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  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Of note, the school is a private christian operation, not affiliated with any school board.
   KevinL Suburbs 1,214 944,441 04-23-2024, 07:15 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Even the most ardent pro-labour party won't always take 'new jobs at any cost'. And this isn't necessarily a pro-farmer position (though becomes so by association), but a pro-environment and pro-trans...
   KevinL Politics 163 4,377 04-22-2024, 09:06 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
They have less than a year remaining on that contract, and are trying to milk whatever they can from the workers before it concludes.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 1,998 1,167,629 04-21-2024, 10:16 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Would LRVs put less wear and tear on the heritage bridge than the current road traffic? If so, I say put the Ion on the old bridge and build a new road bridge next to it. Far less engineering needed t...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,231,413 04-17-2024, 03:18 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Kitchener and Guelph service increases are, I understand, dependent on some track updates (various double-tracked sections, etc) that are not yet fully complete. Hopefully that gets activated by the s...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 1,998 1,167,629 04-15-2024, 04:34 PM
  Thread: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Post: RE: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
It has not yet been reconstructed, just went over it earlier today and it's still the same old one.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 52 13,906 04-12-2024, 12:21 PM
  Thread: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 1...
Eclipses are an exception, as the sun doesn't look as bright as usual but the dangerous rays are still present. It's why it's safe to watch a sunset - there's far more atmosphere filtering out the bad...
   KevinL Urban Areas 148 31,092 04-11-2024, 02:16 PM
  Thread: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Post: RE: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
I lived in that neighbourhood as a kid, the spring floods would regularly cause the creek banks to shift and trails would often need rebuilding. Haven't been by in a while, but I'm not surprised this ...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 52 13,906 04-11-2024, 12:42 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
UW's NDP group wants night service to return; it was removed during the pandemic and still hasn't come back. They've created a petition. https://www.change.org/p/bring-back-late-night-transit
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,231,413 04-10-2024, 02:30 PM
  Thread: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 1...
Fence posts have been placed around the perimeter of the lot, should be fully fenced by next week.
   KevinL Urban Areas 148 31,092 04-06-2024, 03:07 PM
  Thread: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
I can't imagine the work-from-home trend is helping; they can't get tenants for existing office space, I can't see new space being in any big degree of demand.
   KevinL Urban Areas 79 5,965 04-04-2024, 02:55 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Schneider Family Lands donation to rare charit...
westwardloo Wrote: (04-02-2024, 09:02 AM) -- I agree we should probably move this over to either the Economy or Politics section or general suburbs. -- There's already parallel discussion in the Ge...
   KevinL Politics 163 4,377 04-02-2024, 09:18 AM
  Thread: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Post: RE: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Zoom meetings are much more accessible, whether due to mobility or schedule limitations. I doubt they're going away.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 52 13,906 03-29-2024, 09:21 PM
  Thread: 15 Dellroy Ave | 18 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 15 Dellroy Ave | 18 fl | Proposed
Yes, this lot has been empty and sunken for as long as I can remember.
   KevinL Suburbs 5 1,220 03-28-2024, 06:12 PM
  Thread: VIA Rail
Post: RE: VIA Rail
There's a big resurgence of night trains in Europe right now, with new rolling stock coming on. Maybe Via could jump into that parade.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 296 190,288 03-28-2024, 06:00 PM
  Thread: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46...
That crisscross 'atrium' feature is certainly unique, I do appreciate original touches.
   KevinL Urban Areas 12 538 03-27-2024, 09:40 AM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Activa's development on Erinbrook opposite Rittenhouse is now named (very originally) 'Erin Brook', and described as '2-over-2 stacked condo towns'.
   KevinL Suburbs 1,214 944,441 03-24-2024, 01:20 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
I've heard from some folks familiar with bus operations, that the smaller model used by GRT has reliability issues. Not sure if that is the actual factor here.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,231,413 03-23-2024, 10:04 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Funded entirely by grants and development fees - excellent.
   KevinL Suburbs 1,214 944,441 03-21-2024, 12:54 PM
  Thread: General Township Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Township Updates and Rumours
Yeah, it's easier to build connected arrangements like a grid, and if necessary you can later restrict movements using bollards or other street furniture. Building a cul-de-sac to begin with restricts...
   KevinL Townships 170 159,047 03-20-2024, 05:18 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
danbrotherston Wrote: (03-20-2024, 02:29 AM) -- I think a lot of the high resolution 3D maps for cities are not from satellites but from airplanes. -- Correct, you can't get that 3D resolution from ...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,593,357 03-20-2024, 05:00 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
SF22 Wrote: (03-19-2024, 04:00 PM) -- Also, who else has noticed that the Google satellite view is 6+ years out of date? They're still installing the LRT line in the images. Google Canada is headquar...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 2,700 1,593,357 03-19-2024, 06:56 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
The purpose of this is to say 'we got you a GO train to Cambridge' with the least possible effort (financially, politically, or otherwise). It's an easy answer to a hot potato that will get them re-el...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 1,998 1,167,629 03-19-2024, 02:35 PM
  Thread: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/C
Post: RE: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/...
The apartments are called Verde. http://verdekw.ca/
   KevinL Suburbs 93 89,347 03-17-2024, 08:16 PM
  Thread: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/C
Post: RE: 83 Elmsdale Dr | U/C
The seven townhouse units right at the Ottawa/Elmsdale corner have been open for a while; their entrance is actually on a new internal road off Elmsdale, so their addresses are 10 and 20 Palace Street...
   KevinL Suburbs 93 89,347 03-17-2024, 11:16 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
danbrotherston Wrote: (03-15-2024, 04:59 PM) -- the worst thing that will happen will be vastly more freezing rain...which is like...no big deal. -- So long as they finally get the Ion working durin...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,973,535 03-15-2024, 05:15 PM

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