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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
During severe weather, it seems to be standard practice to couple LRVs for extra traction, or to recover them with the shunter, so I assume they open the access panels preemptively now. The night of t...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 01-16-2024, 09:38 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
ac3r Wrote: (12-17-2023, 05:27 PM) -- Blocked or not I gotta say, this is paranoia. To think people are putting steel rods in the ground to haem cyclists is nonsense and baselet. I'd like to see.proo...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,973,405 12-17-2023, 05:59 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
ac3r Wrote: (12-13-2023, 07:24 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (11-30-2023, 11:37 AM) -- That's a pretty foolish thing to do... I mean, I'm not saying it would be easy to prove intent, but if you coul...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,973,405 12-16-2023, 10:03 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
So apparently the owner of the Waterloo Denture Clinic on the east side of Weber St at the Laurel Trail is so hostile to cyclists that they installed a literal spike trap on the corner a couple years ...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,973,405 11-30-2023, 10:26 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Riders question LRT reliability after freezing rain disrupts service – again (https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/riders-question-lrt-reliability-after-freezing-rain-disrupts-service-again-1.6639064)
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 11-10-2023, 02:44 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Don't worry, KevinL Wrote: (11-08-2023, 10:41 AM) -- Freezing rain expected this afternoon. Is the anti-ice equipment finally ready? -- Don't worry, someone helpfully took out the system before th...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 11-08-2023, 12:44 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
tomh009 Wrote: (10-29-2023, 01:47 PM) -- Do you have a link for the complete document? -- It's a slide from a staff presentation at the October 18 budget review at the Strategic Planning and Budget...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 10-29-2023, 04:00 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
They mean 30 minute frequency, which is ridiculous for an LRT system.
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 10-28-2023, 03:44 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
https://i.imgur.com/cNHxu38.jpg
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 10-28-2023, 02:29 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
And just a few days later and someone posted a video of yet another pedestrian nearly being struck at this roundabout. Amazingly quite a few people think the pedestrian is at fault here for "not looki...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 601 188,705 07-14-2023, 12:36 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
A pedestrian has been struck by a vehicle at the Erb and Ira Needles roundabout for the third time since December. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle-in-waterloo-1.6475180
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 601 188,705 07-11-2023, 02:55 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
I know there's a "Help Out!" link in one of the menus on the site, but I never really got the impression TriTAG was actively recruiting new members, or I might have made more of an effort. I'm still n...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,231,277 06-09-2023, 06:26 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Suspended sentence for helping conceal a fatal hit and run while the victim lay dead in a ditch. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2023/05/31/waterloo-man-sentenced-for-attempting-to-o...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 601 188,705 06-01-2023, 01:25 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
24 hours later, ION is still out of service between Grand River and Market. Apparently they had a structural engineer out assessing the damage yesterday, so I wonder how long it will take to get the a...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 06-01-2023, 10:03 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Just for posterity I think service finally resumed not long after my previous post. So nearly the entire line was out of service for 12 hours during the day.
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 05-27-2023, 11:52 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Update 4:20pm: Nearly the entire line is down again from Conestoga to Mill due to a collision. The previous outage was never listed as resolved so I assume both are ongoing.
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 05-26-2023, 04:24 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
They finally managed to get most of the route running around 1:15pm. Still out of service between Conestoga and Waterloo Town Square/Willis Way.
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 05-26-2023, 01:44 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
There has been a near-complete service outage on ION for the entire day so far. https://i.imgur.com/BW0ZFAp.png
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,518,205 05-26-2023, 10:40 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
I came across this interesting recent article about escalating LRT construction costs. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2023/04/29/light-rail-transit-building-cost.html
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 1,133 699,839 05-24-2023, 01:12 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
I find it hard to believe regional staff and an independent private consulting firm are part of a conspiracy to inflate the cost of Stage 2. I would like to see significantly more details about how th...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 1,133 699,839 05-24-2023, 10:16 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
westwardloo Wrote: (05-23-2023, 02:54 PM) -- Maybe this has already been answered, but do we have a source for where this 4.5B number is coming from. Is this a class "B" project estimate from a reput...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 1,133 699,839 05-23-2023, 03:51 PM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
https://i.imgur.com/sfPBDln.jpg https://i.imgur.com/eb425hc.jpg
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 4,723 2,973,405 05-20-2023, 07:37 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Another pedestrian was struck at the Erb and Ira Needles roundabout on Thursday night. Transported out of region for emergency medical treatment so I assume it was more than minor injuries. This happe...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 601 188,705 05-20-2023, 01:06 PM
  Thread: Micromobility (bikeshare, scootershare)
Post: RE: Micromobility 2021+ (bikeshare, scootershare)
ac3r Wrote: (04-26-2023, 01:14 PM) -- "It won't be as bad this time! This isn't Lime!" the shills tried to say. Heh. -- Who are these shills you're talking about? I don't remember anyone saying the...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 67 13,030 04-26-2023, 09:40 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Regional council just failed to endorse the plan to remove the Lancaster ramps by a tie vote. In favour: Redman, Deutschmann, Erb, Huinink, James, Williams, Wolf, McCabe Against: Craig, Foxton, ...
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 3,111 2,225,831 04-19-2023, 10:17 PM
  Thread: Micromobility (bikeshare, scootershare)
Post: RE: Micromobility 2021+ (bikeshare, scootershare)
The response to the new scooters online has been remarkably hostile.
   Bob_McBob Transportation and Infrastructure 67 13,030 04-17-2023, 09:42 PM

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