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Allandale25
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Allandale25
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^ Further on this:
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Pedestrian Ion crossing at Fairway finally opens
Residents of Traynor-Vanier neighbourhood have been asking for walkway for years since corridor fenced
www.therecord.com
Monarch Butterfly
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^ Further on this:
Pedestrian Ion crossing at Fairway finally opens
Residents of Traynor-Vanier neighbourhood have been asking for walkway for years since corridor fenced
Finally! Took so long because the designers did not live in the area.
Allandale25
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I Support Light Rail Transit in the Region of Waterloo | At next week's Regional Committee of the Whole meeting, staff will recommend council endorse the Stage 2 ION route in Cambridge and direct staff to be... | Facebook
At next week's Regional Committee of the Whole meeting, staff will recommend council endorse the Stage 2 ION route in Cambridge and direct staff to begin the necessary Transit Project Assessment...
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drum118
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It was the biggest stand out issue I saw when construction first started and I noted it on various boards, as well to the Region. I made sure both the city and the region where informed of this coming issue of forcing people to walk a long way to shop that had no access to a car and a short trip for car drivers. If crossing for cycles and pedestrians could be built elsewhere, there wasn't any reason it couldn't be done here as well. Even used photos of the various area to drive home the need for a crossing here.
Now to take a look at this new crossing, as well shoot it.
Have to take a look at some of the locations for Phase 2 when I can.
Garuda
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Hopefully this phase will be shovel ready in time for post pandemic construction funding.I Support Light Rail Transit in the Region of Waterloo | At next week's Regional Committee of the Whole meeting, staff will recommend council endorse the Stage 2 ION route in Cambridge and direct staff to be... | Facebook
At next week's Regional Committee of the Whole meeting, staff will recommend council endorse the Stage 2 ION route in Cambridge and direct staff to begin the necessary Transit Project Assessment...
H4F33Z
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What's the reason for the long distance for stations between Fairway and Pinebush? The LRT will have to stop at a lot of traffic signals which is ridiculous. At least with Eglinton, most traffic signals are at stops anyway.
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jordanmkasla2009
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Those stations are all major transfer points. ION uses traffic signal priority so very little stopping at traffic signals. this map also doesn't tell the full story about what the line will look like. There's a lot more grade separation planned for stage 2
SaugeenJunction
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Interesting:
robmausser
Senior Member
I believe that long section is most "off road" as in following a road to one side on the river side, so no intersection involvement (3 way intersection and LRT on the side without a street) etc
However you would think that area would want at least one stop somewhere.
Bureaucromancer
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Take a look at the area it actually runs through. Theres nothing there. A stop just before crossing the river into Preston might eventually be useful, but you'd also be talking about a full elevated station to do that.
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robmausser
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Perhaps a park-and-ride then? They have these in the outskirts of Edmonton/Calgary LRTs.
I could see a large catchment of Preston people who would normally drive to work in Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo parking and taking the LRT.
Bureaucromancer
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Park and ride with easy 401 access would be nice, but Sportsworld is pretty good for that without having to get into major interchange reconstructions.
Within Preston one hopes GRT can manage shuttles well enough that park and ride won't really be needed.
Within Preston one hopes GRT can manage shuttles well enough that park and ride won't really be needed.
Streety McCarface
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Based on their botched bus integration in Waterloo and Kitchener, particularly at Kitchener Central, Laurier Waterloo Park, UW, Northfield, Uptown Waterloo, Block line, and to an extent, Conestoga mall, I'm going to assume that's a no.