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(05-29-2017, 03:16 PM)plam Wrote: (05-29-2017, 12:02 PM)tomh009 Wrote: In most countries in Europe, you signal your intent to exit the roundabout, but you do not need to signal your intent to continue circulating the roundabout (which is the only other choice anyway if you are not exiting).
I was surprised to see someone signal the left turn at the roundabout in France (like we're also supposed to here).
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They seem to be doing work on the 401W-8N ramp now. A large section of the exit lane was blocked off with jersey barriers on my way home this afternoon.
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Here's the state of things in Preston at the King/Fountain/Shantz Hill area, at about 4:30pm (probably the worst).
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Curbs in along Shirley Ave (or is it Bingemans Centre?)
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(06-05-2017, 09:40 AM)Coke6pk Wrote: Curbs in along Shirley Ave (or is it Bingemans Centre?)
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That's interesting to consider - I suppose our 8-name-15-KM anomaly of a "single street" will be changing.
Although having just mapped it out, it appears it will still have 8 names and be about 15KM - replacing the Riverbend-Bridgeport-Caroline stretch with Wellington-Walter-Glasgow.
Gotta love this city.
Has their been any indications that it will all just be named Wellington or Shirley or Bingemans?
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(06-06-2017, 10:34 AM)Osiris Wrote: That's interesting to consider - I suppose our 8-name-15-KM anomaly of a "single street" will be changing.
Although having just mapped it out, it appears it will still have 8 names and be about 15KM - replacing the Riverbend-Bridgeport-Caroline stretch with Wellington-Walter-Glasgow.
Gotta love this city.
Has their been any indications that it will all just be named Wellington or Shirley or Bingemans?
I propose restoring the original name of the section east of Lancaster (Spring St) to increase the point score.
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(06-06-2017, 11:53 AM)kps Wrote: I propose restoring the original name of the section east of Lancaster (Spring St) to increase the point score.
There's already another Spring Street in Uptown Waterloo.
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(06-06-2017, 12:01 PM)timc Wrote: (06-06-2017, 11:53 AM)kps Wrote: I propose restoring the original name of the section east of Lancaster (Spring St) to increase the point score.
There's already another Spring Street in Uptown Waterloo.
That could become Fons Street or something like that.
A whole bunch of streets were renamed in the early '50s to remove duplication, among them Cedar, Charles, David, Duke, Frederick, Queen, Victoria, and Water.
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(06-06-2017, 01:58 PM)kps Wrote: (06-06-2017, 12:01 PM)timc Wrote: There's already another Spring Street in Uptown Waterloo.
That could become Fons Street or something like that.
A whole bunch of streets were renamed in the early '50s to remove duplication, among them Cedar, Charles, David, Duke, Frederick, Queen, Victoria, and Water.
Fun fact - the Region keeps a list of reserved street names for the cities/townships. This ensures no duplication.
The list can be found here in the Region's open data catalogue - http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/region...ataset.asp
Cambridge holds the vast majority of reserved names.
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Westheights is being prepared for a resurfacing sometime soon. Curbs have been replaced in spots and the outside edges have been shaved. I hope they do a good paint job after. The paint was confusing with the initial road diet and last year's reapplication only made things worse.
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(06-06-2017, 10:54 PM)The85 Wrote: Fun fact - the Region keeps a list of reserved street names for the cities/townships. This ensures no duplication.
The list can be found here in the Region's open data catalogue - http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/region...ataset.asp
Cambridge holds the vast majority of reserved names.
2104 names reserved by Cambridge (Kitchener 450, Waterloo 246)? What's up with that? Here are just the first 20 of 2014:
FullStreetName Municipality
Abitibi Cambridge
Able Cambridge
Accobee Cambridge
Adair Cambridge
Addley Cambridge
Addy Cambridge
Adkin Cambridge
Adlington Cambridge
Adolf Cambridge
Affleck Cambridge
Agate Cambridge
Aggett Cambridge
Agincourt Cambridge
Agnew Cambridge
Aigner Cambridge
Ailsa Craig Cambridge
Aitkinson Cambridge
Aiton Cambridge
Albatross Cambridge
Albin Sponner Cambridge
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Could it be that they have Plans of Subdivision on file that haven't yet been implemented, but that already have named streets in them?
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Does anyone know if the Krug closure is for all vehicles, or if there is a way for bikes to get through. It was always my favoured way of getting across to the west side of the city, but it looks like it will be blocked for most of the remainder of the year.
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(06-06-2017, 11:16 PM)timio Wrote: Westheights is being prepared for a resurfacing sometime soon. Curbs have been replaced in spots and the outside edges have been shaved. I hope they do a good paint job after. The paint was confusing with the initial road diet and last year's reapplication only made things worse.
I never found it that bad, in a few places the old marks weren't so clearly removed, and a few places errors were made, but most of the road seemed fine.
In any case, the new stuff will be great---for about 3-4 weeks until drivers who drive in the bike lanes cause the paint to wear away.
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(06-07-2017, 12:19 AM)tomh009 Wrote: (06-06-2017, 10:54 PM)The85 Wrote: Fun fact - the Region keeps a list of reserved street names for the cities/townships. This ensures no duplication.
The list can be found here in the Region's open data catalogue - http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/region...ataset.asp
Cambridge holds the vast majority of reserved names.
2104 names reserved by Cambridge (Kitchener 450, Waterloo 246)? Some of the names I don't know why Cambridge would bother or want to reserve I saw Adolf, Anger, Hooker, Loveless, McCash and a few more odd names.
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