Ottawa city councillor Jeff Leiper tabled a motion to bring LRT service from the current 10 minute wait, back to five minutes. This motion will be voted on at the city council meeting on Sept. 18.
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Ottawa’s transit system is in crisis, that much is for sure. But how much of this crisis is due to uncontrollable factors, and how much is caused by long-standing issues within the city’s transit management?
City of Ottawa staff are projecting a $6.6 million deficit by the end of 2023
“The mayor’s office has reached out to say that they are planning to reimburse Carleton students and uOttawa students the cost of the December portion of the U-Pass cost,” said Tim Gulliver, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union president.
OC Transpo’s notification system for when issues appear on the city’s new LRT line isn’t always the fastest, but fear not: A local software programmer has developed a website to keep Ottawa commuters in the loop, in real-time.
“I also want to reassure residents that these LRT issues are being taken extremely seriously. Finding solutions to these problems continues to be the number one priority at City Hall,” said Mayor Jim Watson in a press release.
Inside the pros and cons of the new LRT and service changes to OC Transpo bus routes.
O-Train Confederation Line has 13 stations, including one stop on the University of Ottawa campus and another at the Rideau Centre.
The region has undergone a building boom as the city contends with a tight rental market, a growing tourism industry, and an overloaded transit system.
“Electric buses are a lot less complicated, there are less moving parts when compared to a hybrid or an internal combustion engine,” explained de Jonge.
Pulles hopes that having the first-hand experience fresh in their mind will make councillors think critically about transit during budget debates.
OCTranspo and the Société de Transport de l’Outaouais (STO), have hammered out a deal that will let Gatineau-based students who study in Ottawa purchase the U-Pass. The new agreement applies to students at the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, St Paul’s University, and Algonquin College, and will be in effect in September.
The City of Ottawa will be going full steam ahead with construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, set to be completed in 2018.
U-Pass fees will go up in September as the City of Ottawa approved the continuation of the universal transit program for the 2015–16 academic year and beyond. Students will pay $192.70 a semester starting in the fall, as opposed to the $188 they paid this year.
