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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

...which can also be interpreted as uncertainty around if that date is near or not. I’m with others - thinking late summer or fall.
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-21-2019, 02:05 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Have a look at the website for Rennes' ligne b project, the world premiere of Siemens Cityval: http://www.metro-rennes-metropole.fr/accueil They have a monthly video, which is usually about 5 mi...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-20-2019, 05:31 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

It's always the same bullshit (https://twitter.com/rideIONrt/with_replies): Quote: -- Thanks for reaching out. We are working toward spring for service launch but do not have an exact date at this...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-20-2019, 03:09 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

urbd Wrote: (03-20-2019, 11:29 AM) -- Canard Wrote: (03-20-2019, 11:26 AM) -- What on earth is going on with testing (or the lack thereof) in the last several days? -- Yesterday from 1:30 to 2:30 ...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-20-2019, 11:46 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

What on earth is going on with testing (or the lack thereof) in the last several days?
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-20-2019, 11:26 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub

Now THAT I could believe happening.
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 1,143 1,012,288 03-20-2019, 10:48 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

100% with Dan. Presto is ridiculously confusing as it is. This has like 3X the line items making it even worse. I tap on a bus - that’s one line. One thing. It should not be multiple things. A...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 4,282 3,205,726 03-19-2019, 09:21 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

It’s amazing: we managed to make a system even worse and more confusing than Presto.
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 4,282 3,205,726 03-19-2019, 08:28 AM
  Thread: Lime Scooter Share
Post: RE: Lime Scooter Share

"The spring pilot will operate from April 1 to Sept. 30, 2019, with a report to council scheduled for Aug. 12."
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 142 77,920 03-18-2019, 05:57 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

Canard Wrote: (12-28-2017, 09:24 PM) -- I've come up with a pretty good little routine for brushing off the snow and then cleaning my chain, maybe I'll make a little video.  This is the little device...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,945,849 03-17-2019, 08:24 PM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT

I think it's just a design quirk. :) Someone thought it looked cool. Lots of LRV designs have funky headlights. https://www.bombardier.com/content/dam/Websites/bombardiercom/Projects/flexity-tram-...
  Canard Outside Waterloo Region 393 227,524 03-17-2019, 08:20 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[twitter]https://twitter.com/canardiain/status/1107294733745958917?s=21[/twitter]
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-17-2019, 11:50 AM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT

Lots of awesome footage in this video! The trains are really flying. https://youtu.be/q03ZCE_PlL4
  Canard Outside Waterloo Region 393 227,524 03-17-2019, 08:18 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

Worth noting they’re recommending outboard running on Eagle - crazy. I can’t imagine the Surplus Store is staying, and the parking garage at the apartment towers there is going to either be heavily mo...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 1,125 688,571 03-16-2019, 09:17 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

Stage 2 Consultation Package is now out: http://rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/stage2ION/resources/Stage-2-PCC-4-b/Stage-2-PCC-4b-Information-Package-Access.pdf
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 1,125 688,571 03-15-2019, 08:01 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

All 737 Max 8 flights are cancelled. It’s a temporary ban until they find out what happened...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 1,373 1,101,251 03-15-2019, 01:11 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Stop piling on Bombardier (https://outline.com/fx5eEM) - The Globe and Mail I could not agree more. :heart: you, Bombardier!
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-13-2019, 08:18 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

OMERS?
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-11-2019, 12:51 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

I overheard a few messages, like: “We are waiting for BT to start our burn in” “BT officials are now all on board, 514 ready to start burn in!” etc. - and the operator was being ultra-polite and su...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-09-2019, 10:31 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Just radio chatter, and a friendly hello wave from the team as they rolled past.
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-09-2019, 05:08 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

514 has been loaded up with “Bombardier Officials,” and the burn-in has begun!
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,793 03-09-2019, 01:36 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling

Just a tip - put a period or other unimportant character at the beginning of your tweet - if you start your tweet with an @username it only directs the tweet to them and won't show up on anyone else's...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 479,329 03-09-2019, 09:43 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

I think we should all publicly state what we do for a living before we criticize others.
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,945,849 03-08-2019, 06:36 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

About questioning “engineer’s competence” - keep in mind that designers and engineers have people above their heads directing them or denying them the ability to carry out their best intentions. T...
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,945,849 03-08-2019, 01:48 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Awesome! Now the hardest decision... get a card now, or wait until ion launch, when there might be a “special edition” card with an LRV pictogram on it? :D
  Canard Transportation and Infrastructure 4,282 3,205,726 03-06-2019, 05:42 PM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT

$4.7B LRT expansion gets green light (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/council-votes-against-delaying-stage-2-lrt-approval-1.5044861) - CBC.ca
  Canard Outside Waterloo Region 393 227,524 03-06-2019, 05:15 PM

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