I certainly wasn't trying to point out any sort of conspiracy. I'm just pointing towards a local project as evidence that politics can cause a highway project to be indefinitely delayed, just like you pointed to projects that can be expedited when there's political will. The highway 7 project...

Speaking as a KW local, the Highway 7 delays are extra frustrating because they're preventing the Region of Waterloo from progressing on other rapid transit plans, too. Victoria Street has been identified for a road diet and rapid transit (likely BRT) after the completion of Highway 7. It's...

Whoops! I should finish my coffee before trying to contribute. Happy to provide an extra example I guess

Some extra perspective from Waterloo Region, there are other intersections that have bus priority signals like here at King & Victoria. In this case, there's a dedicated bus queue jump lane in the far right lane (to the right of the Google Maps car in this case). The light will remain red in all...

My understanding is that the property at the corner of Weber & Victoria was intended to be used for construction staging and as a parking lot. But since the courts ruled that the homeless encampment couldn't be forcefully evicted, the Region needed to buy this property instead to advance this...

To be honest, I'm not thoroughly up-to-date on this tech. Using batteries for regular grid storage is well known, but using them to meet inertia demands seems like a novel concept. The field of power electronics is constantly advancing at a rapid pace, especially since the advent of software...

Hey, thanks for the questions! These are all really good, so hopefully I can answer them well. Every power grid is certainly unique with respect to the quantity and size and distribution of their generation stations. Largely, their grids will still be powered primarily from bigger generators...

Hey all. Long time lurker, first time poster. Considering how this topic falls into my area of expertise, I thought it would be fun to chime in! First, as others have mentioned, Ontario is expected to see a large increase in 'base' demand in the coming decades. To meet this increase in demand...