News roundup: November 6, 2026

By Tri-Cities Transport Action Group

Here's the latest in walking, biking, and transit news from the last week or so for Waterloo Region.

What's happening

• ACCESSIBILITY: The Region of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo are recruiting members to serve on the Grand River Accessibility Advisory Committee (GRAAC). Applications are due by November 19. (EngageWR, Region of Waterloo)

Walking, biking, and streets

• The Record: New North Dumfries mayor weighs options for increased road safety. Mayor Rodney Rolleman wants to explore traffic calming measures while working with regional council to take back control of certain regional roads.
• CityNews Kitchener: E-scooter rider dies of injuries after collision, update.
• A 15-year old e-scooter rider was seriously hurt in a collision with a car. Police noted that the youth wasn't wearing a helmet, but shared no information about the cause of the collision. (CKWR)
• CBC: Cyclist taken to hospital with serious injuries after collision with SUV
• CBC: Deaths of 4 teens in single-vehicle Ontario crash 'felt deeply' in community, Puslinch mayor says.

Transit

• Metrolinx will be starting tree removal and excavation along the Kitchener line just west of Guelph Central station to prepare for adding a second mainline track on the corridor. (Metrolinx construction notice)
• Infrastory: The Impossible Is Often Possible. Level boarding is a solved problem, even in North America.
• Metrolinx (YouTube): Autumn commute from Stratford to Toronto. Hop on board and watch the sun roll out of bed as we travel from Stratford GO making all station stops to Bramalea GO, then express to Toronto's Union Station in our fourth full-trip ride along.

The shape of our cities

• The Record: ‘Turning on the engine’: Scott Hamilton plans to get Cambridge moving
• The Record: Waterloo’s new mayor is city council’s most conservative voice. How will she govern?
• The Record: Opinion | Regional council says goodbye to an elected chair. What now? The new unelected regional chair will be chosen by Premier Doug Ford's government within a few weeks. Time is running out to stop it from happening, Luisa D'Amato writes.
• The Record: Opinion | Proposed Wilmot mega-site is not a done deal. Writer A.S. Compton argues that Premier Doug Ford could still reverse the plan for an industrial mega-site in Wilmot Township, if enough people object to it and let him know.
• Region of Waterloo: Waterloo Region municipalities launch a new pilot program, inviting developers to collaborate on building for the future
• Narwhal: How the Ford government’s new omnibus bill could affect Ontarians’ say in environmental decisions. The Ontario government’s proposed Bill 140 would create exemptions for public posting on the environmental registry and limit avenues for residents to raise concerns
• CityNews: Federal budget outlines plan to end homelessness within 10 years

Elsewhere

• Sean Marshall: Three years of injury and death on Toronto’s streets. With the support of Walk Toronto, I have created a map of all serious injuries and deaths suffered by pedestrians and cyclists in motor vehicle collisions within the City of Toronto, between September 15, 2023 and September 15, 2026.
• CTVNews: Regina city council prioritizing pedestrian, cyclist road safety after string of collisions
• Streetsblog: Midterm Results: Big Wins for Transit, Walking, and Biking. Car dependency lost in races up and down the ballot on Tuesday.