transportation

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. ...

Study area for the Stage 3 LRT extension to Barrhaven. Dates & Times Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm Location Nepean Sportsplex, Richmond Ballroom - Entrance #4 1701 Woodroffe Ave Ottawa, ON Presentation at 7 pm. The City of Ottawa has initiated the Barrhaven Light Rail Transit (Baseline Station to Barrhaven Town Centre) and Rail Grade-Separations Planning and Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to develop a Recommended Plan for the extension of a Light Rail Transit (LRT) facility from Baseline Station to Barrhaven Town Centre, as well as the grade-separations of Woodroffe Avenue, Southwest Transitway and Fallowfield Road where these corridors cross the VIA Rail line. ...

St-Laurent Station on the Confederation Line. O-Train Line 1 has only been open for a few weeks, but plenty of prep work is underway to build the extensions east, west and south. Here’s a few details on what’s happening. (There is actually a ton going on, we definitely didn’t list it all! ...

The extent of this weekend’s highway closure. (Graphic/OttawaStart) A section of Highway 417 will be closed in both directions from 6 pm on Saturday, October 19 until 11 am on Sunday, October 20, resulting in significant traffic impacts. Lane reductions will start at 5 pm on Saturday, followed by the full closure at 6 pm. ...

(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. ...

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. ...

Approximate extent of Highway 417 closure for Aug. 10–11 weekend. (OttawaStart.com) Highway 417 between Carling Avenue and Bronson Avenue will be fully closed to traffic from Saturday, August 10 at 6 p.m. to Sunday, August 11 at 11 a.m. Significant delays are expected during the closure. ...

An O-Train vehicle at Mooney’s Bay Station on the Trillium Line. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) The City of Ottawa has advised of some upcoming service disruptions for the O-Train Trillium Line, for both annual track maintenance as well as to accomodate provincial highway work. ...

Lyft wants to help connect people to transit in Ottawa. But are they? (Graphic via Lyft) Rob Woodbridge has seen Ottawa go from being a mid-sized city to having over a million residents. As the city has grown over the past few decades, one thing has remained constant — like most cities, transportation is largely geared towards personal car ownership. ...

Katy Chancey tweeted this picture of an Ottawa Police cruiser parked on a bike lane Tuesday evening. Lots of complaints recently about drivers going into bike lanes and staying put. Earlier this month, cyclist Lukasz Lukaszek tweeted about this car blocking the lane on O’Connor Street. ...