traffic & transit

_ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** – The annual Capital Pride parade will take place on Sunday, August 21, starting at 1:15 p.m. Motorists should expect road closures and lane reductions on the following streets between 7 a. ...

_ ** Editor’s note: It recently surfaced the city was planning to install barriers at the abandoned Prince of Wales truss bridge. The bridge is popular with pedestrians and cyclists between Ottawa and Gatineau, or just for people looking for a neat sight. ...

_ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** – A tunnel between the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge and Highway 417 for mixed traffic is technically possible, according to a recently completed feasibility study. The City of Ottawa undertook the study with a funding contribution from the Government of Ontario to explore the tunnel option as a means of reducing truck traffic on downtown streets. ...

_ (PHOTO: “Take the O” by Payton Chung. Used under a Creative Commons license.) _ _ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** – For the next two Sundays, August 14 and August 21, the O-Train service on the Trillium Line will be temporarily replaced by Route 107 bus service, to facilitate planned maintenance activities. ...

Don’t you hate it when you’re driving along and see an over-capacity car in the bus lane, driven by a G1 driver without proper supervision? Phil Kane is a traffic enforcement officer with Ottawa Police. On Monday he tweeted about a traffic stop a fellow officer made… ...

_ (Photo by @HansontheBike ) _ _ (press release) _ Ottawa - The Laurier Avenue cycling lanes, built to establish a safe bicycle corridor through Ottawa’s downtown, have reached a milestone with two million bike trips since its opening in 2011. ...

_ (memo) _ Mayor and Members of Council, This memo is to provide an update on Confederation Line light rail transit (LRT) construction activities in the Rideau Street area. Construction underway As you are already aware, a majority of construction activities have resumed around Rideau Street, following the June 8, 2016 infrastructure failure. ...

_ (press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for single vehicle collision that occurred on the 417 west near Eagleson Rd. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at approximately 17:23 hrs today July 27th, 2016. There were 7 occupants in the vehicle of which paramedics treated 5 patients for various minor injuries as a result of the collision: ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – The Ottawa Triathlon will take place on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24. Motorists should expect road closures along the race route, which includes Colonel By Drive, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Preston Street south of Carling Avenue, Prince of Wales Drive north of the Central Experimental Farm Pathway, and Pretoria Bridge. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – As of Monday, July 18, the multi-use pathway at George McIlraith Bridge (spanning the Rideau River between Smyth Road and Main Street) will be closed for three weeks as a safety precaution while the bridge bearings are replaced overhead. ...