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Ottawa Transit Developments
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Kyle Campbell
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Especially in Ottawa, people were used to getting on their mostly empty bus way out in the burbs and having a seat all the way downtown. For people who rode the 9x transitway buses the trains don't seem that crazy, but for the express bus people it's a shock.
OCCheetos
Active Member
The problem with the transitway was that not every bus would take me where you needed to go.
For instance, I would have rather waited for the route 44 to show up than to take a 97 to Hurdman... and then wait for the 44.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
So week 2, while not flawless, is definitely better than week 1. Dwell times are better, people aren't rushing the doors, and the "walk left, stand right" rule is really sinking in.
What people in Ottawa still aren't used to are fare paid zones, so lots of people still tap when boarding the bus at transfer stations slowing boarding. That's a hard habit to change, especially since forgetting to tap previously meant a large fine, and the flawed setup at Tunney's we're pretty much stuck with for the next 6 years. I transfer at Hurdman though, so it's smooth sailing for me in comparison
What people in Ottawa still aren't used to are fare paid zones, so lots of people still tap when boarding the bus at transfer stations slowing boarding. That's a hard habit to change, especially since forgetting to tap previously meant a large fine, and the flawed setup at Tunney's we're pretty much stuck with for the next 6 years. I transfer at Hurdman though, so it's smooth sailing for me in comparison
kEiThZ
Superstar
One of the universities is on break. That's helped reduce peak loads I believe. One thing Ottawa could really do is push the universities to have later starts. Ask them to have bulk of classes start at 9. That would have a material impact on their network.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
They are adding a 14th train into the mix next week, so we'll see.
Garuda
Active Member
This is really good news. My biggest pet peeve was this when taking the train 2 weeks after opening.
lrt's friend
Active Member
They have to do this otherwise longer dwell times at stations would make the trains even more crowded.
Steve X
Senior Member
I don't think ML has officially acknowledge they reduced the order to 46 LRVs from 61 till now. Even though the cuts were done way back when they deleted the Hurontario LRT loop.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
I find this mesmerizing to watch
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
So these appeared at Lyon today, and will apparently be at all stations soon. Also we had 3 million riders in the first month, which is about the same monthly ridership as San Diego on their whole network. Not bad for a city of a million.
Edit: The LA Red line actually carries 3.3 million a month for comparison, and Miami's whole system only carries 1.5 million.
These decals seem bigger than similar ones in Montreal so it makes the skinny platform at Lyon look even more narrow than it is.
Edit: The LA Red line actually carries 3.3 million a month for comparison, and Miami's whole system only carries 1.5 million.
These decals seem bigger than similar ones in Montreal so it makes the skinny platform at Lyon look even more narrow than it is.
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TransitBart
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She called it the subway.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
She called it the subway.
I don't think subway will stick long term, not because the whole "it's light rail" thing, but because the system is mostly above ground. I could see the downtown tunnel being referred to as the "queen street subway" though.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Here's a photo of the New York City's subway.
What!! The "subway" can be above ground. Oh, dear! Guess they can still call it a "subway".
From link.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Here's a photo of the New York City's subway.
What!! The "subway" can be above ground. Oh, dear! Guess they can still call it a "subway".
From link.
That's not what I meant. The skytrain goes underground, for extensive portions even, but people tend not to call it a subway, just Skytrain. I don't see subway taking on as a term here, in fact if history is any indication eventually people will just call it the OTrain, just like they dropped all other names for the Trillium line. OC Transpo is strongly marketing it as such, and when it was first introduced the Trillium Line was also referred to as light rail, nobody calls it anything other then the OTrain now, at least in English (francophones often call it the OTrain as well, but with the English prononciation)
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