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Here’s Tunney’s Pasture like you’ve never seen it before… Tunney’s LRT station this evening. @OC_Transpo pic.twitter.com/oj9KfhL4Cc — Pat (@fireballxl8) October 7, 2019 The first Monday commute after the end of parallel bus service went fine, says OC Transpo. There were complaints of crowding on trains and at bus platforms, but the service sent along a review of the afternoon run that boils down to “people are people”: ...

Some of the advance construction work for the Strandherd Drive widening included watermain installation on Strandherd Drive between Greenbank Road and Jockvale Road. (Photo/City of Ottawa) Strandherd Drive is being widened to a four-lane cross section from Maravista Drive to Jockvale Road in Barrhaven. ...

TD Place and Aberdeen Pavilion. (Photo/Ross Dunn, used under a creative commons licence) Lansdowne Park has always had a duressed relationship with the automobile. It never felt like the right place for them and watching drivers blunder around always took away from my own enjoyment of what is otherwise a really great urban place. ...

City Hall (photo/Devyn Barrie) The city is looking for your feedback on their “Five Big Moves” report for the new official plan. There are surveys on engage.ottawa.ca on five topics: Growth, Mobility, Urban Design, Resiliency and the Economy. The surveys are very quick to fill out and are one way for you to have a say on each of the big moves discussed in the report. ...

(Via OC Transpo) On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, the OC Transpo fare freeze will end and 2019 fares will come into effect as approved by Council. All fares, except the EquiPass, Community Pass and Access Pass, will increase an average of 2. ...

(Via Ottawa Police Services Board) The Ottawa Police Services Board wishes to advise the community that Mr. Peter Sloly, the new Chief of the Ottawa Police Service, will officially take on his new role effective October 28, 2019. He will be sworn-in privately on October 28 so he can begin his duties immediately however a more formal and public swearing-in, called the change of command ceremony, will take place at a later date, that is yet to be determined. ...

Sprawling suburbs are on their way out, with the city preferring more intensification of land uses. (Aerial photo of Barrhaven via City of Ottawa.) While the outer suburbs continue to dominate residential development activity in Ottawa, city data shows that developers are increasingly building denser forms of housing. ...

The O-Train Confederation Line (aka Line 1) entered service on Saturday, Sept. 14. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Mayor Jim Watson today marked the official opening of O-Train Line 1, the Confederation Line, with the Honourable Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, and special guests. ...

Lots of bike business at Union Street Kitchen Cafe. Photo/@HansontheBike via Twitter. Just look at the trails, bikeways and main streets of Ottawa and it’s pretty clear that we live in a cycling city. Although many people bike even in the winter, the warmer months are definitely when most people get out and explore their community on two wheels. ...

The Confederation Line will change the way transit works in Ottawa. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Although the fall service is already underway, transit riders can expect more changes come Oct. 6. That’s when OC Transpo will overhaul the bus network for the post-LRT era. ...