traffic & transit

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – The Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s [ Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) ](http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/about-us/safer-roads-ottawa.asp) will focus on school bus and school zone safety as well as vehicle occupant restraints during the month of September. ...

_ (Graham Larkin is the Executive Director of Vision Zero Canada. This was originally published on their website in response to yesterday’s death of a cyclist downtown) _ Thursday 23-year-old Nusrat Jahan was slain on the streets of Ottawa, where I live. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – On Sunday, September 4, new fall schedules go into effect on most routes; LeBreton Station will be shifting eastward, and some routing improvements will be implemented, including new service to Carling Campus on Moodie Drive and a new route serving Stittsville. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – At today’s fall mobility and construction briefing, the public was advised that heightened construction will continue until the end of the year. As regular traffic returns to the roadways this fall, residents are reminded that they should anticipate delays. ...

[caption id=“attachment_49913” align=“aligncenter” width=“496”] Traffic cam[/caption] A woman is dead and the community outraged after a crash in downtown Ottawa Thursday. It happened just before 8:00 a.m. at the corner of Laurier Avenue and Lyon Street, when the cyclist became pinned under the truck. ...

It’s the last day of the month, time to buy another pass and load up your Presto card. D’OH [caption id=“attachment_49827” align=“aligncenter” width=“481”] NOOOOO![/caption] Unhappy riders took to Twitter… https://twitter.com/amandaemdin/status/770998086663405568 https://twitter.com/watersoilair/status/770795431727030272 https://twitter.com/TiffanyAGlover/status/771144557102759936 https://twitter.com/NuZZy_PauL/status/771145433133486080 Metro Ottawa reported the site had crashed late Tuesday into Wednesday. ...

_ (Press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for single vehicle collision that occurred on Jinkinson Rd near Hazeldean. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 13:50 hrs today (Wednesday August 31, 2016). https://twitter.com/CFRA_Alison/status/771062057903022080 https://twitter.com/CFRA_Alison/status/771057049425866752 Paramedics treated a male driver of the motorcycle, believed to be in his 40s for traumatic injuries after his motorcycle left the road, ending up in a field. ...

_ (Press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for a collision between an SUV and a cyclist that occurred near the intersection of Ogilvie and Cyrville roads. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 09:54 hrs today (Tuesday August 30, 2016). ...

_ (Press release) _ ** (ORILLIA, ON ** ) – For the first time since Ontario distracted driving laws were introduced in 2009, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reporting that driver inattention-related road deaths are poised to double the number of impaired-related deaths this year. ...

_ (Via Government of Canada) _ The governments of Canada and Ontario, as well as municipalities across Ontario are making investments that will help create jobs and grow the middle class now while building a strong foundation for a sustainable economic future. ...