ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[timio]

^ people expected Hillary to win.

[ijmorlan]

^ people expected Hillary to win.

Hillary was a much worse candidate, and ran a terrible campaign. But yeah, I won’t be the slightest bit surprised if we end up living in a Region run by a buffoon in a province run by a nincompoop.

[danbrotherston]

^ people expected Hillary to win.

Hillary was a much worse candidate, and ran a terrible campaign. But yeah, I won’t be the slightest bit surprised if we end up living in a Region run by a buffoon in a province run by a nincompoop.

Worse than whom?

[Canard]

Omg no take this elsewhere pleassssse.

I’ll be popping by Millhaven this weekend, hope to see some action out on at least one of the test tracks.

[ijmorlan]

Hillary was a much worse candidate, and ran a terrible campaign. But yeah, I won’t be the slightest bit surprised if we end up living in a Region run by a buffoon in a province run by a nincompoop.

Worse than whom?

Karen Redman. Sorry, my sentence was unclear.

[Pheidippides]

Lots of deficiency work being done between UW and Allen stations; especially on the sidewalks.

Lots of, seemingly good, sidewalk panels being jackhammered out and re-poured.

Others are being added, like the ones at university that have turned these sod patches turned mud patches to concrete:
   

[timc]

I was glad to see that patch of mud turned into concrete (finally!). I don't want to complain too much about it, but really this crossing should have been made wider.

[Viewfromthe42]

As cycling connections get better in this city, the expanded Laurel trail up to Seagram really should extend up through R&T Park, requiring a widened trail, and especially at this crossing a set of cross-rides, set up so as to create a good expectation for pedestrian/cycling position. Mind you, the strong northwest-southeast foot traffic pattern between campus and residences will always cause mode conflicts.

[KevinT]

[Bob_McBob]

505 and 509 together at Fairway today (official photo from ION)

[taylortbb]

As cycling connections get better in this city, the expanded Laurel trail up to Seagram really should extend up through R&T Park, requiring a widened trail, and especially at this crossing a set of cross-rides, set up so as to create a good expectation for pedestrian/cycling position. Mind you, the strong northwest-southeast foot traffic pattern between campus and residences will always cause mode conflicts.

Do you mean by that there should be separate cyclist and pedestrian paths through campus? That certainly seems like it would remove a lot of conflict, though I think north of Columbia volumes are low enough it doesn't present a huge issue.

[Viewfromthe42]

From UpTown through Columbia, I feel that the trail really needs separation, currently only existing from Erb to Seagram(?). With students and potentially more employment on either side of the trail north of Columbia, I think we're getting to a point where even if somewhat preemptive, separation makes sense.

[KevinT]

The radio chatter during my drive to work was that 505 was cleared from Conestoga Station to Fairway Station (end to end), so I swung by King and Northfield to catch the run and followed along for a bit. It made every stop, with doors opening and a staff member getting out and back in again to simulate a typical run. They also swapped drivers at every stop which unfortunately added to the dwell times a bit. I can't wait to see how long this takes when they do it without the driver change!

[tomh009]

Very nice, Kevin! Maybe moving slowly because of student drivers?

[KevinT]

Very nice, Kevin! Maybe moving slowly because of student drivers?

That was my thought too, but I didn't want to insult anyone directly by saying it in my captions.