03
May
Jane's Walks Are Upon Us!
For one weekend every year, cities across the world play hosts to Jane's Walks, a collection of walking
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Chris Klein
27
Nov
Let's make the connection: how can you help?
Last week, we talked about the gap in transit planning around ION and the 202 University Avenue iXpress. Click here
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23
Nov
Missing the connection: Will the University iXpress bypass ION?
Grand River Transit is investing in a new transit plaza next to the University of Waterloo’s ION station. But
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22
Aug
What's in store for Grand River Transit?
What’s in store for GRT? As we prepare for the arrival of ION, the region’s Transit Services has
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22
Mar
Bigger parking lots for new workplaces?
Part 4 in a week-long series on parking in the City of Waterloo draft zoning bylaw.
Is Waterloo’s proposed
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28
Oct
A referendum for the future
The votes are counted, the winners declared, and the dust has settled.
What to make of the election that was
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23
Oct
Myth #5: "LRT won't benefit me."
Over the years, we’ve spoken with citizens all across Waterloo Region about LRT, and we’ve come across both
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22
Oct
Myth #4: "We will be $1.6 billion in debt by 2024."
Yesterday, we covered how cancelling ION would result in an additional half a billion dollars’ road costs, straining regional taxpayers
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21
Oct
Myth #3: "Cancelling LRT will lower your taxes."
Earlier this week, we explained how regional taxpayers would pay more in cancellation than finishing construction, and how LRT operation
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20
Oct
Myth 2 Cost Estimate methodology
In debunking Myth 2, we estimated the cost of running bus service to equal ION’s ridership in 2017 to
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