Week in review: October 2, 2017

News October 2, 2017 Mike Boos

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Consultations, feedback, and events

TRANS CANADA TRAIL: Potential realignment between UW and St. Jacobs farmer’s market
PEDESTRIANS: Feedback on ION from the Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
Volunteer Committees:
- Climate Action WR Transportation Sector Committee applications due Oct 15
- Regional Active Transportation Advisory Committee applications due Oct 6
- Grand River Accessibility Advisory Committee, applications due Oct 13
CLIMATE ACTION: Imagine Our Future survey
DUKE STREET: Chalk and Chat
ION FIX-IT LIST: What details need correcting?
CAMBRIDGE: Transportation Master Plan
KITCHENER:
- Urban forest – “speak for the trees,” comments due Oct 20
- Placemaking grants application deadline extended to Oct 23
TRANSIT:
- Transit affordability study – call for participants
- 2018 Grand River Transit service changes, Oct 3, 16, 18 (online)
BARRIERS: Highway 7/8 multi-use trail crossing
REGION: Trade-offs in transportation

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Week in review: September 25, 2017

News September 25, 2017 Mike Boos

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Consultations, feedback, and events

PEDESTRIANS: Feedback on ION from the Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
Volunteer Committees:
- Climate Action WR Transportation Sector Committee applications due Oct 15
- Regional Active Transportation Advisory Committee applications due Oct 6
- Grand River Accessibility Advisory Committee, applications due Oct 13
CLIMATE ACTION: Imagine Our Future survey
UW BIKE AUCTION: Sept 27 12-1pm
ION FIX-IT LIST: What details need correcting?
CAMBRIDGE: Transportation Master Plan
KITCHENER: Urban forest – “speak for the trees,” comments due Oct 20
TRANSIT:
- Transit affordability study – call for participants
- 2018 Grand River Transit service changes, Sept 27, Oct 3, 16, 18 (online)
BARRIERS: Highway 7/8 multi-use trail crossing
REGION: Trade-offs in transportation

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Week in review: September 18, 2017

News September 18, 2017 Mike Boos

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Consultations, feedback, and events

PEDESTRIANS: Feedback on ION from the Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
Volunteer Committees:
- Climate Action WR Transportation Sector Committee applications due Oct 15
- Regional Active Transportation Advisory Committee applications due Oct 6
ION FIX-IT LIST: What details need correcting?
CAMBRIDGE: Transportation Master Plan
TRANSIT:
- Transit affordability study – call for participants
- 2018 Grand River Transit service changes, Sept 18, 21, 27, Oct 3, 16, 18 (online)
BARRIERS: Highway 7/8 multi-use trail crossing
REGION:
- Trade-offs in transportation
- Moving Forward progress report and consultation Sept 19

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Week in review: September 11, 2017

News September 11, 2017 Mike Boos

Consultations, feedback, and events

HOLD THE LINE: a cycling and folk music festival celebrating Waterloo Region’s Countryside Line, Sept 16
DOORS OPEN: Visit the ION operations and maintenance facility, Sept 16
PEDESTRIANS: Feedback on ION from the Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
CLIMATE ACTION: Transportation Sector Committee applications due Oct 15
ION FIX-IT LIST: What details need correcting?
PETITION: Make Benton street safe for families and pedestrians
CAMBRIDGE: Transportation Master Plan
TRANSIT:
- Transit affordability study – call for participants
- 2018 Grand River Transit service changes, Sept 13, 18, 21, 27, Oct 3, 16, 18 (online)
BARRIERS: Highway 7/8 multi-use trail crossing
REGION:
- Trade-offs in transportation
- Moving Forward progress report and consultation Sept 12, 13, 19

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Week in review: September 5, 2017

News September 5, 2017 Mike Boos

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Consultations, feedback, and events

HOLD THE LINE: a cycling and folk music festival celebrating Waterloo Region’s Countryside Line, Sept 16
ION FIX-IT LIST: What details need correcting?
PETITION: Make Benton street safe for families and pedestrians
CAMBRIDGE: Transportation Master Plan
TRANSIT:
- Transit affordability study – call for participants
- New Directions 2017-2021 Grand River Transit plan, Sept 13, 18, 21, 27, Oct 3
BARRIERS: Highway 7/8 multi-use trail crossing
REGION:
- Trade-offs in transportation
- Moving Forward progress report and consultation Sept 12, 13, 19

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Week in review: August 26, 2017

News August 26, 2017 Mike Boos

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Consultations, feedback, and events

ION FIX-IT LIST: What details need correcting?
KITCHENER: Urban Forest
CAMBRIDGE: Transportation Master Plan
TRANSIT: New Directions 2017-2021 Grand River Transit plan, Sept 13, 18, 21, 27, Oct 3
BARRIERS: Highway 7/8 multi-use trail crossing
REGION:
- Trade-offs in transportation
- Moving Forward progress report and consultation Sept 12, 13, 19

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Week in review: August 19, 2017

News August 19, 2017 Mike Boos

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Consultations, feedback, and events

ION FIX-IT LIST: What details need correcting?
KITCHENER: Urban Forest
CAMBRIDGE: Transportation Master Plan
TRANSIT: New Directions 2017-2021 Grand River Transit plan, Sept 13, 18, 21, 27, Oct 3
BARRIERS: Highway 7/8 multi-use trail crossing
REGION:
- Iron Horse Trail to transit hub at Planning & Works, August 22 1pm
- Trade-offs in transportation
- Moving Forward progress report and consultation Sept 12, 13, 19

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The inevitable consequence of failing to design intersections for people who bike

News August 17, 2017 Mike Boos

Yesterday, a 12 year old was struck by a transport truck while cycling through the intersection of Hespeler and Can-Amera Parkway. (A GoFundMe page has been set up by a family friend to assist the family as he recovers.) We don’t have many details at this point what happened, although police suggest the child may have been riding on the sidewalk before entering the roadway.

There is a multi-use pathway along the south side of Can-Amera. We don’t know if the victim had been using this path, or had intended to use it. But the way in which this path meets the intersection should raise some uncomfortable questions among our local traffic engineers. It, like many similar paths throughout the Region, lacks a proper way to cross the intersection on a bike. (more…)