City of Waterloo Website
It’s your City. It’s your website. The goal of this site is to make the City’s website the best it can be. Share your ideas with us and the community. Feel free to add to, vote and comment on what’s already here. After all, you know best.
48 results found
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Smartphone friendly website
I hardly ever use my computer. I'd like the website to work on my smartphone (blackberry, android or iphone)
36 votes -
Encourage and post all feedback even if it might be critical of city services
Democracy supports uncensored debate among its members. This site should not filter or moderate submissions from its citizens even if they are critical of city services or staff. How else can the city improve unless it removes its hands from its ears. How else can we admit to what needs improvement and seek suggestions and alternatives from an educated and involved public? Don't let this site become just a PR vehicle. If that is all that it is, there will be no compelling reason to come back to it.
33 votes -
Create one website.
How do people even know how to get to waterloo.uservoice.com? How would the public learn that there are suggestions here? Add to this the confusion of citywaterlooblog.com versus city.waterloo.on.ca. Use consistent branding and site names. At least three different sites! where there should be just one.
22 votes -
Accident Waiting to Happen: 1000s of people J-walk everyday at University Ave & Lester
A residential street, called "Lester Street" is walkable distance from the University of Waterloo. Now, 4 apartment building are on this residential street. This means 1000s of students are living on this tiny street. Everyday, all of us cross the main road at "University Ave & Lester St" numerous times. Since there is no traffic light, we find ourselves J-walking and running across the busy street. We hear cars honking sometimes. In rush hour, we just wait along the sidewalk, and the number of students waiting goes up 5 to 25 in minutes. We miss buses waiting like that, and…
21 votes -
Provide Open Data
The city should make all municipal data available for download and reuse. This will make city operations more transparent, accountable, and effective, as well as allowing others to access data and make value-added services from this. Numerous cities across Canada (Ottawa, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal) have had great success with making data of all types open. Take a look at the City of Edmonton initiative and think of what Waterloo could provide: https://data.edmonton.ca/
21 votes -
A robust search
that understands common phrases, language as opposed to municipal terms
18 votes -
Allow the ability to pay for property taxes, events and fines
Would like the ability to pay for property tax, fines (eg. parking tickets) online. But also the ability to pay for courses/events such as swimming lessons.
17 votes -
Would like to have Calendar of Events
The calendar of events page will allow users to see upcomming events that are happening in the area. Videos, images of the event could be shown to showcase what the event is about.
13 votes -
get overnight parking permits online
when I have family visiting they need to park on the street
11 votes -
Put the elections on Pingstreet where to vote and how to vote and have pingstreet for kitchener
elections are coming up and would like to see candidate information and where to vote.
10 votes -
Just moved here section
I just moved here and I need to find out about community centres, trails, who my councilor is? I would like to see a section devoted to that
10 votes -
Customizable website with mobile support
Ability to enter my address or postal code and see all relavent information to me.
Garbage collection day
Taxes with ability to pay
Councillor of my ward with contact info
in the winter status of my city - also tracking snow clearing on a google map. How much salt is being put down!Mobile support as well - focus on a Blackberry App to support RIM
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8 votes
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We should be able to add suggestions even if run out of votes
I like many of the ideas suggested by others here. But after I voted to support them, I found out that I couldn't suggest ideas of my own. How dumb is that! Voting and suggesting should be independent activities.
8 votes -
Would like to see a business directory
Would like the ability to search for business such as restaurants or shopping. Would be great to have maps showing how to get to these business from your home.
7 votes -
Please create a Waterloo 311
Toronto has an awesome service: a website + hotline where you can submit questions and non-emergency service requests. Such as reporting graffiti, fallen trees, broken roads and more.
Toronto 311: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=86d3ba2ae8b1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD
There's a large dead rat in uptown that I walk by every day and I have no idea who to report it to for cleanup.
7 votes -
enact a more efficient snow removal system for roads and sidewalks
I am a student living near the University of Waterloo, having lived in Toronto and Brampton, and been quite frequently to other cities in the GTA such as Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham, Oakville and Burlington, and I must say, the snow removal services in Waterloo are HORRIBLE.
I have witnessed many main roads being uncleaned and un-salted 6-8 hours after the last snowfall. The sidewalks close to the University area take DAYS to shovel. I have already witnessed 2-3 falls personally just in the first week of school in 2015.
My street, Lester Street (close to UW), sometimes takes a WEEK…
6 votes -
Redesign the city logo
It's outdated and looks like the No Frills logo, or No-Name Brand. Yellow is not a calming colour and is very hard on the eyes when viewed on the web. This is embarrassing for a progressive city.
Seriously.
6 votes -
Grind up waste prior to putting into the landfill
Is there some sort of equipment that could grind up waste prior to placing it into the landfill in order to extend the life of the landfill?
6 votes -
Make the City website multi-lingual
The city needs to support multi-lingual. We have people from various parts of the world come here and it would be nice to be able to read in their native language (for example, Mandarin, Gujarati, Spanish, etc.)
5 votes
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