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But it doesn't go on Merivale Road... where a lot of the attractive food delivery options come from.
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
But it doesn't go on Merivale Road... where a lot of the attractive food delivery options come from.
Every time Ottawa expands its rail network and deploys these new buses, reliability increases ... it isn't the new vehicles that are the cause of reduced bus availability. It is the aged 300+ articulated bus fleet.
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Every time Ottawa expands its rail network and deploys these new buses, reliability increases ... it isn't the new vehicles that are the cause of reduced bus availability. It is the aged 300+ articulated bus fleet.
It is unlikely the speed would be any different with any rail tech choice for this corridor.
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It is unlikely the speed would be any different with any rail tech choice for this corridor.
Tunney's Pasture to Hurdman is literally faster than buses were. And surface level LRT would be.
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tunney's Pasture to Hurdman is literally faster than buses were. And surface level LRT would be.
Ottawa's system is close to 25 km/hr to 35 km/hr average. Finch, during the soft period, is set at 10 to 15. Typically trams try to be 15 to 25, where segregated with proper signal prioriity at intersections tends to be 20 to 25. And Ottawa's slowest average speed is close to 25.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Ottawa's system is close to 25 km/hr to 35 km/hr average. Finch, during the soft period, is set at 10 to 15. Typically trams try to be 15 to 25, where segregated with proper signal prioriity at intersections tends to be 20 to 25. And Ottawa's slowest average speed is close to 25.
Ottawa's system is, at lowest, the same speed as a tram in a segregated right of way crossing intersections with proper signal priority. The lowest average speed is Lees to Cyrville.. everywhere else, it's rapid transit average speed.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Ottawa's system is, at lowest, the same speed as a tram in a segregated right of way crossing intersections with proper signal priority. The lowest average speed is Lees to Cyrville.. everywhere else, it's rapid transit average speed.
Btw, this is due to a Council decision on fares and buses in 2017.. and a service policy from 2005 that doesn't allow them to do what the route planning purposed in 2009 would suffice in doing.
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Btw, this is due to a Council decision on fares and buses in 2017.. and a service policy from 2005 that doesn't allow them to do what the route planning purposed in 2009 would suffice in doing.
Even before service launch, they didn't have enough drivers.. so much so that they had to give a lot of Labour exemptions just to try to keep bus service running.
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Even before service launch, they didn't have enough drivers.. so much so that they had to give a lot of Labour exemptions just to try to keep bus service running.
Curiously, they didn't exactly "lay them off" .. they just had early retirement attrition in their booking adjustments.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Curiously, they didn't exactly "lay them off" .. they just had early retirement attrition in their booking adjustments.
Three weeks was parallel service.. after the parallel service, it was almost entirely feeder service...
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Three weeks was parallel service.. after the parallel service, it was almost entirely feeder service...
Every system has occasional interruptions after a time/distance. STM has a quite high number of disruptions; TTC's, it is enough that often OTP is only 88%. For what it's worth, Ottawa's system performs close to 99.5% now in service delivery performance with hardly a schedule deviation.
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Every system has occasional interruptions after a time/distance. STM has a quite high number of disruptions; TTC's, it is enough that often OTP is only 88%. For what it's worth, Ottawa's system performs close to 99.5% now in service delivery performance with hardly a schedule deviation.
The schedule is designed to sometimes have bunching.
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The schedule is designed to sometimes have bunching.
I mean... the function is already separated for maintenance against operations... it's really a transfer of assets for maintenance how it already applies.
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I mean... the function is already separated for maintenance against operations... it's really a transfer of assets for maintenance how it already applies.
Several of the main purposes of Ottawa LRT infrastructure are already achieved.. but sure, try to be negative where negative doesn't apply.
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Several of the main purposes of Ottawa LRT infrastructure are already achieved.. but sure, try to be negative where negative doesn't apply.
Unfortunately, the city neglected to maintain proper frequency...
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Unfortunately, the city neglected to maintain proper frequency...
Occasional end of line shuttle deviation on the west segment. This is only because Tunney's Pasture is still the west terminus until West opens.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Occasional end of line shuttle deviation on the west segment. This is only because Tunney's Pasture is still the west terminus until West opens.
Which is another semantic thing, as "the best of that type" .. when there isn't any other system really does the same Ottawa does using LRVs with the degree of CBTC, and actually, other systems copy pieces of what Ottawa decided with O-Train including REM, with slightly diff rolling stock tech.
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Which is another semantic thing, as "the best of that type" .. when there isn't any other system really does the same Ottawa does using LRVs with the degree of CBTC, and actually, other systems copy pieces of what Ottawa decided with O-Train including REM, with slightly diff rolling stock tech.
It would only be made to be a light metro if Gatineau LRT were made to branch onto it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It would only be made to be a light metro if Gatineau LRT were made to branch onto it.
Yeah, it is really only opiniated people claiming Ottawa's system is a light metro. Grade separations aren't a defining factor in whether it is or isn't.. the design of O-Train is just below metro capacity.
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Yeah, it is really only opiniated people claiming Ottawa's system is a light metro. Grade separations aren't a defining factor in whether it is or isn't.. the design of O-Train is just below metro capacity.
It isn't defined by grade separations.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It isn't defined by grade separations.
Your first invalid statement is directly going to is. That isn't true.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Your first invalid statement is directly going to is. That isn't true.
In fact, the distance Finch West is, 36 minutes over 11 km converted to 10 km surface at-grade LRT on Carling assuming the same running speed, would be 32 minutes. While the West extension from Bayview to Lincoln Fields being built is just 11 minutes run time.
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In fact, the distance Finch West is, 36 minutes over 11 km converted to 10 km surface at-grade LRT on Carling assuming the same running speed, would be 32 minutes. While the West extension from Bayview to Lincoln Fields being built is just 11 minutes run time.
Ottawa's main E/W line is 13-15 minutes faster end to end over the same distance Finch West LRT runs. But some wanted Carling LRT at-grade, which wouldn't be.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ottawa's main E/W line is 13-15 minutes faster end to end over the same distance Finch West LRT runs. But some wanted Carling LRT at-grade, which wouldn't be.
It's an inaccurate distinction.. the main definitions do NOT call any part of O-Train a light metro in any planned iteration.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's an inaccurate distinction.. the main definitions do NOT call any part of O-Train a light metro in any planned iteration.