Lou 💞
@catlouuu.bsky.social
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!
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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It is kind of discouraging that OC Transpo could not bother to respond to a question from a city councillor...
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It is kind of discouraging that OC Transpo could not bother to respond to a question from a city councillor...
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The 53 consistently sees back-to-back cancellations around this time. Each of the screenshots below is a day further in the past
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The 53 consistently sees back-to-back cancellations around this time. Each of the screenshots below is a day further in the past
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
The times in the middle are service gaps between buses, and yes, there was a 2 and a half hour gap yesterday at 15:09
The trips with blank columns did not run
I once took the 53 to Nepean to get to a doctor's appointment. We took off from Tunney's 6 minutes late and by the time we got to my destination, we were 24 minutes late.
I left an hour early to get to my appointment and was still 4 minutes late. Luckily my doctor's office always runs behind... :|
I left an hour early to get to my appointment and was still 4 minutes late. Luckily my doctor's office always runs behind... :|
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I once took the 53 to Nepean to get to a doctor's appointment. We took off from Tunney's 6 minutes late and by the time we got to my destination, we were 24 minutes late.
I left an hour early to get to my appointment and was still 4 minutes late. Luckily my doctor's office always runs behind... :|
I left an hour early to get to my appointment and was still 4 minutes late. Luckily my doctor's office always runs behind... :|
I made a post but don't know how to link it but something very similar is happening on the 7 today!
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I made a post but don't know how to link it but something very similar is happening on the 7 today!
And I've been keeping track and this has been happening on multiple days over the last few weeks. Not always as bad as November 28th and today, but it's definitely getting worse overall.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And I've been keeping track and this has been happening on multiple days over the last few weeks. Not always as bad as November 28th and today, but it's definitely getting worse overall.
On Friday Nov 28, there was an HOUR gap on the 7 during PM rush hour. A 44 minute gap on the 6. I was trying to get home and 3 full buses passed me before I could get on one. A young lady was waiting for the 7 and would have spent nearly an hour in the cold.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
On Friday Nov 28, there was an HOUR gap on the 7 during PM rush hour. A 44 minute gap on the 6. I was trying to get home and 3 full buses passed me before I could get on one. A young lady was waiting for the 7 and would have spent nearly an hour in the cold.
@shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com can't think of who else but your constituents are the ones who are most impacted by these cancellations.
The 6 and 7 are my home routes and they have been absolutely TERRIBLE during PM rush hour the last few weeks. It's so, so bad.
The 6 and 7 are my home routes and they have been absolutely TERRIBLE during PM rush hour the last few weeks. It's so, so bad.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com can't think of who else but your constituents are the ones who are most impacted by these cancellations.
The 6 and 7 are my home routes and they have been absolutely TERRIBLE during PM rush hour the last few weeks. It's so, so bad.
The 6 and 7 are my home routes and they have been absolutely TERRIBLE during PM rush hour the last few weeks. It's so, so bad.
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Aside from those "efficiencies", how much of the $252M saved over 4 years is from deferred capital projects? In 2025 alone, there were $21.3M in deferred capital transit projects. Deferred capital projects are not savings; they are cost avoidance. We didn't save money; we postponed spending it. 6/
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Aside from those "efficiencies", how much of the $252M saved over 4 years is from deferred capital projects? In 2025 alone, there were $21.3M in deferred capital transit projects. Deferred capital projects are not savings; they are cost avoidance. We didn't save money; we postponed spending it. 6/
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Those fuel savings are all over the budget, all the result of external policy changes from another level of government. The City of Ottawa has no right to claim that as an achievement. The only action the City took was not to re-invest those transit savings back into improved transit service. 5/
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Those fuel savings are all over the budget, all the result of external policy changes from another level of government. The City of Ottawa has no right to claim that as an achievement. The only action the City took was not to re-invest those transit savings back into improved transit service. 5/
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400 000+ signed the petition. That’s a significant sign that the vast majority of Albertans identify as Canadian.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
400 000+ signed the petition. That’s a significant sign that the vast majority of Albertans identify as Canadian.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.
Compare that to the grumpy 4000 UCP members at their AGM crying out for independence and funded by MAGA operatives. It’s not independence they want; it’s to fracture Canada.