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@catlouuu.bsky.social
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29 • agender lesbian • Ottawa-based • AuDHD human • 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

I think and talk about human rights, car dependency, and public transit (and sometimes how those things relate to each other) way too much.

Slowly learning French!
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catlouuu.bsky.social
Ah, yes, live on the 6 they said... It'll be frequent, they said...

#octranspo #ottawa
A screenshot of the Transit app showing OC Transpo's route 6 towards Rockcliffe. The next four trips after 3:04 PM at the closest stop (in the Glebe) are cancelled, leaving a gap of 1 hour and 12 minutes between "frequent" buses.
December 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
My goodness - isn't the 12 supposed to be a frequent route? #ottawa #octranspo
A screenshot of the Transit app showing the next 3 buses on OC Transpo route 12 towards Tunney's Pasture, all cancelled. A screenshot of the Transit app showing multiple cancellations on OC Transpo's route 12 in the direction of Tunney's Pasture, a frequent route. This leaves a 57-minute gap between 2:40 PM and 3:37 PM, and a 49-minute gap between 4:26 PM and 5:15 PM.
December 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Thought you'd be clever and take the 6 down Bank instead? Nope! If you're trying to go south on Bank between 3:30 and 4 PM... Uh, just walk, I guess? 😬
A screenshot of the Transit app showing the OC Transpo route 6. Two trips in a row are cancelled resulting in a 36-minute gap during rush hour. Then there's one trip before another cancelled trip, leaving a 16-minute gap.
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Yet again - the 7 is sacrificed during the PM rush for reasons I don't understand.

Notice also that it's supposed to be a frequent (15-minute) route but there's a 34-minute gap scheduled in... during rush hour? Carleton students must love it.

#octranspo

@shawnmenard.bsky.social
@octranspo.com
A screenshot showing that 3 out of 4 southbound trips on the OC Transpo route 7 are cancelled during the 3 PM hour, leaving gaps in service from 2:55 PM to 3:34 PM, and then 3:34 PM to 4:08 PM, on a route that should be frequent.
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
I made a post but don't know how to link it but something very similar is happening on the 7 today!
A screenshot of the Transit app for the OC transpo bus route 7 in the Carleton direction. The 3:09, 3:30, 356, and 4:05 p.m. trips are all cancelled. This leaves a gap of 51 minutes and then immediately another gap of 34 minutes in the southbound direction during rush hour.
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Hey @octranspo.com, yet again, what are we even doing? This is crazy. Four trips canceled during rush hour on the 7 SB, leaving huge gaps on a supposedly frequent route, is absolutely insane. Not to mention that that one singular surviving trip in the 1.5h span will definitely be packed to the brim.
A screenshot of the Transit app for the OC transpo bus route 7 in the Carleton direction. The 3:09, 3:30, 356, and 4:05 p.m. trips are all cancelled. This leaves a gap of 51 minutes and then immediately another gap of 34 minutes in the southbound direction during rush hour.
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
@helps.octranspo.com just an fyi the alerts page isn't showing any cancellations right now even though there are definitely several cancelled trips right now:
A screenshot from the Transit app showing upcoming trips for the 90 towards Hurdman. The 6:21 PM trip is cancelled. A screenshot from the Transit app showing upcoming trips for the 6 towards Greenboro. The 4:49 PM and 5:36 PM trips ending at Billings Bridge are cancelled. A screenshot from the Transit app showing upcoming trips for the 7 towards Carleton. The 4:05 PM, 5:53 PM, and 6:08 PM trips are cancelled.
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Also your alerts page is broken @helps.octranspo.com lol
The OC Transpo Alerts page is showing a cancellation for the "6 Tunney's Pasture", which is not a route that exists.
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Ummm... Hey @octranspo.com, doesn't cancelling three trips in a row on the 7 towards Carleton (the 5:38 PM, 5:53 PM, and 6:08 PM) seem like a huge problem? That leaves an hour gap between trips on a frequent route.

