Charles Street Terminal is our opportunity to be bold. To do things differently, we must look at ways of retaining public ownership and set affordable & non-market housing targets. That’s why I was happy to have Committees support today in asking staff to come back with options to do just that.

My 2025 stained glass patterns has finally gone live... long time coming I know. Enjoy the smiling dumpster and the four versions of the strawberries. 🗑️🍓 www.danielhachbold.ca/stained-glas...

❄️🐧❄️New penguin stained glass patterns just waddled in!❄️🐧❄️ Two forms: one smaller ornament sized, and one larger more angular. Larger one could also be a mirror. (Not pictured. Idea came after completed...) www.danielhachbold.ca/stained-glas...

💝🥰💘Happy Valentine's Day!🍫🌹💌 May love find us all in good time. Perhaps this heart shape arrow will do the trick! 😉 Enjoy the pattern and enjoy the day with someone special! ♥️ www.danielhachbold.ca/stained-glas...

We’re thrilled that there’s now some weekend trains from Kitchener, but what’s the hold up for the all-day frequent GO trains? We dive in here:

For the KW transit & history nerds — @swanboatsteve.bsky.social took some great photos in 1973 of the last of the Kitchener Public Utility Commission trolleybuses. Surprisingly many places are still recognizable

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.

Have you heard of the Transit Death Spiral? It's happening right now in Metro Vancouver. Nic Laporte explains it perfectly in this video in collaboration with Movement. Do you think we can flip this downward spiral into growth that serves the needs of our region?

Here’s something that could make Canada Post profitable — like it did before -- but instead Mark Carney wants to gut our national post office. That’s no way to build a nation. #canlab #cdnpoli #postal #canpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Weekend trains to Owen Sound on Saturdays in the *deep breaths* 1930s, but the most Metrolinx can give Waterloo Region in 2025 is a special Oktoberfest train going in the opposite direction, so people can come experience the glorious tradition of downing lukewarm beers under a tent at Bingemans

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Car-free cities are: ✅ thriving cities ✅ healthy cities ✅ care free cities ✅ fun cities ✅ active cities ✅ inclusive cities ✅ free cities #WorldCarFreeDay

Light the trails and people will use them at night too

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem. It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project. It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

"We need to consider banning right on red in all downtown intersections. You shouldn’t be taking your life in your hands every time you walk or cycle," says Ottawa councillor Ariel Troster. Yes, please. buff.ly/RGzRXFS

I'm launching a RedBubble shop. www.redbubble.com/people/Danie... My Etsy shop will be transitioning to selling stained glass patterns in the near future. More designs to come soon...

I don’t know who needs to hear this but we don’t vote for a prime minister, we vote for riding MPs. And in Kitchener Centre I couldn’t ask for a better representative in Ottawa than Mike Morrice

📐🍓Angular Stained Glass Strawberries📐🍓 My final pattern came out more angular than my original design concepts. But it was easier with the tools I have at the moment. Limitations sometimes drives designs.

🍓Prototype stained glass strawberry patterns & design process.🍓 I loved all the original pattern iterations as much as the final, but with tools I have vs don’t (really could use a grinder), the final was the way to go. I’m happy with how it turned out, see tomorrow’s post.

Has anyone considered having these trains going back and forth between Kitchener and Toronto on the weekends instead of being parked all day long?

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable streets.

Great tips for Canadians looking for more durable, longer lasting clothes in tough times when budgets are tight, future is uncertain, and often influx. youtu.be/fuVU64m1sbw?...

Silly Smiling Dumpster My first stained glass piece completed. I’m so happy learning a new hobby, but I’ve still got a lot to learn, and improve. (Like I need to get better at copper foil tape + soldering, for sure). Much different experience than electronics soldering, for sure. :)

Having fun with a new hobby, still trying to figure everything out. Soldering tomorrow, will post when done. :)

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

Reminder local libraries rock! youtu.be/1-dPxNWfNW4?...

These GO trains are again parked here in Kitchener all weekend instead of going back and forth to Toronto. Hope Metrolinx has a New Year’s resolution to finally get us weekend train service

For the local transit users did you know GRT (Grand River Transit), turns 25 today? First day of operation January 1, 2000 taking over from Kitchener Transit, and Cambridge Transit. Kind of miss the Red & Orange color schemes but nice having a unified network. Hoping for more growth over the next 25

Looking back at 2024 Overall it was a good year. I'm always improving and learning. I attended my first art market. I just like to wrap up 2024 by saying thanks for all the new followers, the likes, the shares, and all the kind words. #artvsartist2024 #artvsartist

🎅☕️🥛🍪🐈‍⬛🎁🎄Happy night before Christmas! I hope everyone stays cozy with a cup of hot cocoa (or warm drink) and is not dealing with typical pet shenanigans! 🎅☕️🥛🍪🐈‍⬛🎁🎄

@moretransitso.bsky.social linkthewatershedtransit.wordpress.com 👀👀👀

I made some bolo boa this weekend and I absolutely love them! They’re going to be something I make pretty often

I think Waterloo region should go for having the most competently run transit system, and well planned transportation system in Canada - it could totally pull it off, and the region has a history with doing great stuff.

I think KW has an appetite for ambitious transportation improvements, but not the Region as a whole.

#2819 This is probably the kind of thing I would draw if I was an artist in medieval times

When I visit a new city, I try to make it a point to see their public libraries. They often have some of the most unique and intricate architectures. And I could go on and on about the social benefits they bring to communities. The world needs less suburban sprawl and more public libraries!

Winter has arrived in KW! First major snow of the year! 🥳❄️⛄️

big: all local road speed limits reduced to 30 km/h citywide. there's a massive increase in survivability going from 40 km/h to 30 km/h - the fatality rate for a collision between a car and a person at 30 km/h is 1/3rd of what it is at 40 km/h. this program will be complete in 2028. 2/8

You don't need to have wide roads in order to build safe cycling infrastructure.

Finally, some good news! The Kitchener Central Transit Hub is due to start construction in 2025 archive.ph/2024.11.30-1...

a while back i made this low poly gameboy using blockbench #blockbench #3d #lowpoly

The 2024 mind cannot comprehend Southern Ontario railways in 1951.

Reminder that some of the hotlines people are sharing for crisis conversations 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, regardless of what your wishes are. These ones won't. Add'l notes in the 🧵

Happy Halloween Y’all! Penguin is dressed up as a pirate this Halloween. After a long day of plundering the big box store’s candy section, it is time to enjoy the loot! 🎃🍭🍬🍫👻🪦🦇 Are you dressing up tonight? If so, what as?

Come get free ION station pins this Saturday at Waterloo Public Square from 1-3pm and talk about transit funding with us!

👻🔪🎃😱 Oh! My! Gourd! Ghosty strikes again, poor pumpkin! 🍬🍫🎃🪦💀😈

👻🔪😱 La Gasp it is a ghost! I wonder what crimes this ghosty is up to this year! Tehe! 🍬🍫🎃🪦💀😈

My Etsy shop has been refreshed with 5 new stickers (Canada and Worldwide), and my 4 latest button designs (Canada only). danielhachbold.etsy.com P.S. Enamel Pins are art market exclusives, sorry. Even domestic shipping costs became too excessive.

I’ll be at KWCreators’ Twilight Trinket Market at The Button Factory in Uptown Waterloo on August 30th from 7:30pm to Midnight. This is both KW Creators’ first art market, and also my first time vending as an artist. If you are in town please check it out! Less than a week to go!