TriTAG
@tritag.ca
Tri-Cities Transport Action Group (TriTAG) - a group dedicated to improving walking, biking, and transit in Waterloo Region.
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How long has GO train weekend service from Kitchener been needed? Well, I wrote this 14 years ago, before the weekday commuter-only service first started:
High Demand for Weekend GO Trains
Recently we made a short survey regarding GO Transit service available through our social media networks. It was described as being about the service extension, and we avoided describing its purpose. ...
tritag.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How long has GO train weekend service from Kitchener been needed? Well, I wrote this 14 years ago, before the weekday commuter-only service first started:
GRT Bus Routes 9, 13, 19, & 30 proposed to have cuts next year! Speak Up, Fill Out the Survey, and Contact Your Councillors!
Tell council to fund GRT's business plan, enabling increased service towards a frequent transit network and overnight service. (1/3)
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Tell council to fund GRT's business plan, enabling increased service towards a frequent transit network and overnight service. (1/3)
linktr.ee/no_grt_cuts
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
GRT Bus Routes 9, 13, 19, & 30 proposed to have cuts next year! Speak Up, Fill Out the Survey, and Contact Your Councillors!
Tell council to fund GRT's business plan, enabling increased service towards a frequent transit network and overnight service. (1/3)
linktr.ee/no_grt_cuts
Tell council to fund GRT's business plan, enabling increased service towards a frequent transit network and overnight service. (1/3)
linktr.ee/no_grt_cuts
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Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Wow, big crowd out here in Guelph for the first weekend train. Lots of happy commuters and families going to Toronto for the day.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
Thanks to everyone who pushed to convince Metrolinx that there is demand for weekend service.
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"ION reflects a long-term vision by our regional government across multiple councils. It’s an investment in mobility for the future. We can’t keep growing around cars, and ION helps with growing the region up and not out." Can't argue with this statement from @tritag.ca
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"ION reflects a long-term vision by our regional government across multiple councils. It’s an investment in mobility for the future. We can’t keep growing around cars, and ION helps with growing the region up and not out." Can't argue with this statement from @tritag.ca
Our estimates are that there were 400+ people on this first regularly scheduled weekend train from Kitchener and Toronto, before getting to the GTA!
Join us to ride the first weekend GO Train Kitchener to Toronto! Help us mark a major milestone.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our estimates are that there were 400+ people on this first regularly scheduled weekend train from Kitchener and Toronto, before getting to the GTA!
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Instead of being parked all weekend, this train should be going back and forth between Kitchener and Toronto… and today it is!
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Instead of being parked all weekend, this train should be going back and forth between Kitchener and Toronto… and today it is!
Tomorrow morning! We’ll be in the first car
Join us to ride the first weekend GO Train Kitchener to Toronto! Help us mark a major milestone.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tomorrow morning! We’ll be in the first car
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Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
Onwards to Cambridge! Today's IONizeWR newsletter shares what we heard when the ION stage 2 direction was approved, and why the 2026 GRT budget matters:
Onwards to Cambridge!
Last night, Regional Council formally adopted its decision to extend ION to Cambridge! At the November 4 committee meeting, councillors had voted 15 to 1 for ION to be extended as light rail, for the ...
ionizewr.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Onwards to Cambridge! Today's IONizeWR newsletter shares what we heard when the ION stage 2 direction was approved, and why the 2026 GRT budget matters:
Regional Council is convening now at 150 Frederick and via livestream, and tonight's meeting is the formal ratification for the ION stage 2 recommendation. We'll livetweet ION related discussion in this thread
Council Meeting - November 19, 2025
pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Regional Council is convening now at 150 Frederick and via livestream, and tonight's meeting is the formal ratification for the ION stage 2 recommendation. We'll livetweet ION related discussion in this thread
If Waterloo Region is serious about ION expansion, they need to be serious about starting to implement the Grand River Transit business plan. Cuts to core routes and wrapping ION trains with ads isn't it.
Proposed GRT cuts are short-sighted, residents say
Grand River Transit a hot topic at Region of Waterloo public input session on 2026 budget
www.therecord.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If Waterloo Region is serious about ION expansion, they need to be serious about starting to implement the Grand River Transit business plan. Cuts to core routes and wrapping ION trains with ads isn't it.
Join us at Regional Council chambers tonight at 7pm to see Council's ratification of the option to extend ION as light rail to downtown Cambridge!
Council Meeting - November 19, 2025
pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Join us at Regional Council chambers tonight at 7pm to see Council's ratification of the option to extend ION as light rail to downtown Cambridge!
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The Ontario gvt. is looking to ban bike lanes; Waterloo Region is looking to improve active transportation in Elmira; Kitchener is looking for feedback on their Mobility Plan.
Those are some things happening this month and you can have a say!
cyclewr.ca/2025/11/14/c...
Those are some things happening this month and you can have a say!
cyclewr.ca/2025/11/14/c...
Calls to Action – Bill 60, Elmira Arthur Street Public Meeting, Connected Kitchener
Bill 60 Last year the Province passed Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, which sought to remove 19 kilometres of Toronto’s protected bike lanes. C…
cyclewr.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Ontario gvt. is looking to ban bike lanes; Waterloo Region is looking to improve active transportation in Elmira; Kitchener is looking for feedback on their Mobility Plan.
Those are some things happening this month and you can have a say!
cyclewr.ca/2025/11/14/c...
Those are some things happening this month and you can have a say!
cyclewr.ca/2025/11/14/c...
