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Yesterday, 01:42 PMDouble check that Teksavvy offers the 25/10 speed where you live. I have seen differences between Bell's offerings and Teksavvy's in various areas,...19 replies | 1650 view(s) -
05-22-2013, 04:45 PMSpeaking as a former resident of Cherry, you'd never notice the difference. It gets a surprising amount of bypass traffic from Victoria between...222 replies | 33309 view(s)
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05-21-2013, 01:37 PMOh boy, you're on your own.767 replies | 126689 view(s)
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05-21-2013, 01:21 PMThis is an interesting statistic, BuildingScout. Are you saying that 50% rent a car (and that some portion of the remaining 50% bring their own cars)...742 replies | 128265 view(s)
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05-09-2013, 10:30 PMDuring the downtown Jane's Walk, councilor Vrbanovic said that an announcement on the ex-Delta hotel in Kitchener was forthcoming soon.742 replies | 128265 view(s)
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05-07-2013, 05:07 PMUrbanWaterloo, I like your first picture in that set. The layering of houses in the foreground and successively taller buildings in the background...179 replies | 48617 view(s)
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04-23-2013, 09:55 AMIt may be nice to have grander digs for Waterloo City Council, but one aspect you mentioned (part of it is leased out) tells me that the city...547 replies | 94481 view(s)
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04-23-2013, 09:38 AMThis is disappointing. It seems to me that pedestrian access up to Alexandra should be a priority. Given that the property extends there, I see no...31 replies | 5098 view(s)
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04-22-2013, 08:42 PMA reasonable point, though you didn't make it clear in your previous post that it was useless to you. I have to make similar decisions (the GRH...765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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04-18-2013, 01:00 PMI strongly disagree with this conclusion. And I believe 200 iXpress' status carrying around 1/3 of GRT's daily boardings is firm evidence that not...765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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04-17-2013, 01:14 PMI was working my way towards that point as you probably noticed. :) We're on the same track here. However, I was presenting the view that may be...765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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04-17-2013, 11:49 AMI believe that many (perhaps most) in that area are converted walking trips, or induced trips (trips that would not have happened without the...765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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04-17-2013, 09:46 AMWhile they are all different routes, not spaced evenly and none of the routes are truly frequent (except possibly the 10 minute 200), there are an...765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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04-15-2013, 11:52 AMHomewood is one of my favourites when business traveling. Their suites are nice for any stay longer than a night or two, when I start thinking about...8 replies | 585 view(s)
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04-11-2013, 09:12 AMThe exciting part? We'll have data to at least partially answer this question of effectiveness.502 replies | 49855 view(s)
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04-10-2013, 01:55 PMTriTAG had a hand in one small part of the report, and also some words to council. I think its main effect will be to get (some of the) bikes off...502 replies | 49855 view(s)
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04-10-2013, 01:50 PMPlus, recording booth insulation (foam & porous boards) are mostly designed to cut reflected sound. To eliminate sound passing through, you need a...20 replies | 616 view(s)
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04-10-2013, 09:28 AMI'm a little confused: what is not residential about townhouses? Or is "residential" shorthand for something else?20 replies | 616 view(s)
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04-10-2013, 09:22 AMI doubt the courthouse has had a chance to have an effect yet. My (single-day, I don't work there, YMMV) observation standing in a long line for...767 replies | 126689 view(s)
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04-04-2013, 08:24 PMMore anecdotal evidence of someone who saw some empty buses. Cancel all transit! You know, I don't get why we're widening Weber St. I was on it...2991 replies | 311767 view(s)
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03-29-2013, 10:08 AMOh hey, so flickr does provide handy pregenerated BBCode. Nice to see how Lens was posting so neatly. A little something from downtown last night:...94 replies | 12763 view(s)
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03-27-2013, 09:27 AMElmiraGuy: GRT is apparently aware of your problems, according to this tweet: https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW/status/316892848706445312 These days I...765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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03-21-2013, 10:39 AMSchooner77, Welcome to the board! The LRT stop for Allen was recently revised. It will be at King & Allen, so on the other side of the Bauer...126 replies | 11030 view(s)
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03-20-2013, 02:38 PMzanate replied to a thread Proposed Phillip Street Student Housing Complex | 5 buildings | 25 floors in University ZonePerhaps the houses' prices will no longer be dictated by how many rental rooms they bring to a drastically underserved market, and become affordable...53 replies | 8791 view(s)
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03-18-2013, 08:46 AMThis article from the Star provides a lot of information on the project as well as background on KW for readers. But certain environmental aspects...124 replies | 20924 view(s)
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03-16-2013, 11:24 AMI am looking forward to seeing this tested. 300 Phillip has great access to multiple transit lines including LRT and (soon to be) 2 iXpress lines....37 replies | 3766 view(s)
