ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

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With respect the challenges of pedestrian crossings around Waterloo Square.  The reason that pedestrians are taking unorthodox (and potentially dangerous) detours is that there is often not very clear signage about where a temporary crossing is.  In Uptown Waterloo, the big crossing across King Street is very welcome, but there is no clear north-south crossing.  At one point I was attempting to walk from the Waterloo Public Library back to where I had parked my car in the parking lot south of Willis Way.  I dutifully followed the "Pedestrian crossing this way" arrows until they suddenly reversed direction meaning that the crossing was imaginary.  I eventually found a route on my own.