The transit commission agenda item titled “Detours During Confederation Line Construction” seemed self-explanatory. It suggested members of the public could voice their concerns about bus detours during light-rail construction at Monday’s meeting.
Wrong.
By Stephanie Kinsella, CFRA News, December 9, 2013
What\'s being touted as the new and improved version of the Presto fare payment system is already facing skepticism.
The transit commission heard more about Presto 2.2 at its meeting on Monday.
The upgrade is supposed to reduce the time between when you load the card and when you can use it on OC Transpo buses. Currently, it\'s about a 24-48 hour wait, but the upgrade could reduce that to 4 hours. This would help solve one of the long-standing complaints from riders.
By Stephanie Kinsella, CFRA News, December 9, 2013
The city will soon open up the bidding process and spend millions of dollars buying new buses needed for when portions of the Transitway shut down starting in 2015.
In order to build the light rail transit route, buses will be detoured to several routes including Scott Street.
The $74 million set aside for this part of the LRT project covers the cost of new buses, more drivers and extra fuel. The city wants more high occupancy buses which means double decker models or articulated or accordion-style buses.
By Robert Bostelaar, Ottawa Citizen, December 10, 2013
OTTAWA — The chunky square clamped into a test device at the National Research Council laboratory looks for all the world like a fat ice cream sandwich.
Then the machine, electric motor whirring, begins pulling up on the sandwich’s top layer. The thick square at first resists the effort to tug it apart — clearly, this is no dairy confection — but then, with a snap, surrenders.
By Derek Spalding, Ottawa Citizen, December 9, 2013
OTTAWA — Smoking will be banned from the city’s social housing units starting in the new year, according to the latest plan from Ottawa’s Community Housing Corp.
The new no-smoking policy being proposed at the board of directors meeting on Thursday was widely popular among residents who live in the 14,800 units operated by the housing provider.
By Michelle Nash, Ottawa Community News, December 5, 2013
News -Board members of the Glebe Community Association expressed disappointment that an idea to green the entire roof of the proposed Second Avenue parking garage has been dismissed by the city.
The plan, first discussed at the association\'s October meeting, sought to take advantage of The group had hoped that because the neighbourhood has fewer city designated parks and green spaces than many other communities, adding a roof-top park to the yet-to-be-built garage would be an ideal solution. The association\'s traffic committee proposed the idea to the city, but as association president Christine McAlister reported on Nov. 28, the city turned down the idea.
By Michelle Nash, Ottawa Community News, December 5, 2013
News -Riverdale Avenue-area residents told city officials they want their neighbourhood street to look and feel safe during a consultation on an upcoming traffic management plan. During an open house regarding the Riverdale Avenue Area Traffic Management Study on Nov. 27 at Hopewell Avenue Public School, Katie Breen, a mother of two small children, said all she wants is to feel comfortable with letting her children walk to school on their own.
\"Honestly, I\'m not sure when I will ever let my children walk to school on their own,\" Breen said, citing the speeds and the number of vehicles turning on red lights as her major concerns.
By Ted Raymond, CFRA News, December 9, 2013
65 OC Transpo drivers have been honoured for their commitment to safe driving.
OC Transpo Safe Driving awards are given to drivers with more than 20 years of collision free driving experience.