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03-16-2013, 09:52 AMMcLennan Park. Click through the pic to see exactly where (I geotagged it on flickr.)179 replies | 48617 view(s)
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03-15-2013, 04:15 PMIt's an apples-to-garbage comparison: the current pattern of building in that neighbourhood has been incredibly unhealthy in providing units that...37 replies | 3766 view(s)
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03-15-2013, 01:16 PMFair point, but still an improvement, considering the degenerate circumstances under which 0.2 spaces per bed was achieved.37 replies | 3766 view(s)
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03-15-2013, 09:44 AMLast night, during a break from my failed attempt to spot a comet, I took this shot of downtown Kitchener from almost exactly where Lens stood for...179 replies | 48617 view(s)
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03-13-2013, 03:43 PMYup, the 201/202 switch between Blackberry and Conestoga Mall took me by surprise: it wasn't in the council docs from a few weeks ago. I don't...765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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03-13-2013, 10:54 AMSage IV was mysteriously destroyed, but will appear in a later season, when residents of Sage V discover a strange portal and use it to travel back...146 replies | 26692 view(s)
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03-13-2013, 10:51 AMInteresting question, but impossible to answer without first finding out what else changed along with the removal of the third track from the plan....86 replies | 9436 view(s)
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03-13-2013, 10:28 AMOn the positive side, the proposed 2013 GRT service improvements are now available here. Public consultations next week.765 replies | 97408 view(s)
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03-12-2013, 03:43 PMThanks for this tidbit. I was wondering the same thing as ScottIBM in this case. Straightforward grids would be less challenging, but not...86 replies | 9436 view(s)
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03-12-2013, 02:39 PMI'm from KW. "You were born here?" Nope. "You grew up here?" Nope. First came here for university.29 replies | 1043 view(s)
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03-09-2013, 04:23 PMI'm not trying to suggest it is a capital-N Need and the one thing that needs to be fixed. Failure to allow for it is a weakness, though. Similar...124 replies | 20924 view(s)
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03-08-2013, 10:19 AMI'm not minding the podiums, to be honest. Is it form or function that irks you?37 replies | 3766 view(s)
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03-08-2013, 08:29 AMThey may have to. That's what troubles me: the complex is insular. No through routes means no potential as a new node for surrounding...124 replies | 20924 view(s)
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03-07-2013, 11:58 AMI think Duck is wondering about the significance of that fact. Transit plans have been chucked out by new governments before. Toronto is past...2991 replies | 311767 view(s)
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03-07-2013, 09:05 AMThis development leaves me feeling... pretty blah. It's another "complex", with roads that lead in but not through. I don't even see any clear...124 replies | 20924 view(s)
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03-04-2013, 11:06 AMAmazing. Between '98 and '00 I worked for a small software company that rented the house just inside Gate 1 of the landfill from the Region (which...639 replies | 115126 view(s)
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03-04-2013, 10:57 AMThe reduced parking requirement is a big deal. Substantially less than 1 spot per unit! Imagine what this development would look like if they had to...37 replies | 3766 view(s)
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03-01-2013, 03:24 PMzanate replied to a thread Proposed King & Victoria Intermodal Station in Transportation and InfrastructureThe first mentioned trail is the long-awaited Spur Trail that has a thread already. Its status is planned, but not funded for 2013. The second is...323 replies | 52999 view(s)
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02-19-2013, 09:19 PMI don't want to let this one slip by. I'm interested to learn more. Are you seeing anything in particular? Residential parking filled up? Outside...126 replies | 11030 view(s)
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02-15-2013, 09:59 AMGiven that we've already confirmed that the City of Waterloo intends to do full public consultation on the trail relocation, I wonder: is Mady...126 replies | 11030 view(s)
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02-12-2013, 02:04 PMIndeed, I second this sentiment. No matter what your stance is on the topic! (I'm pretty sure even the people I disagree with on this board could...2991 replies | 311767 view(s)
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02-04-2013, 04:25 PMResponse calibrated for cynical tone and noted; I would rather wait to flip the desk until there is evidence more concrete. I wouldn't mind...126 replies | 11030 view(s)
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02-04-2013, 02:07 PMTrevor Hawkins, development planner at the City of Waterloo, has stated by email "There will be no changes to the process regarding the Iron Horse...126 replies | 11030 view(s)
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01-29-2013, 09:55 PMThanks for the note about Kickoff. I like the place, but I very rarely go there, so I didn't know they had picked up Rogue too. (Someone on twitter...767 replies | 126689 view(s)
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01-28-2012
- 09:48 AM - zanate quoted Pheidippides in post Light Rail TransitPerhaps I missed it in the posted...
01-11-2012
- 07:34 AM - zanate quoted BigCityBoy in post The BarrelYards | 78 m | 25 flAmazing use of concrete, really...
01-06-2012
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12-16-2011
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10-18-2011
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08-21-2011
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