ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Canard]

The limit drops down to 45 km/h when crossing Colby/Conestogo. I agree that it's weird to see that sign, and not a fixed, higher speed sign (60?) through here at that point to resume to. All I can figure is in-cab signaling with some variable limit at this point based on upstream traffic but I can't imagine that's the case since then it'd also be used on the spur, too (which it's not, as evidenced by the speed limit signs on it).

[jwilliamson]

Tracks have been laid across William on King.

[Pheidippides]

I was actually referring to a similar sign on Caroline near Erb.

[Canard]

Oh, haha. You didn't say, so I assumed you were talking about Northfield which is the only place I had seen these signs.

Where are they at Erb/Caroline?

[Pheidippides]

It was just south of Erb but before the CIGI driveway.

Shelter supports at Victoria Park station:
   

[Rainrider22]

It was just south of Erb but before the CIGI driveway.

Shelter supports at Victoria Park station:

From this angle, can anyone else imagine how cool it would look if Manulife optioned on the ability to build a tower on their building ?

[Pheidippides]

Over on the GRT thread I mentioned some new GRT bus stop signs appearing along King and Charles.

One of them is on Charles immediately north of Water as seen in the project agreement, but I am wondering how these stops will actually work in practice because there is no curb cuts to access the bus stop island and it isn't tied in to the pedestrian crosswalk.

[Canard]

Ha! So I just drove down Charles this morning... and all the wrong-way speed limit signs I mentioned have been flipped around!

[panamaniac]

Over on the GRT thread I mentioned some new GRT bus stop signs appearing along King and Charles.

One of them is on Charles immediately north of Water as seen in the project agreement, but I am wondering how these stops will actually work in practice because there is no curb cuts to access the bus stop island and it isn't tied in to the pedestrian crosswalk.

Just guessing, but won't the bus stop and the passengers get on and off?   No, seriously, I am having trouble understanding what you've described.  Maybe post a pic?

[GtwoK]

Over on the GRT thread I mentioned some new GRT bus stop signs appearing along King and Charles.

One of them is on Charles immediately north of Water as seen in the project agreement, but I am wondering how these stops will actually work in practice because there is no curb cuts to access the bus stop island and it isn't tied in to the pedestrian crosswalk.

Just guessing, but won't the bus stop and the passengers get on and off?   No, seriously, I am having trouble understanding what you've described.  Maybe post a pic?

I believe what Pheidippides is saying is that there is no depressed portion of the curb to get pedestrians from the sidewalk, across the tracks, to the island / bus stop without tripping.

[danbrotherston]

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I believe what Pheidippides is saying is that there is no depressed portion of the curb to get pedestrians from the sidewalk, across the tracks, to the island / bus stop without tripping.

And you know, for those who might have some difficulty with a curb.

[KevinL]

Hopefully just a construction oversight and it can be altered to include a slope.

[Canard]

Official response regarding the Bus Only signs on the rapidway at Victoria.

   

   

[Canard]

There is a depression in the concrete. Like the platforms for the stations, it's at the crosswalk at the end, where it should be. To have it anywhere else would intice people to cross at an unsafe location.

[isUsername]

The obstruction sign is also wrong. I don't know whether it should be a gold-and-black chevron type, or a diagonal-down and left type, but it definitely shouldn't be a diagonal-down and right type.