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Here’s another one for the “What is the transit union thinking?” file. The Ottawa Citizen reports (emphasis ours): ** ** Ottawa’s school boards had planned to enlist yellow school buses to help bring students who rely on public transit to school in the event of an OC Transpo strike. ...

It’s just after 9:30pm, and all signs are pointing towards a transit strike. Combined with a winter storm on its way, Ottawa is heading towards a traffic armageddon on Wednesday morning. Here’s a round-up of some news and notes from the web today. ...

We enjoyed this post by zoom! on knitknut.net, all about a trip on the #14 OC Transpo bus. Here’s a sample: ** ** Tonight I had the pleasure of traveling home from work on the #14 bus in the company of a naked, sweaty, extensively tattooed man and a fat toddler who could make wine glasses explode with his voice alone. ...

Gordon Dewis blogs : ** ** Thursday’s [ Metro Ottawa included a story ](http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/88439) that opened with the following: A suspicious package attached to a pole forced the closure of Riverside Drive and a section of Ottawa’s bus Transitway for several hours yesterday. ...

OC Transpo bus routes and trip planning is now available on Google Transit , as part of their powerful Google Maps tool. We’ve been using Mapquest and Google Maps for years to find driving directions – it’s great to be able to access bus routes at the same time. ...

** Some housekeeping notes: ** * Yesterday we introduced a new [ Ottawa Golf Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/golf.php) on OttawaStart. * We also renamed a couple of guides. The Traffic Guide becomes the [ Ottawa Driving Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/driving.php) , and the Transit Guide becomes the [ OC Transpo Guide ](http://ottawastart. ...

Check out Richard Akerman’s take on Ottawa’s new light rail plan . (Warning: swear words!) ** ** Honestly, just call the train a tram, which is more accurate, and build the f*****g thing. Everyone's all "billions of dollars blah blah blah" ...

Several local bloggers are complaining today about city council’s decision to hike bus fares by 7.5% in each of the next three years. Blake Batson writes: I’m mad, disappointed and discouraged at 16 Councillors who feel that solving budget problems should be done on the backs of those who can least afford it. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/octranspo-Interesting-picture_1194828041765.png) Here’s a nice pic posted to the OC Transpo Community on Live Journal. The photo shows one of Ottawa’s streetcars, on Wellington Street in front of Union Station (now the Government Conference Centre). The Daly Building is on the left - now torn down and replaced by a condo . ...

Today’s rant comes from knitnut.net . Here’s a snippet from post titled Baby buggies on the bus bug me (awesome alliteration): Why do they have the stroller section at the very front of the bus? It just creates a bottleneck and an obstacle course for everybody else, and I can’t believe the parents with the strollers like being in everybody’s way all the time. ...