawa is slowly getting a MUT, then Strasburg will have a MUT from Ottawa to the new bridge. So it is definitely not a bad area to bike in compared to other neighborhoods, the only road that doesn't have decent cycling infrastructure in the neighborhood is Westmount, it did have the covid bike lanes though and numerous people were using them so they might put bike lanes or a MUT in eventually. 

If you were someone living in the townhouses that Activa is planning biking downtown wouldn't be all that difficult, you'd bike up to block line, cut through McLennan park, take the Ottawa MUT to Strasburg then the new bridge, then down Stirling and from their your at the east end of downtown. So it's anything but a desert when it comes to cycling infrastructure and as neonjoe already mentioned it's far from a transit desert.