Not pictured is another cancellation on the 3:56 PM trip.
A screenshot from the Transit app, showing scheduled trips for the 7 Carleton (south/westbound). The 4:05, 5:38, 5:53, and 6:08 PM trips are all cancelled.
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
It's Leo!
A black cat sitting on a black doormat looks at the camera.
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Good morning from Leo and I!
Black cat with pale green eyes looking off to the right side of the photo. The ears are up and angled in the same direction that the cat is looking.
August 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Gotta say I appreciate the Pride flags all over Centretown this month! 🥰🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #ottawa
A Pride flag above the LCBO store at Bank and McLeod. A view north up Bank Street towards Gladstone Avenue in Ottawa, showing Intersex-Inclusive Pride flags hanging from every street pole.
June 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Ready for Pride Month with the Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag on my balcony window! 😎🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
The picture is of a door with an Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag covering the door's window so that it's visible to those outside.
June 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
The hazy sunset over Ottawa last night.
An image taken from a city street. There's some trees and utility poles and lines in the foreground. In the background is a hazy orange-tinted sky with a bright orange-y sun. The haze is due to wildfire smoke.
June 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Is Freddie a cat? My girlfriend also has a cat named Freddie who will do something pretty similar 😆 it's a good thing that he's so stinking cute!!!
A long haired gray cat with white paws, tail tip, belly, and chest, lies on a hardwood floor looking up at the camera. He also has a little white moustache.
June 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
catlouuu.bsky.social
More pics!
A Canada goose swimming along the Rideau Canal. Pig Island is to the goose's left, and beyond that is the west shore of the canal, where you can see the Queen Elizabeth Driveway and then the buildings of Lansdowne Park beyond that. A shot of the Rideau Canal at night, facing west from the path along Colonel By Drive towards Lansdowne. You can see the stadium and condo towers across the canal in the background middle of the photo, and Bank Street crosses the canal to the left. The condo tower at Lansdowne Park, taken from across the canal on the path along Colonel By Drive.
May 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Took a walk along the canal last night. May I never tire of this. 🥹
Facing north towards downtown Ottawa on the Flora Footbridge over the Rideau Canal. Facing south towards Old Ottawa East on the Flora Footbridge over the Rideau Canal. A shot taken from halfway down the ramp of the Flora Footbridge over Colonel By Drive. Colonel By runs to the right side of the photo and beyond that, the Rideau Canal.
May 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
It's getting so greeeeeen here in Ottawa!! 😁💚🌱
Picture taken outside of the East Memorial Building on Wellington Street in Ottawa, facing east towards Parliament Hill. The sky is mostly cloudy, and greenery is starting to be seen on the grass and in the trees.
May 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Monday morning Ottawa commute ✌🏻
A city shot showing Ottawa's downtown on Bank Streets facing towards the river.
May 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Don't really feel like showing my face, but here's the hair from the back! 🤷🏻‍♀️😁
Reddish brown hair with pink highlights in various shades mixed in.
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
Took some pictures of OC Transpo buses this morning. I wanted to take some pics of STO too but didn't get any good opportunities.

I'm turning into a bus fan, apparently!
OC Transpo bus 4849 sitting at the layup spot on Albert Street near Kent in Ottawa, Ontario. OC Transpo bus 4422 sitting at the layup spot on Kent Street between Albert and Queen in Ottawa, Ontario.
May 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
My copilot for today's road trip is Leo. 0/10 navigational skills, 0/10 for entertainment because he spends most of it dozing, but 10/10 cuteness makes up for all of it.
Black cat with a blue harness and leash standing up in a large cat carrier looking out. Black cat with a blue harness and leash sitting in the passenger seat of a car on top of a blue blanket. Black cat with a blue harness and leash sitting in the passenger seat of a car on top of a blue blanket.
April 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
The street sweepers are in my neighbourhood this morning and Leo is keeping an eye on them 👀

#catsofbluesky
A black cat, oriented left, with pale green eyes, ears pointed forward, sitting alert looking ahead.
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
The sushi place by my work is pretty cheap and really good and I didn't bring a lunch today so naturally... 🍣
April 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
catlouuu.bsky.social
I think Leo had much the same experience 😅 only he was picked up by one shelter, neutered, transferred, got sick, I fostered him for his recovery, but got too attached and foster failed. Almost 7 years later, here we are!! 🥰
Black cat with big paws lying sideways on a red, white, black and orange stripes bedspread.
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM