Bus lanes on Bank Street
The city is currently studying replacing parking with dedicated bus lanes on a portion of bank street. We need to your help to help them make the right decision!
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Buying higher capacity buses
OC Transpo is facing a significant bus shortage which has been one of the main causes of the lack of bus reliability, and cancelled buses. OC Transpo currently has a bus fleet mostly consisting of the longer articulated buses (bendy buses), but these buses are have exceeded their expected life-time of 15 years and will be retired soon. The city is planning on replacing these buses with mostly shorter 40-foot buses. Each articulated bus can carry about 50% more passengers than a standard bus, so replacing each bus 1:1 means decreasing the system's capacity by half.
At the next transit commission council meeting, there will be a proposal to change the purchase order to include some articulated buses. We need to let our councillors know that we support this change.
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Email your councillor that you support the purchase of articulated buses
We are a group of volunteers fighting for a useful, reliable, and sustainable public transportation network in the City of Ottawa
We have distilled our mission down to three core principles:
Consistency: Infrastructure projects to ensure transit is on-time, reliable, and offers a competitive alternative to driving
Sustainability: Operational changes to maintain a reliable network and support future growth
Solidarity: Giving power back to front-line transit workers
