General Road and Highway Discussion

[ZEBuilder]

Lane reductions are now in place on Ottawa, just west of Westmount. Not sure how far it reaches, likely to Fischer-Hallman.

It goes all the way to Fischer-Hallman, there was also some lane restrictions through the Fischer-Hallman/Ottawa intersection yesterday.

[Acitta]

"There's no reason [buses] need to be a thing of the past." — Eric Miller (@civmin). Why is it so hard to get around Ontario? Tonight on TVO at 8/11pm.

[plam]

"There's no reason [buses] need to be a thing of the past." — Eric Miller (@civmin). Why is it so hard to get around Ontario? Tonight on TVO at 8/11pm.

I certainly don't have the answer, and especially not for northern Ontario, but I certainly would prefer means of transport that are not buses for inter-city travel (which is the topic of this discussion).

[nms]

Isn't GO Transit rolling out more bus routes beyond the edges of the rail network? Procurement takes time.

[bravado]

For the transport nerds out there:

Region expands real-time data collection to all signalized intersections
The aim is to help guide how roads, transit, and pedestrian and cycling facilities will improve through 2041

https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news...ns-9117659

[nms]

The monitoring devices are typically on poles that look like shepherd's hooks attached to a signal pole. A sign, "Traffic surveillance device" is also attached to the pole.

[cherrypark]

Nice to see Miovision expanding its use locally. Inspiring company.

[ijmorlan]

The monitoring devices are typically on poles that look like shepherd's hooks attached to a signal pole.  A sign, "Traffic surveillance device" is also attached to the pole.

What actually are they? They look exactly like cameras to my non-expert eye (but of course what I’m actually seeing is the outer dome which covers the device itself).

[bravado]

Based on the press release it sounds like cameras that better detect different types of vehicles/road users to collect data like that - but not new timing or detection sensors for the signals themselves.

[taylortbb]

Yes, they are cameras, feed into a computer vision system for automated counts. The emergence of cheap high quality computer vision systems has resulted in a lot of sensors now being implemented as a camera + computer vision. Just like happened with computers, specialized hardware is expensive, and using software + standardized hardware is much cheaper. They call them sensors to distinguish them from things that actually record visually useful video for surveillance.

[KevinL]

The Wilson/Goodrich intersection will close on Monday for roundabout construction; will open in October but full work will last until November.

https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/Modules/...86680645df

[Acitta]

The Wilson/Goodrich intersection will close on Monday for roundabout construction; will open in October but full work will last until November.

https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/Modules/...86680645df

It sure is taking a long time to complete the River Road extension. The bridge across Schneider Creek was finished years ago without being connected to anything.

[jeremyroman]

https://x.com/moretransitso/status/1814282767615598827

BREAKING NEWS: Metrolinx has acquired land west of Mount Pleasant GO station to build a flyover to bring up to 15 minute GO train service to Kitchener. This flyover, which would separate CN freight trains and GO trains, removes the major barrier for 2WADGO to Kitchener.

which leads to this OLT expropriation ruling about property on the CN Halton sub between Acton and Mount Pleasant

[Square]

https://x.com/moretransitso/status/1814282767615598827

BREAKING NEWS: Metrolinx has acquired land west of Mount Pleasant GO station to build a flyover to bring up to 15 minute GO train service to Kitchener. This flyover, which would separate CN freight trains and GO trains, removes the major barrier for 2WADGO to Kitchener.

which leads to this OLT expropriation ruling about property on the CN Halton sub between Acton and Mount Pleasant

Is this the same bypass the Liberals were proposing?

[danbrotherston]

https://x.com/moretransitso/status/1814282767615598827



which leads to this OLT expropriation ruling about property on the CN Halton sub between Acton and Mount Pleasant

Is this the same bypass the Liberals were proposing?

No. The previous “missing link” bypass was significantly bigger, not just a flyover. It rerouted freight to an entirely new railway along the 401/407