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(08-17-2016, 08:34 PM)Canard Wrote: (08-17-2016, 06:40 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: This is a problem that can be solved technically fairly easily, with some creativity.
I don't think anyone doubts that. From an infrastructure standpoint, it's dead easy. The point I'm making is that what seems easy to us, isn't, because of all the red tape and rules and regulations on the "other side" that forbids things like this for reasons that are not apparent to us, as armchair civil engineers and city planners.
(08-17-2016, 06:40 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: In the event bureaucrats (Transport Canada) get in the way, officially have the trail detour to the path immediately north of the parking garage from King to the laneway. In any case, install an excellent crossing of King St. right at the tracks.
I can't imagine that the Region would actually undertake any form of construction or upgrading of the path here to turn it into a "non-official trail" and somehow try to lie to Transport Canada that "No no, it's not really a trail! Honest!".
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Think of it this way: Look at all the fencing along the Waterloo Spur. It's there because of the same one freight train at night that goes through that gap in the buildings between Regina and King. So, if it was ok to have people walking along the tracks there, why on Earth would TC require all these fences along the spur? It doesn't add up.
I agree that it doesn’t add up. That’s what is annoying about this: why can’t safety decisions be made using the same sort of reasonable thoughtful procedure that is (at best) used to decide things like where the doors, windows, and walls of a building will go? Instead there are arbitrary rules that nobody seems to understand that are enforced strictly, even when they aren’t just a little off, but have no connection at all to their supposed purpose.
Re: the King-to-Regina segment, a crossing where the tracks cross King is a natural choice, whether or not the trail continues between the buildings. Detouring minimally to just north of the parking garage, and only for half a block, is also natural. And finally, paving the space between the buildings is natural to keep dust down in a downtown location. The fact that people won’t stay out of there is just nature.
I agree that any thought of embedding the tracks or even gap fillers does indeed rely on approval.
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Pretty much agree with everything you said. It is incredibly frustrating.
New speed for freight along the spur is 40 km/h, up from 10 km/h.
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(08-17-2016, 10:51 PM)darts Wrote: (08-17-2016, 03:04 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Only got a brief glance at them while walking past.
Looked to be maybe 8" across. The inner diameter was much smaller, maybe 3 or 4". Don't remember if there was flange on top, but looked like they may have been connecting them , possibly with pipe or wire of some sort?
Here's a crude drawing
![[Image: TokWP6X.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/TokWP6X.jpg)
Cambridge put some in last year by their city hall. They haven't used them in August for the event they had down there, just had pylons in the same area on the cross walk.
The automatic bollards on Dickson street have been a problem since they were installed. The first and last time I had deploy them, I had three of four rise up. A second attempt to try to raise all four resulted in the same three rising up about 6 inches and then going back into the ground. There are also bollards at the end of Petty Place, but those are manually operated.
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I notice that Google Maps seems to be showing some of the ION tracks now.
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Just saw coloured panels up at the station on Caroline
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Indeed!!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anchor wall tiles going up at Willis Way platform for <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/citywaterloo">@citywaterloo</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/WRConnected">@WRConnected</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kwawesome?src=hash">#kwawesome</a> <a href="https://t.co/rit0wX1BdM">pic.twitter.com/rit0wX1BdM</a></p>— iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/766433316241285120">August 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Oh, hadn't been expecting those rivets in the corners. It's a good look, though.
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08-18-2016, 09:09 PM
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That's how the glass panels mount to the frame weldment. Pretty standard assembly technique for structural glass - and makes it super easy to replace one, if required (ahem). Very practical for installation and long-term maintenance. Love it.
Close-up, it's sort of like this:
![[Image: KPS_RSglass_510.JPG]](http://www.keithpanel.com/images/uploads/systems/KPS_RSglass_510.JPG)
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08-18-2016, 09:38 PM
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I saw the Kitchener glass truck there this morning and actually thought that it was too early for any of that type of work. Very exciting!
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(08-18-2016, 01:44 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Having said that, this in no way justifies the fences in the park. Two trains a night at moderate speeds (60km/h? I don’t know exactly) don’t need fences, and it’s already established from all the street-running sections that the LRT doesn’t need fences. Note, I’m not saying the Region had a choice; if Transport Canada is going to be unreasonable, there isn’t much we can do. But as a matter of safety, the fences are not needed.
Similar to building codes, if you are doing considerable work in a building you have to update it to meet current codes/ standards.
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(08-18-2016, 09:18 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: (08-17-2016, 08:47 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Assuming that's King & Francis (and I do think it is), King St has been closed that far at least twice this summer. Once was some kind of food truck festival (?) early in the summer, the second might have the multicultural festival.
The closure you refer to was at King and Water for the food truck festival that I attended, which is a very common closure point. King and Francis hasn't had much closure because construction has seen that area of King fenced off as far south as the end of McCabe's. If I recall, there may have been an event in the parking lot bound by 305 King and the TD building, but I was out of town for that.
For the food truck festival, King was definitely closed between Water and Francis, as that's where we ate lunch. At that time I don't think there was a construction closure at Francis yet, although I'm not 100% certain on that.
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(08-18-2016, 06:20 PM)jamincan Wrote: I notice that Google Maps seems to be showing some of the ION tracks now.
Not to gloat, but... that's actually my doing : 
I've been adding it as it gets installed!
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I figured someone on here might be responsible. Great work!
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08-19-2016, 02:22 PM
(08-18-2016, 08:54 PM)Canard Wrote: Indeed!!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anchor wall tiles going up at Willis Way platform for <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/citywaterloo">@citywaterloo</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/WRConnected">@WRConnected</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kwawesome?src=hash">#kwawesome</a> <a href="https://t.co/rit0wX1BdM">pic.twitter.com/rit0wX1BdM</a></p>— iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/766433316241285120">August 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
Fun fact: The glass for all the anchor walls is being fabricated at KW Glass Systems, on Dutton Drive - right next to the OMSF. Local connection!
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(08-19-2016, 02:22 PM)Canard Wrote: (08-18-2016, 08:54 PM)Canard Wrote: Indeed!!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anchor wall tiles going up at Willis Way platform for <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/citywaterloo">@citywaterloo</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/WRConnected">@WRConnected</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kwawesome?src=hash">#kwawesome</a> <a href="https://t.co/rit0wX1BdM">pic.twitter.com/rit0wX1BdM</a></p>— iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/766433316241285120">August 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
Fun fact: The glass for all the anchor walls is being fabricated at KW Glass Systems, on Dutton Drive - right next to the OMSF. Local connection!
Location, location, location. May explain why Jay Aissa lied about about moving his Northfield Drive business out of Waterloo Region during the election.
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