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As noted in last evening’s update, we completed the work associated with the signal interruption issues and began testing the system by running trains from end to end.  The system is performing well, accordingly full service of the O-Train Trillium Line is being resumed and we will be communicating to customers and the media. ...

Starting Monday, March 2, the public will be able to take advantage of more comfortable, convenient and reliable O-Train Trillium Line service with the completion of the expansion project, which includes the introduction of six new Alstom Coradia Lint trains. ...

Today’s opening of the Coventry Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge marks the completion of an important connection between communities on both sides of Highway 417 and adds another link to the city’s ever-expanding cycling and pedestrian network.  “The opening of this bridge demonstrates how the City continues to build on its reputation as a cycling and pedestrian-friendly city by improving its network of cycling infrastructure and multi-use pathways,” said Mayor Jim Watson. ...

The City of Ottawa is looking for public feedback on its preferred alignment for the Confederation Line East Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension at a series of open houses in early February. For the most part, the preferred alignment for the rail line is in the median that runs in the middle of Highway 174 and is being co-ordinated with the eventual widening of the highway. ...

_ A monthly column written by Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. _ As the holiday season becomes distant in the rear-view mirror, people begin to resume their usual rhythm. With that in mind, I am very excited to continuing to work towards our city’s future, while keeping perspective from the lessons of the past. ...

The City of Ottawa has initiated an environmental assessment study on plans to extend the Trillium Line O-Train service south from Greenboro Station to the community of Riverside South (Bowesville Road), part of the _ Stage 2 _ light-rail expansion project. ...

Following its Board meeting this week, the National Capital Commission (NCC) has requested that the City of Ottawa include the Rochester Field–Richmond Road alignment in its ongoing environmental assessment study for the building of Phase 2 of the western light rail transit corridor. ...

[  ](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6ZhBM0vTiI/UliXRMpCk6I/AAAAAAAASLE/M3nAnnNXkIM/s1600/13i-347___003.jpg) Photo supplied by the City of Ottawa. Remember the not-boring-but-actually-a-roadheader-LRT-tunnel-machine that [ we blogged about a couple weeks ago? ](http://ottawastart.com/ottawa-is-boring-the-ultimate-lrt-tunnel-construction-t-shirt/) ** ** Well now, if you’re a Grade 4 student, you can give it a name. ...

Most people who’ve taken the bus in Ottawa have probably spent some time on their commute dreaming about the ultimate, pie-in-the-sky, never-in-a-million-years Ottawa transit system. You know, subways from Barrhaven to Canadian Tire Centre, rail tunnels beneath the Ottawa River, that kind of thing. ...

** UPDATE: ** The Citizen’s David Reevely tells OttawaStart that the machine on the t-shirt is in fact ** _ not _ ** technically a boring machine, but a roadheader. (Boring machines are perfectly round, like this one . ...