Join us to ride the first weekend GO Train Kitchener to Toronto! Help us mark a major milestone.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join us to ride the first weekend GO Train Kitchener to Toronto! Help us mark a major milestone.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
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Kitchener’s Downtown Cycling Grid project has earned the 2025 Active Transportation Achievement Award from the Transportation Association of Canada
While there's always more to be done, it's great to see the city receive this recognition 😀🚴🏼♀️
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/k...
While there's always more to be done, it's great to see the city receive this recognition 😀🚴🏼♀️
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/k...
Kitchener's Downtown Cycling Grid wins national award
The City of Kitchener has been given the 2025 Active Transportation Achievement Award thanks to its Downtown Cycling Grid project.
kitchener.citynews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Kitchener’s Downtown Cycling Grid project has earned the 2025 Active Transportation Achievement Award from the Transportation Association of Canada
While there's always more to be done, it's great to see the city receive this recognition 😀🚴🏼♀️
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/k...
While there's always more to be done, it's great to see the city receive this recognition 😀🚴🏼♀️
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/k...
Budget season is here! Speak up for public transit at budget input meetings happening November 18 and December 3 at 6pm. (1/2)
Sign up to speak: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-...
Learn more about the budget and do the survey: www.engagewr.ca/region-water...
Sign up to speak: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-...
Learn more about the budget and do the survey: www.engagewr.ca/region-water...
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Budget season is here! Speak up for public transit at budget input meetings happening November 18 and December 3 at 6pm. (1/2)
Sign up to speak: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-...
Learn more about the budget and do the survey: www.engagewr.ca/region-water...
Sign up to speak: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-...
Learn more about the budget and do the survey: www.engagewr.ca/region-water...
ION Stage 2 LRT passes committee, Kitchener GO expansion, and better bus stops! Here's the latest in transportation in Waterloo Region and where you can get involved!
News roundup: November 8, 2025
First of all, this week the Region’s Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee voted 15 to 1 to support extending ION as light rail all the way to downtown Cambridge! Once ratified, st...
tritag.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
ION Stage 2 LRT passes committee, Kitchener GO expansion, and better bus stops! Here's the latest in transportation in Waterloo Region and where you can get involved!
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#NEWS: Waterloo Regional Council voted 15-1 in favour of the full-route LRT extension to Cambridge, with construction planned to start as early as 2028. Many community members spoke in support of the extension, noting the need for equity, active transportation & housing density in Cambridge.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#NEWS: Waterloo Regional Council voted 15-1 in favour of the full-route LRT extension to Cambridge, with construction planned to start as early as 2028. Many community members spoke in support of the extension, noting the need for equity, active transportation & housing density in Cambridge.
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What a great morning at the Region! Stage 2 ION was approved near unanimously today, and sets the stage for us to secure full funding from the Federal and Provincial governments. Onward to Cambridge — and beyond!
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What a great morning at the Region! Stage 2 ION was approved near unanimously today, and sets the stage for us to secure full funding from the Federal and Provincial governments. Onward to Cambridge — and beyond!
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Great thread to follow along public decisions making on ion to Cambridge
The Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee meeting has started! Delegations about ION stage 2 will be starting shortly. Livestream here:
eSCRIBE Published Meetings
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November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Great thread to follow along public decisions making on ion to Cambridge
The Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee meeting has started! Delegations about ION stage 2 will be starting shortly. Livestream here:
eSCRIBE Published Meetings
pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee meeting has started! Delegations about ION stage 2 will be starting shortly. Livestream here:
Tomorrow morning a key Regional committee will vote on whether to pursue a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge. It's not too late to send a message reinforcing that direction. More info about the staff report in our latest IONizeWR newsletter:
Decision time for how to extend ION to Cambridge
Ahead of Tuesday’s Regional committee meeting, the staff report on the ION initial business case is out, and it recommends an ION light rail extension all the way to downtown Cambridge! The Region of ...
ionizewr.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tomorrow morning a key Regional committee will vote on whether to pursue a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge. It's not too late to send a message reinforcing that direction. More info about the staff report in our latest IONizeWR newsletter:
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Making conclusions on the basis of data from these last few years is a fool’s errand. People stayed at home during the pandemic, WFH reshaped commuting, and we had a boom and bust in college enrollment.
And yet… ridership is above pre-pandemic. The city is growing around ION. It’s working!
And yet… ridership is above pre-pandemic. The city is growing around ION. It’s working!
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Making conclusions on the basis of data from these last few years is a fool’s errand. People stayed at home during the pandemic, WFH reshaped commuting, and we had a boom and bust in college enrollment.
And yet… ridership is above pre-pandemic. The city is growing around ION. It’s working!
And yet… ridership is above pre-pandemic. The city is growing around ION. It’s working!
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Oh hey it’s me — on behalf of @tritag.ca — pushing back against anti-transit narratives in the paper.
Btw put some respect on the ION name — it’s light rail, or perhaps a tram if you’re feeling fancy. Not a streetcar
Btw put some respect on the ION name — it’s light rail, or perhaps a tram if you’re feeling fancy. Not a streetcar
Waterloo Regional government considers extending Ion rail transit into Cambridge despite the weak passenger response to rail transit in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Ion streetcars did not boost transit ridership. But they will, advocate contends
Regional government proposes to extend rail transit into Cambridge despite the weak passenger appeal of rail transit in Kitchener-Waterloo.
www.therecord.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oh hey it’s me — on behalf of @tritag.ca — pushing back against anti-transit narratives in the paper.
Btw put some respect on the ION name — it’s light rail, or perhaps a tram if you’re feeling fancy. Not a streetcar
Btw put some respect on the ION name — it’s light rail, or perhaps a tram if you’re feeling fancy. Not a streetcar