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Based on my recent motor trip from Ottawa to Niagara Falls, they cannot improve VIA service soon enough. Traffic in both directions was horrible and all it takes is one accident, one breakdown, or one construction project to cause substantial delays. Basically, traffic crawled most of the...

This is Ontario politics. Doug Ford promised train service to Niagara Falls. We got one very slow round trip per day. Doug Ford promised train service to London. We got one very slow round trip per day. Doug Ford gets to check off that he fulfilled both promises. It doesn't matter whether...

Heaven forbid that we start building a tunnel under Bank Street. It might give some the idea of extending that tunnel southward towards Billings Bridge, an idea that some Line 1 supporters pooh-pooh. It would be better to invest in yet another east-west line.

I am curious about your comment connecting the gay community and Jean Drapeau. Maybe I don't know something about him.

I do not believe for one minute that a surface tramway on Wellington Street would have prevented the current demonstrations and blockade. Even with the flexibility of buses, there is little or no transit across the Ottawa River in either direction at the present time. The latest news...

Does this mean that we are currently using tax money for a permanent but 'temporary' transit station, that will inevitably be relocated in the future? Or are we creating permanent bad infrastructure? You would think that you would want to make transfers between LRT and buses as efficient as...

With Montreal's cold, snow and ice, I would be very surprised that there would be reliable operations using a third rail. Some of Ottawa's issues have been directly related to extreme winter weather even with overhead catenary.

I stand corrected. I look at this again, it is turning southbound onto Riverside, which is heading out of town. A convoluted route to Walkley yards or is the train being unloaded at some southern part of the Trillium Line?

We are assuming all kinds of things here. First, not every little hick town is going to get service on HFR simply because someone brings it up. Second, there are no plans to extend GO trains beyond Bowmanville. Third, there are no plans to provide connecting bus service if we close...

Wow! They must have closed half of the Hunt Club Road Bridge and southbound Riverside Drive for this. The truck is travelling on the wrong side of the road. I actually watched the very first Confederation Line LRV coming into Ottawa passing by my house a few years back. I wish I had a...

With a train on average every 6 minutes (12 minutes in each direction), it is not practical for a 'work crew to stop working until the train passes'. A bigger issue, as we extend passing tracks requires that the signalling be changed, which also requires a testing period before the line can be...

I have heard this all before yet every single upgrade has required a protracted shut down of the line. For whatever the reason, there appears to be no equivalency between Go expansion projects and what is happening in Ottawa. I would guess that line shutdowns minimize costs and this seems the...

The problem is that the line needs to be shut down for very long periods (months to years) to perform any sort of upgrade. They have said that to improve frequency modestly to 10 minutes requires replacement of the Walkley overpass. But there are further complications. Because Walkley...

My comment and the previous comment relate to the Trillium Line (Line 2) which has been closed entirely since May 2020. You are talking about the Confederation Line (Line 1), which is a completely different subject.

I live near the Trillium Line and it has been obvious for some time that the project is way behind. It is a shame that it has been so badly managed that service on the original portion of the line cannot be resumed in a reasonable timeframe. The whole project is so poorly future proofed that...

The fact of the matter is that none of the ideas were realistic. It was pie in the sky.

So much for the Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec route. I don't care how frequent REM runs. If I want to make a trip to Quebec City from Ottawa, I don't want to transfer twice in Montreal, all my luggage in tow.

A perfect example of the problems in Eastern Ontario. All bus service between Ottawa and Cornwall has disappeared. The only way is to bum a ride with a friend or a very circuitous and slow route via Montreal. I have helped a friend out a couple of times in the last few months, which is only...

We need a more regional transit network in Eastern Ontario, but with Ottawa's dominance, it is unlikely to happen, although all the satellite towns are growing and the private operators provide minimal commuter service. Even within Ottawa's boundaries, there is little service to growing exurban...

Here in Ottawa, the interprovincial rivalries have made it impossible to build a new interprovincial bridge. So, yes. Trying to get the Ontario and Quebec governments working together on HFR would make it much less likely to ever get built. Just the thought of which province that is perceived...