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OC Transpo is implementing service improvements, Stage 2 construction detours and seasonal adjustments, starting Sunday, September 5. Before heading out, use the Travel Planner on octranspo.com to plan your trip. Service improvements Route 11: Trips starting or ending on Elgin Street will be extended across Mackenzie King Bridge, improving connections to the Rideau Centre and the University of Ottawa. ...

An OC Transpo bus downtown. (Photo via Shankar S. Used under a Creative Commons license.) (Via OC Transpo) Spring changes to OC Transpo service begin on Sunday, April 18. OC Transpo will roll into the season with the expansion of Rack & Roll to its entire bus network, further adjustments will be introduced due to the ongoing pandemic, and new detours will accommodate construction projects. ...

Lindt by Gamachephoto, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group Here’s what’s open and closed on Easter Weekend 2021 in Ottawa. Good Friday is on April 2, 2021. It’s a statutory holiday in Canada so just about all businesses are closed. Saturday is business as usual, notwithstanding any temporary changes due to COVID-19. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) OC Transpo is pleased to announce a new agreement with Scheidt & Bachmann (S&B) to fast track additional contactless fare payment technology on its bus fleet and at O-Train stations with fare gates. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) (Here’s a memo from John Manconi, the city’s general manager of transportation services.) As you know, we have been providing S1 supplemental bus service due to a shortage of trains delivered by RTG last week for service on O-Train Line 1. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) OC Transpo’s winter service starts on Sunday, January 5 and includes schedule changes and improvements to bus service. Visit octranspo.com and use the Travel Planner to see if your regular trips will change. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) Here’s some information from the City of Ottawa about OC Transpo’s holiday schedule. For more information on schedule changes to city services, including garbage and recycling, parking and recreation, here’s a press release. ...

From left: Joel Harden, MPP; Sally Thomas, former paralympian; Sarah Gilbert, citizen transit commissioner, and Shawn Menard, city councillor. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Joel Harden, MPP for Ottawa-Centre, kicked off a town hall discussion on Nov. 30 simply by saying: “Transit.” This was immediately followed by someone in the audience loudly groaning, which pretty much sums up how residents who attended are feeling towards OC Transpo these days. ...

(Following is a memo from the city’s transportation department to council) At the Transit Commission meeting of November 6, we undertook to provide a list of the assignments of the 40 additional buses that have been put into service, and the routes that they are supporting. ...

Tunney’s Pasture LRT Station. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Mayor Jim Watson is on board with an OC Transpo fare freeze, sending a memo Friday afternoon to City Manager Steve Kanellakos and transit commissioners recommending one be implemented. The recommended freeze would stave off a 2. ...