light-rail

17
Jun

The Week's News

It's Committee week at the Region, which means lots is happening. But first, two other things. Our almost-monthly
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17
May

Ottawa/Borden LRT Alignment

Ottawa St, from King St to Mill St in central Kitchener, currently a two lane road flanked by driveways, single
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24
Mar

LRT Corridor Building Strategy

This weekend was the official launch of the Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy (CBS). (The launch was webcast, as
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20
Mar

University Area LRT Station Spacing

One of the main goals of rapid transit is to decentralize the bus network from a system of hub-and-spoke routes
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13
Mar

LRT Communications Manager Needed

Waterloo Region has a position open for "Manager, Rapid Transit Community Relations" (main job site), and we'
26
Feb

Recent Trends Favour LRT

We read with interest an opinion piece in the Cambridge Times by John Shortreed about a number of developments which,
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19
Feb

Clues to King/Victoria Transit Hub Plans

A sign at the northwest corner of Kitchener's King / Victoria intersection proclaims the future home of an inter-modal
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11
Feb

Regional Updates

Much of note was approved at last week's Waterloo Regional Council meeting and at the one before that.
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05
Feb

Potential Pitfalls of LRT P3

This Tuesday at 6pm is the staff presentation and public meeting on LRT procurement and delivery -- or, how much
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26
Jan

LRT Procurement Recommendation Released

The Region has released its staff report recommending an LRT procurement strategy, which will determine the approach used to design,
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