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Active transportation projects

These active transportation initiatives across Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo were completed thanks to project funding through the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF) and the Public Transit Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).

These projects make it easier to combine walking and cycling with transit.

  • This unique “Rail with Trail” is an all ages and abilities in all seasons trail that connects Northfield ION Station to St. Jacobs Market area and surrounding employers
  • The Market Trail includes:
    • Trail lighting with rest areas
    • Bike parking with space for bike share and e-scooter share programs
    • Direct access paths to key workplaces, as well as the Trans-Canada Trail and Woolwich Trails network
    • Winter maintained paths

Market Trail with bench and pavement markings

  • New lighting and shared-use trails connecting the station to Laurel Trail and Phillip Street
  • Pedestrian amenities
  • Wayfinding signs
  • Landscaping

Pedestrian areas at Research and Technology Station

  • New shared-use trails along Lackner with lighting and connections to iXpress stops and the Westchester Drive neighbourhood

Westchester Drive path lighting

  • New shared-use trail and lighting connecting GRT stops and the Trinity Village Care Centre

Multi-use trail and path lighting near Trinity Village

  • New sidewalk
  • New shared-use trail and cycling lane connecting Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo campuses to Laurier-Waterloo Park Station

Cyclist using the bike lane on Seagram Drive

  • New shared-use boardwalk at ION crossing to complete active transportation network through Waterloo Park to/from Laurier-Waterloo Park Station.

Pedestrian walking on the boardwalk in Waterloo Park

  • New benches at GRT stops on Erb St
  • New sidewalk connecting to Waterloo Memorial Rec Complex

  • Widening and new lighting on central section of shared-use Iron Horse Trail
  • New shared-use trail branch to downtown Kitchener and future transit hub at Central Station
  • Phase 2 Central Station Trail construction funded by Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program

  • New shared-use trail with lighting connecting Mill Station to future new development on the former Schneiders site

Mill Station Trail running alongside ION light rail tracks

  • New sheltered bike parking at Fairway and Cambridge Centre stations

Covered bike parking at Cambridge Centre Station

  • New sidewalk from local GRT stops to nearby businesses

  • Sidewalk infill/trail upgrade through rail crossing connecting local transit stops and Manchester Public School

  • Largest bike parking installation by the Region and GRT
  • More than 100 new bike racks at express stops system-wide for use by transit riders, future bikeshare, and community 

iXpress shelter with bike parking

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Phone: 519-585-7555