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  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW

ac3r Wrote: (01-22-2024, 06:52 PM) -- Oops, I meant the RIM Park area is another candidate according to my super top secret sources at GRH. R+T is one as well, though, as we know. -- Along Country S...
  kps Urban Issues 216 34,641 01-23-2024, 04:57 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

danbrotherston Wrote: (11-10-2023, 02:14 AM) -- IIRC from my last read of the HTA, trams are mentioned in the HTA, but they explicitly do not qualify as a motor vehicle, so probably have some rules, ...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,454,081 11-10-2023, 11:34 AM
  Thread: General University Area Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General University Area Updates and Rumours

rickhd Wrote: (07-07-2023, 10:29 AM) -- I believe there was some sort of bomb factory on the site during World War 2. So I imagine there is a lot of nasty stuff underground. -- There was nothing ar...
  kps University Area 400 444,628 07-09-2023, 12:10 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

dtkvictim Wrote: (06-23-2023, 02:39 AM) -- Somehow the only valid complaint against garages, IMO, hasn't been mentioned yet. And that's how damn ugly they are, usually taking up over half of a house'...
  kps Urban Areas 5,530 3,916,157 06-24-2023, 12:11 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

ac3r Wrote: (06-06-2022, 04:08 PM) -- I wonder why they'd be moving all the way out there. Maybe they've just outgrown the current building? Though I can't imagine they have all that many staff when ...
  kps Urban Areas 5,530 3,916,157 06-07-2022, 11:14 AM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment

Lens Wrote: (03-17-2022, 05:27 PM) -- The Region needs to own the project and partner with firms that can build something good for the community. -- We already have one barren patch of mud at King ...
  kps Urban Areas 402 84,964 03-18-2022, 11:06 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

ijmorlan Wrote: (03-14-2022, 08:27 AM) -- I could also have mentioned Calgary’s downtown transit mall. That one is interesting because the rail vehicles are actually high-floor with high platforms; e...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,454,081 03-14-2022, 12:19 PM
  Thread: The COVID-19 pandemic
Post: RE: The COVID-19 pandemic

tomh009 Wrote: (03-10-2022, 10:46 PM) -- jeffster Wrote: (03-09-2022, 10:24 PM) -- Damn, the USA, though. Could that be because nearly everyone has gotten sick? -- Could be. Or they started kickin...
  kps General and Off-Topic Discussion 4,356 838,030 03-14-2022, 12:05 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

Bytor Wrote: (03-10-2022, 03:56 PM) -- 80km/hr is pretty much max rated speed for most LRT-grade vehicles out there, so the average speed when including stops is *always* going to be less than that. ...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 1,968 1,155,070 03-14-2022, 12:00 PM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C

Joedelay Highhoe Wrote: (11-25-2021, 12:41 PM) -- I'm surprised Phase 4 would only be 4 stories. -- Might be due to the outcome of negotiations with the neighbours on phase III. (I have no knowledg...
  kps Urban Areas 633 291,038 11-25-2021, 01:01 PM
  Thread: UW Innovation Arena
Post: RE: UW Innovation Arena

cherrypark Wrote: (11-24-2021, 07:25 AM) -- My question: does UW own the little triangle of green shrubbery abutting the new MUT and behind the Mac/UW buildings? Would be really nice if the city coul...
  kps Urban Areas 43 12,187 11-24-2021, 12:48 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

ac3r Wrote: (11-17-2021, 08:08 AM) -- Maybe new systems. Germany and Austria have had light rail for the longest time and haven't had issues like these. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_Com...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,454,081 11-17-2021, 10:14 AM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C

KevinL Wrote: (08-20-2021, 01:27 PM) -- Will have to go up and knock on them, once it's finished. -- I bet they won't even form a consonant scale. Architects these days…
  kps Urban Areas 633 291,038 08-20-2021, 05:11 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

jeffster Wrote: (07-21-2021, 07:13 PM) -- Stage 3 Ion (2030's) will be from Victoria and IRA Needles in Kitchener to Guelph, ending a UoG. Stations are at Victoria and IRA Needles (or potentially the...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,117 07-22-2021, 02:12 PM
  Thread: The COVID-19 pandemic
Post: RE: The COVID-19 pandemic

taylortbb Wrote: (06-22-2021, 11:12 PM) -- I'm not entirely convinced. We're seeing quite the slow down in first doses. I think we may hit effectively zero first doses before we get to 75% of the tot...
  kps General and Off-Topic Discussion 4,356 838,030 06-23-2021, 10:55 AM
  Thread: The COVID-19 pandemic
Post: RE: The COVID-19 pandemic

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1000317/ontario-further-accelerates-second-doses-in-delta-hot-spots We're now officially a hot spot and those who got mRNA'd by May 9 (i.e. high priority) are eli...
  kps General and Off-Topic Discussion 4,356 838,030 06-10-2021, 01:43 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

ac3r Wrote: (05-09-2021, 08:22 PM) -- It would be incredible if they could electrify everything too, but even diesel would be fine. I could imagine a small trains like this able to serve nearby towns...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 1,968 1,155,070 05-10-2021, 12:03 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub

Coke6pk Wrote: (04-28-2021, 10:59 AM) -- I noticed in one of the shots, there appears to be a pathway across the King St bridge.  Will this be a connection to s/b iON?  I just assumed when it was ban...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 1,143 1,012,309 04-28-2021, 03:28 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours

ac3r Wrote: (04-19-2021, 02:26 PM) -- The major tech/engineering companies and incubators are all based in Kitchener. -- That's quite recent. For decades a tech company had to have a Waterloo addre...
  kps Suburbs 1,191 934,545 04-21-2021, 05:08 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

Region/city GIS put it at the west edge of Park St.
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 1,968 1,155,070 02-22-2021, 12:32 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

Bytor Wrote: (12-13-2020, 04:30 PM) -- Did you expect this to go around corners like a high-speed tilting train? Don't be ridiculous. Faster turns on rail require more cant, and more cant is uncomfor...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 1,125 688,604 12-16-2020, 10:14 PM
  Thread: The COVID-19 pandemic
Post: RE: The COVID-19 pandemic

panamaniac Wrote: (11-16-2020, 04:59 PM) --  Every time I see a line-up at the LCBO or the Beer Store, the die-hard Presbyterian in me judges harshly. -- For beer, there are at least two directorie...
  kps General and Off-Topic Discussion 4,356 838,030 11-16-2020, 06:07 PM
  Thread: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

panamaniac Wrote: (09-23-2020, 02:22 PM) -- In any event, Kitchener's track record gives a pretty clear indication of the likely outcome. -- It'll accidentally burn down?
  kps Urban Areas 133 29,351 09-25-2020, 10:20 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

panamaniac Wrote: (09-04-2020, 10:55 PM) -- Pedestrians have collided with the ION trains?  I AM impressed ... -- In January. Male pedestrian dies after being hit by LRT train in Waterloo (https://...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,454,081 09-05-2020, 08:54 PM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 10 fl | U/C

taylortbb Wrote: (07-02-2020, 11:01 PM) -- Spokes Wrote: (07-02-2020, 10:12 PM) -- Very exciting. This has probably been answered, but how many levels below grade for this one? -- Just one leve...
  kps Urban Areas 633 291,038 07-05-2020, 01:48 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub

Hat tip to urbanyimby on UT (https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/ion-light-rail-kitchener-waterloo-king-victoria-transit-terminal.19202/page-195#post-1568030), dated June 23: RQQ-2019-NAFD-403 : ...
  kps Transportation and Infrastructure 1,143 1,012,309 06-24-2020, 05:51 PM

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