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  Thread: The Shannondale (née Electrohome, 152 Shanley St) | 8 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Electrohome Factory

Interesting idea, to expropriate the factory for some sort of public work. But that means you've got a public work project to put there. So instead of not getting the city's owed tax money back, now t...
  zanate Urban Areas 164 7,762 11-27-2018, 02:46 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

The current configuration of Frederick station is bordering on entrapment. Build an apparent crossing point with textured concrete and everything, and then slap up a sign saying don't use it? The d...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 11-26-2018, 11:16 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

panamaniac Wrote: (11-26-2018, 03:01 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (11-26-2018, 10:58 AM) -- Pedestrians, like drivers, and cyclists, and all other human beings, are far more likely to follow the rul...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 11-26-2018, 04:17 PM
  Thread: ODC redevelopment (119 Roger St) | 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Ontario Die Company (119 Roger St.)

I've long mulled over the potential for this site. It's a substantial property. Physically there is room for a tower here, one or more midrises, or even just a cluster of townhouses. It's well with...
  zanate Urban Areas 105 91,125 04-06-2017, 02:54 PM
  Thread: ODC redevelopment (119 Roger St) | 6 fl | U/C
Post: ODC redevelopment (119 Roger St) | 6 fl | U/C

Spur Line Common 119 Roger St, Kitchener https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/attachment.php?aid=7034 Ontario Die Company, at the 007 intersection (Roger & Moore) is moving. The owner is s...
  zanate Urban Areas 105 91,125 04-06-2017, 10:48 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

[quote pid='28181' dateline='1476987624'] So I'm having a conversation with GRT on Twitter that started with my now-bog-standard complaint report of a bus zooming past a stop ahead (-2min) of schedul...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,007 10-20-2016, 04:35 PM
  Thread: One Victoria | 63 m | 19 fl | Complete
Post: RE: One Victoria | 63 m | 19 fl | Complete

Spokes Wrote: (10-18-2016, 07:26 PM) -- I heard UHaul has no intention of selling -- And they'll have no intention of selling, until they sell. (I've heard similar scuttlebutt about UHaul being ...
  zanate Urban Areas 340 528,134 10-19-2016, 09:35 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

kitborn Wrote: (10-18-2016, 08:28 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (10-17-2016, 11:13 AM) -- It should get full priority, and the schedule should be planned to use the priority, with a reasonable buffer so th...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 10-18-2016, 09:27 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Markster Wrote: (10-17-2016, 10:53 AM) -- And the baseline schedule in the project agreement is not exactly pushing any speed records.  It's got about the same end-to-end time that the iXpress initia...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 10-17-2016, 02:39 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (10-06-2016, 11:47 AM) -- I know the charts - but why are we buying 14 trains then if we think we can hit the same headway with far fewer? That's what I'm getting at. Just scale it. -- ...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 10-06-2016, 11:56 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

ijmorlan Wrote: (09-26-2016, 04:42 PM) -- You’re not taking into account the special nature of the specific intersection. The only vehicular traffic that conflicts with the right turn is buses turnin...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 09-27-2016, 08:17 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

timc Wrote: (09-26-2016, 01:46 PM) -- Ah, forget it. They should have just built a big roundabout. /s -- Let's do it! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/76/38/54/763854579584707b48221c280...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 09-26-2016, 02:14 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

A double right lane would require signalized operation. That means no right turns on red, possibly an extra phase in the mix, and stoppages for pedestrians crossing. Makes me wonder how many more vehi...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 09-26-2016, 12:44 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (09-25-2016, 09:20 PM) -- Erb/Caroline.  I have no problems with this configuration of crossing lanes - in fact, I prefer the pedestrian islands, both as someone on foot, and as a drive...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 09-26-2016, 09:42 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (09-17-2016, 11:38 AM) -- Yeah, I know, sorry... I'm one of those annoying people who is just loving this upheaval of the whole city.  Once construction finishes, things are going to be...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 09-19-2016, 09:10 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

Canard Wrote: (09-14-2016, 08:37 AM) -- Ok. I think you know what I'm saying, though - it's kind of a dick move to just buy up property that is prime and then not do anything with it. It doesn't f...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 3,085 2,211,793 09-14-2016, 02:15 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

danbrotherston Wrote: (09-13-2016, 01:14 PM) -- First of all, multi-use trails do not have to intersect with streets at crosswalks....they may simply intersect streets with no provisions whatsoever, ...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 2,698 1,579,736 09-13-2016, 04:00 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

ijmorlan Wrote: (09-12-2016, 12:16 PM) -- Easy. -- I beg to differ. Quote: -- Promote multi-use trails to be streets that happen to have no motorized vehicles permitted. Then where they meet ...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 2,698 1,579,736 09-13-2016, 12:04 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Markster Wrote: (09-12-2016, 04:16 PM) -- Basically this: It's not terribly obvious if you've never been to UWP before; just aim right between the two towers. -- Have you walked this recentl...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 09-12-2016, 04:52 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

If it's not a "crosswalk", so the rule about cyclists dismounting to cross shouldn't apply: depends on how it's painted, I guess. The "elephant's feet" crossing you see in places (Davenport, and along...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 2,698 1,579,736 09-12-2016, 11:16 AM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails

jamincan Wrote: (08-29-2016, 09:19 PM) -- Looking on Google Maps, it would be nice if they could extend the Forwell Trail west. There is one spot in particular where there might be difficulty squeezi...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 2,698 1,579,736 09-09-2016, 09:57 AM
  Thread: Franklin Boulevard Roundabouts
Post: RE: Franklin Boulevard Roundabouts

timc Wrote: (08-30-2016, 10:52 PM) -- Is that a Level 2 Pedestrian Crossover I spy? -- Looks like, and as an added bonus the crossing is a couple of carlengths away from the intersection with the r...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 70 81,825 09-02-2016, 10:10 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

BuildingScout Wrote: (08-28-2016, 07:19 PM) -- Elmira Guy Wrote: (08-28-2016, 03:36 PM) -- Charging fees to the townships for services they do not benefit from is absurd. I am an unswerving supp...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 08-29-2016, 11:54 AM
  Thread: King Street underpass at the transit hub
Post: RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB

ijmorlan Wrote: (08-20-2016, 08:04 PM) -- Another note: as far as I can tell, the freight trains on the Waterloo Spur will not travel on *any* embedded track. I don’t know if it is more difficult to ...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 360 331,842 08-22-2016, 09:31 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

danbrotherston Wrote: (08-17-2016, 12:06 PM) -- I did express my frustration at the idea in the original meeting.  I felt that even if the rails could be moved, the trail would be tight through there...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,041 08-17-2016, 01:09 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region

Smore Wrote: (08-13-2016, 07:13 PM) -- Dan/Chris, what type of cameras do you have or recommend? -- I ride with a Fly6 from Cycliq (https://cycliq.com/). On the upside, it's a combination tail ligh...
  zanate Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,950,637 08-16-2016, 09:26 AM

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