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  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
The Record recently published an article which compares Fall 2019 to Fall 2023 (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/its-a-sardine-can-conestoga-college-students-pack-onto-transit-amid-surgi...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 4,326 3,231,959 03-27-2024, 10:20 AM
  Thread: Micromobility (bikeshare, scootershare)
Post: RE: Micromobility 2021+ (bikeshare, scootershare)
ac3r Wrote: (03-16-2024, 08:25 PM) -- Does anyone know when the Neuron bike share thing will be back for 2024? -- The most precise I've heard is "in April". https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/Modules/N...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 67 13,063 03-18-2024, 10:40 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-22-2024, 11:45 AM) -- That being said, I really wish we would just do a damn bus like...yesterday. Compared with building a train, it would be trivially easy and then we cou...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 1,998 1,167,814 02-22-2024, 12:15 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
On the one itinerary I priced out (it already shows up on aircanada.com), it was no additional cost compared to flying directly out of YYZ, and it has a few additional potential advantages: Air Canada...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 1,373 1,107,828 02-21-2024, 06:24 PM
  Thread: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Grand River Rocks has now put out a Facebook video (https://www.facebook.com/Grandriverrocks/videos/926207002210923/) pushing back against "another luxury condo buliding built by Toronto developers".
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 79 6,009 02-15-2024, 10:50 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Chris Wrote: (10-06-2023, 09:22 AM) -- plam Wrote: (10-05-2023, 11:57 PM) -- We can write to our councillors... -- My councillor is busy running for MPP so I have the impression she doesn't care a...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 4,326 3,231,959 10-06-2023, 10:36 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Andrew Coppolino's recent article mentions both of these: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/andrew-coppolino-takes-a-look-at-what-s-new-and-exciting-in-waterloo-region-s-food-scene-1....
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 5,578 3,950,985 08-03-2023, 01:25 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
There are already photos on this site: https://30duke.com/apartments/ (https://30duke.com/apartments/) https://s3.ca-central-1.wasabisys.com/30duke/kitchen-condo-855x1140.jpghttps://s3.ca-central-1...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 5,578 3,950,985 06-13-2023, 01:53 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-31-2023, 08:19 PM) -- KevinL Wrote: (05-31-2023, 04:55 PM) -- Hard to see in this pic but it looks like the truck's arm wasn't fully retracted. -- Makes sense — I didn’t think ...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,519,342 05-31-2023, 09:07 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Slides for Council committee meeting later today, discussing costs (https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=3817).
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 1,133 700,033 05-24-2023, 02:35 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
GO Transit's response when I complained about bypassing DT Kitchener: Quote: -- Thank you for contacting us regarding the changes to the 25 - Milton GO Bus Route. I can certainly understand yo...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 1,998 1,167,814 04-06-2023, 12:31 PM
  Thread: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Comp...
dtkvictim Wrote: (11-15-2022, 09:53 PM) -- I noticed Gaukel St outside of Charlie West has been dug up again (despite never opening after, I believe, being surfaced). Anyone living here have details?...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 1,072 593,183 11-16-2022, 12:55 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 44 fl | U/C
To be blunt, I resent the position that renters cannot form part of a "real community" and condo owner-occupants are "crazy". The "local need" is for more housing stock, and many of these developme...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 1,673 980,981 09-26-2022, 12:45 PM
  Thread: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
I've gotten replies from two councillors so far; posting in case others are curious (but don't let it stop you from sending your own email). Scott Davey (Ward 1) Wrote: -- Thank you for reaching o...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 302 52,037 06-22-2022, 01:19 PM
  Thread: Q Condos (20 Queen St N) | 34 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Q Condos (20 Queen St N) | 34 fl | Proposed
CP42 Wrote: (04-21-2022, 08:59 AM) -- Floor Plans (https://doc-0o-68-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/q4c0t27k5a40rcnhsuv4mdac0amq2037/ueeftuhuf77u2e8ef3lbtp2o2dt81gnt/1650545850000/128448492...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 208 54,368 04-21-2022, 10:52 AM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
JK2021 Wrote: (04-11-2022, 11:12 AM) -- Anyone have any information on the extent of the damage? How many floors were affected? -- I'd taken a photo on the 29th which gives some indication.
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 497 212,546 04-11-2022, 03:21 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
D'Amato has an opinion piece (https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/2022/03/10/dont-talk-to-me-about-highway-7-ever-again.html) about Hwy 7, where she calls it "essential for the economy" but t...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 927 826,369 03-10-2022, 12:00 PM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C
Art installation https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9wvv3eizn28bb8/Breithaupt%20Block%203%20Public%20Art%20Installation%20-%20wide.mov?dl=0
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 633 294,629 02-16-2022, 11:40 AM
  Thread: Six-Sixty Belmont | 13 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Six-Sixty Belmont | 13 fl | Proposed
‘Would you entertain an eight-storey’ condo tower in Belmont Village rather than 11-storeys, some councillors ask the developer (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/02/09/would-you-ent...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 140 25,150 02-10-2022, 10:47 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Kitchener’s Duke Street could be transformed to discourage cars, favour transit and cyclists (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/02/10/kitcheners-duke-street-could-be-transformed-to-d...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 5,578 3,950,985 02-10-2022, 10:46 AM
  Thread: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Liz Monteiro's piece in The Record today (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/02/08/looks-better-than-anything-else-built-in-our-city.html) was fairly positive (and the meeting itself ...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 302 52,037 02-09-2022, 10:22 AM
  Thread: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
westwardloo Wrote: (12-10-2021, 04:08 PM) -- Wow, surprisingly 'The Record' actual wrote a story today about people living in this neighbourhood who are in favor of this development. Someone must hav...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 302 52,037 12-10-2021, 04:18 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Joedelay Highhoe Wrote: (12-08-2021, 02:19 PM) -- I find it incredibly hilarious that a resident of Joseph Street turned LEFT onto Joseph from Water (so he's admitting that he wanted to drive the wro...
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,974,059 12-08-2021, 02:54 PM
  Thread: VIA Rail
Post: RE: VIA Rail
RMTransit also did a video about the new trains (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgFQvj9dCXY).
   jeremyroman Transportation and Infrastructure 296 190,343 12-02-2021, 10:52 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park (née SIXO) | 28 + 20? + 12? + ? f...
jwilliamson Wrote: (08-31-2021, 08:52 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (08-31-2021, 08:28 AM) -- Wait, Kitchener has a subway? Why haven’t heard about this before? Seems that should have come up in the LRT de...
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 1,673 980,981 08-31-2021, 09:31 AM
  Thread: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C
Lower floors started occupancy August 20, but occupancy has been pushed back several months (into 2022) for much of the top half of the building.
   jeremyroman Urban Areas 1,072 593,183 08-25-2021, 02:53 PM

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