07-05-2017, 09:53 PM
The stop light at Breithaupt and King is on, although it seems to only be blinking red for the time being.
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A short section of King near the underpass has been dug up again. You can never have too many holes in King Street.
In other news, the last unrumpled building on the adjacent transit hub site is being torn down. 
07-07-2017, 10:27 AM
Frederick station has a long Jersey-barrier-style berm to keep cars from affecting the station, but passengers also need to be kept away from traffic. Yesterday they started putting up that barrier, which will be a glass wall:
![[Image: qCWDFAD.png]](http://i.imgur.com/qCWDFAD.png) ![[Image: i6BLDzG.png]](http://i.imgur.com/i6BLDzG.png)
07-07-2017, 10:43 AM
It's always a shame when trivial pedestrian connections are forgotten.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice bus stop, <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW">@GRT_ROW</a>, but you forgot to pave a path to the station platform. RIP grass. Gonna be real muddy very fast. <a href="https://t.co/mOVE8PvoSt">pic.twitter.com/mOVE8PvoSt</a></p>— Mark Jackson-Brown (@Markster3000) <a href="https://twitter.com/Markster3000/status/883323297076834304">July 7, 2017</a></blockquote>  (07-07-2017, 10:43 AM)Markster Wrote: It's always a shame when trivial pedestrian connections are forgotten. Speaking of not thinking of pedestrians, just grass... Yesterday I was sitting at the lights heading south on King at Pine. I watched a woman cross King then do a long detour to stay on the path. I am assuming this is GRH's problem, and not Grandlinq, but I was very surprised she didn't take the grass shortcut like I am sure most people will do. Now I'm pretty sure she could have crossed the driveway (northbound) and headed down the sidewalk on that side, but the lights are so long the detour was likely quicker. Coke 
07-07-2017, 12:25 PM
(07-07-2017, 10:43 AM)Markster Wrote: It's always a shame when trivial pedestrian connections are forgotten. Is it just the photo, or is there also sloping involved between the two sides? Clever design work all around!
07-07-2017, 12:52 PM
(07-07-2017, 10:43 AM)Markster Wrote: It's always a shame when trivial pedestrian connections are forgotten. One must ask what they were thinking....
07-07-2017, 01:03 PM
Well, there's a team doing LRT platforms and (I presume) a separate team doing sidewalks, MUTs, and bus shelters. Perhaps there wasn't enough communication between those...
07-07-2017, 01:39 PM
(07-07-2017, 12:25 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Is it just the photo, or is there also sloping involved between the two sides? Clever design work all around! Yeah, it looks like there's a small ditch between them that serves for drainage of the grassy area in the background. There was definitely a disconnect with how stations interact with their immediate surroundings. Some stations had a little extra context specific design work done, but several are missing really trivial or obvious things.
07-08-2017, 06:52 PM
Most of the Frederick glass is now in.
![[Image: sLjcrxD.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/sLjcrxD.jpg) ![[Image: hcr3YkH.png]](http://i.imgur.com/hcr3YkH.png) Also, the median at King finally has concrete and warning strips. The road itself has been prepped for fresh asphalt. ![[Image: IaGftow.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/IaGftow.jpg) Farther up at Victoria Park - surprise, no barriers! The platform is open, and officially serving as the Charles sidewalk. ![[Image: fiFnaFb.png]](http://i.imgur.com/fiFnaFb.png) ![[Image: gn6TkmD.png]](http://i.imgur.com/gn6TkmD.png) ![[Image: AZ1vFA0.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/AZ1vFA0.jpg)
07-11-2017, 12:57 PM
(07-08-2017, 06:52 PM)KevinL Wrote: Farther up at Victoria Park - surprise, no barriers! The platform is open, and officially serving as the Charles sidewalk. The same is true at Kitchener City Hall - serving as the Duke sidewalk. Queen is close, but more concrete work is needed at the Benton end of the platform.
07-11-2017, 02:50 PM
(07-11-2017, 12:57 PM)KevinL Wrote:(07-08-2017, 06:52 PM)KevinL Wrote: Farther up at Victoria Park - surprise, no barriers! The platform is open, and officially serving as the Charles sidewalk. Is this the intended use? Platform as sidewalk? Or will one be added later? Progress seems to be rather slow as of late.
07-11-2017, 03:02 PM
Yes, that's the intended function at Queen, Victoria Park, and City Hall (no room for one otherwise). Central Station will be similar, though they may put additional sidewalks behind those. Waterloo Square can be walked right into and out of, it's open to to the square behind.
07-11-2017, 03:28 PM
Also - Overhead photos of the stations on the project's official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rideION/photos/...=3&theater
07-13-2017, 05:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2017, 05:44 PM by danbrotherston.)
Traffic signal detection loops and pedestrian buttons seem to be activated at at least Allan and William on King.
Of course drivers are unlikely to notice while staring down at their phones. |
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