01-22-2022, 07:51 PM
(01-22-2022, 06:33 PM)ac3r Wrote:(01-22-2022, 01:09 AM)plam Wrote: There was a comment from ac3r: "I think this is one thing that hinders a lot of progress here. Having 3 cities with 3 governments has its benefits, but when it comes to working together to get things like protected bike lanes and MUTs that connect people and places on a regional scale, each city has its own priorities and plans. Kitchener seems to be the most progressive when compared to Waterloo and Cambridge...those cities just feel like they're stuck in a rut in comparison. It'd be nice if they could better negotiate transportation needs together. "
Not actually suggesting amalgamation; the actual suggestion here would be good, but amalgamation would be something that someone might say and would likely be bad given what we have observed at length at Regional level here.
Oh yeah, I wasn't suggesting amalgamation of the cities and townships into 1, rather that it would be great if there was better communication between the Region of Waterloo itself, the 3 cities as well as the townships to develop stuff like this. Get some sort of board that can cooperate together to plan interconnected routes better, decide upon design standards so there is coherence, launch projects around the same time, launch a good mapping service and improved signage and all of that stuff. The region, each city and the townships all work on this sort of stuff in their own way and at their own pace (at least as far as I know) which can be messy and result in a weird patchwork of things. It works, but it could be a lot cleaner.
This is the regions job, but unfortunately they are hostile to cycling on regional roads. But I think the cities have done a decent job, I can’t think of any major routes which are broken on city boundaries.
The most frustrating one right now might be Union St but it isn’t built yet.