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Drivers have slowed on average by almost five km per hour on Waterloo streets, after city hall reduced speed limits to 40 km/h on more streets. Some roads even saw speed reductions of over 10 km/h. (1/3) www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

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How are provincial parties promising to improve transit? Read what provincial parties are promising on key transit issues and learn about how to vote: ttcriders.ca/on2025 Election day in Ontario is Thursday, February 27th, 2025. #OntarioElection #OntarioVotes2025 #TTC

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Today is election day! Vote at your assigned voting location from 9AM to 9PM. You do not need your voter information card to vote. Bring one piece of ID with your name and home address when you go to vote. See where your candidate stands on transit & bike lanes here: tritag.ca/ontario-elec...

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Election on Thursday, snow clearing, high-speed rail, and much more in our fresh news roundup!

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ICYMI: we asked MPP candidates in Cambridge, Kitchener Centre, Kitchener South—Hespeler, Kitchener—Conestoga, and Waterloo about provincial transit and bike lane policies relevant to Waterloo Region:

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LINK IN BIO: Together with @tritag.ca , @taaguelph.bsky.social, Conestoga Students Inc, we inquired about candidates' inter-city transit platforms in Waterloo Region, Guelph, and Brantford. To see the candidates’ answers, view the questionnaire via our bio.

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Today is the last day for early voting for the Ontario election! Before you go, check out how your Waterloo Region, Brantford—Brant, Guelph, & Wellington—Halton Hills candidates responded to our transportation questionnaire in partnership w/ @taaguelph.bsky.social @moretransitso.bsky.social (1/2)

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Thanks @adamadonaldson.bsky.social for raising the need for better Regional Transit in the Watershed area. Local groups @tritag.ca, @taaguelph.bsky.social & @moretransitso.bsky.social have joined together to advocate for better regional connections. Stay tuned! www.guelphtoday.com/columns/mark...

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Happening tomorrow night (Feb 19) 5:30-7:00pm at Waterloo Memorial Recreation Centre: community session on High-Performance Development Standards. Click the link for more info or for the online survey which closes March 17th. www.engagewr.ca/high-perform...

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A weekend GO train from Kitchener! See, it’s possible!

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send this to your valentine (or galentine)! bonus message: not even slow zones can't slow down our love for each other

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Who needs a Valentine when you could have frequent, affordable, and reliable transit! (1/3)

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Study shows why bike lane projects are controversial and what cities can do to make it easier. momentummag.com/study-bicycl...

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TONIGHT: Woolwich Council Chambers @ 5:30-7:00 pm community session on High-Performance Development Standards (HPDS). The HPDS embeds the energy transition and climate resilience into the planning approvals process. Standards include EV parking & charging and design that encourages mobility.

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Thank you #Guelph City Council for supporting the proposal for bus and train service between #Guelph and #Cambridge. We encourage #Metrolinx to move quickly with this request as this is a much needed service for our area. @tritag.ca @moretransitso.bsky.social www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/c...

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Transit as an election issue, development standards, U-Pass referenda, and more in our latest news roundup for the last two weeks:

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Join the Winter Bike to Work Day organized by the City of Kitchener, on Feb 14th at 7:30am. The ride makes use of protected bike lanes, making it comfortable for those new to winter cycling. The ride starts at Otto St, in front of Centre in the Square and ends at Cafe Pyrus on King St.

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Goals

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If they’re called GO trains, why are they STOPPED all weekend long in Kitchener?

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Protected intersections, bike lane politics, transit project, and more in our latest news roundup:

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MTSO was able to attend a webinar on the Toronto-Chicago passenger rail service being planned by VIA Rail Canada and Amtrak. Here’s what we learned:

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You should be able to trust the #TTC to show up when you expect it to. Andy Takagi covers our new report about TTC metrics vs. how riders actually experience service. The TTC's bunching reduction pilot is an opportunity for new, transparent metrics. www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc...

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Ontario just announced a $500 million investment to refurbish 181 GO Transit bi-level rail coaches at the Alstom plant in Thunder Bay with new seating, doors, flooring, walls and ceilings, upgraded washrooms, updated electrical outlets with USB ports and new HVAC control systems.

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Downtown parking, GRT turns 25, and growing up not out — this and more in our news roundup for the last two weeks:

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City of Kitchener launching survey for new parking policies in downtown core with questions on travel behaviour, parking habits, challenges, and support for changes. Eliminating 2-hour parking in Kitchener’s downtown core for 15-minute spots is one of the scenarios being explored.

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Nice to see Activate Transit Windsor Essex on here — welcome!

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Our news roundup for the last month: GRT cuts averted, Guelph-Cambridge trains, construction costs, and more:

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Our news roundup for the last month: GRT cuts averted, Guelph-Cambridge trains, construction costs, and more:

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Just thinking about how good GRT's proposed 2025-2030 plan is: extensive frequent network, overnight network, highway express. Ion put us on the map as a small North American region with light rail, and this would do the same for the whole transit system. We'll need to fight to make sure it happens!

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Fun Fact: Ever heard of the proposed GO Transit Kitchener-London Line? This line was proposed by the Government of Ontario in 2014 as a way to enhance transit connectivity between these cities after the Toronto-London High Speed Rail Line opened. This line was never built.

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2024 Kitchener-Waterloo Metrolinx highlights include: - A completed "key package of work" on the Kitchener GO Line between Georgetown & Kitchener in May (www.metrolinx.com/en/discover/...) - A new 2.6km passing track in Breslau and advanced signal system were put into place on the Kitchener Line

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🥳🥳 It's official! 🎉 🎉 All GRT route cuts have been defeated and we get to keep our bus stop garbage bins! To see more information about the votes on service expansion, cuts, and fare increases, check out our thread below!

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The Region of Waterloo budget is not final yet, but Councillors fortunately did not have much appetite for cutting any Grand River Transit service. Many more details here:

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Today is the last day to fill out the Charles St Terminal Redevelopment Survey! www.engagewr.ca/charles-stre...

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