City staff have published a "Transportation and Mobility Strategy and Action Plan" including 48 potential mobility measures to improve Ottawa's transportation network this fall. It's available at engage.ottawa.ca/transportati...

Well, now we know where the money for those runtime changes is coming from. Of course, nobody has any idea whether the cut trips are busy (hint: they are), nor did anyone bother to compile an easily searched list of cancelled trips. Check your schedule for a surprise! Tradeoffs by opacity.

Transit Ottawa: Stage 2 Update - 11 June, 2026 At Transit Committee on 11 June, Council received an update on Stage 2 progress. Spalling remains an issue on Stage 2 East; and Stage 2 West continues forwards. #OttCity #OCTranspo www.transitottawa.net/stage-2-upda...

Transit Ottawa: Transit Committee - 11 June, 2026 Transit Committee last week provided reasons to be optimistic, but this is not OC Transpo's first brush with great-sounding action plans that have fallen short in practice. #OttCity #OCTranspo www.transitottawa.net/transit-comm...

The Auditor General's Office has released its audit of bus scheduling. There's lots in here: not enough runtime, not enough operators, not enough buses, etc. I recommend taking some time to read it. www.oagottawa.ca/media/mu2lx5...

Audit Committee next Friday includes an audit of bus planning and scheduling. (!) No documents posted yet though

Transit Ottawa: Route 48 service snapshot - 13 April to 10 May Service quality has many factors, and it is rarely one cause that creates unreliable service. Route 48 demonstrates several factors that cause buses to not show up. #OCTranspo #OttCity www.transitottawa.net/route-48-ser...

📌 Starting today, daily fare capping is available on Presto. Learn more here: www.octranspo.com/en/news/arti...

Transit Ottawa: Transit Committee - 14 May, 2026 #OttCity #OCTranspo otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/05/tran...

Memo: O-Train Line 1 full capacity returns Monday, June 8. For customers this means that starting on Monday, June 8: • Double-car trains will be in operation on weekdays • With the increased capacity, frequency will be every five minutes during peak periods

Line 1 service is down due to lack of control staff. This is some real incredible stuff, really makes one wonder what is going on where we can’t see it #OCTranspo

Transit Ottawa - Bus After Midnight: the last bus of the day OC Transpo's late night service (mis)features irregular Line 1 headways, faulty bus-rail interfaces, and missing late night connections. #OCTranspo #OttCity otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/05/bus-...

Here are OC Transpo’s ideas to compensate riders for poor service this year

OC Transpo reopens washrooms for O-Train Line 1

Transit Ottawa: Transit Committee - 9 April, 2026 Spalling, regulatory compliance, and electric buses were on the agenda. A solution to the spalling thing may be months away, and bus reliability climbs up. #OttCity #OCTranspo otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/04/tran...

Thank you to our provincial partners at Metrolinx for sending us axles for our LRT vehicles at this critical time. These axles will help us restore full service on Line 1 faster. This demonstrates the value of having Metrolinx as a partner to improve transit for Ottawa residents.

After 30+ people showed up to the Public Works commission last week in support of expanding bus lanes on Bank Street, City Council has now passed a motion to reduce the scope of the bus lanes even further This motion was passed with absolutely no debate Passed without a single question

A rather underhanded move to slip this through council with sideways language in the third item of an amendment. Transit priority faces an uphill battle in this city.

Transit Ottawa: Stage 2 Update (Transit Committee) - 12 March, 2026 Spalling, Stage 2 West, and on a Transit Committee day too! #OttCity #Ottawa otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/04/stag...

Transit Ottawa - Transit Committee: 12 March, 2026 #OttCity #OCTranspo otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/04/tran...

Canadians support high-speed rail. A March 2026 survey from Abacus Data found 62% support for building it, versus 18% opposition. Even a survey commissioned by opponents still shows majority support. Read more: www.railfans.ca/article/cana...

Transit Ottawa - Our new GM: a brief history of Rick Leary #OttCity #OCTranspo otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/03/our-...

With oil prices rising, it's such a good thing City Council funded so many initiatives out of fuel price savings rather than general revenues. What could go wrong with that plan?

According to OCT's slides from September, the earliest date for revenue service is mid-April ... but trial running is, I've heard, delayed until at least the next booking (for operators) at the end of April, so June opening at the earliest. Take all news (including mine) with a grain of salt.

Transit Ottawa - Transit Committee, 12 Feb 2026 Featuring the Line 1 spalling problem, bus reliability, transparency, and whack-a-mole at OC Transpo and Transit Committee. #OCTranspo #OttCity otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/03/tran...

What’s up with Canadian transit agencies being so secretive

Transit Ottawa - OC Transpo pass sales data otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/02/oc-t...

The CAQ wrecking band passes through Gatineau on its merry way to utter evisceration

Transit Ottawa - Route 41 service snapshot, 3-30 November Route 41 is a typical service on OC Transpo. Without changes in how the agency is managed, service quality will continue to be mediocre in the foreseeable future. #OCTranspo #OttCity otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/01/rout...

OC Transpo update: - Week of Jan 4 - 467 buses available (daily average); 6% of trips undelivered - Week of Jan 11 - 498 buses available, 5% of trips undelivered - Week of Jan 18 - 494 buses available, 3% of trips undelivered

At pop-up hours today, Ajay Ramachandran showed me the data visualizations he's been working on using GTFS data on bus delivery. Bus by bus, scheduling block by scheduling block, Better Transit Ottawa has built an incredible tool to dig deep into trip delivery and reliability. bettertransitottawa.ca

Good thing we cut the number of Transit Committee meetings to avoid accidental transparency. Oh and there‘s an active Transit Committee motion telling staff to update them on the axles (remember that problem?)

OC Transpo is not capable of operating the currently scheduled service, even independent of scheduling problems. The days of the dilemma between cost constraints, desired service, and reliability are coming to a middle.

We recognize that there has been an increase in bus trips not showing up when you expect them. This is disruptive to your day-to-day and we need to do better. Here are some steps we are taking to improve your bus service. www.octranspo.com/en... 1/2

Transit Ottawa - Priorities at City Hall: OC Transpo in 2026 #OCTranspo #OttCity otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2026/01/prio...

TTC chair Jamaal Myers said the transit agency needs to significantly boost ridership in order to improve its finances

I‘m pretty sure we had another fire in December 2024 or so. I wonder if CUTA keeps data on bus fires. “Fires per 1000 buses per year”. (/s) Does this happen often at, say, the TTC or STO? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #OCTranspo

Left in the cold: some Para Transpo buses pulled off road after heat stopped working

At City Hall today, Council voted to approve the Transit Committee budget 21-4, with five dissents on section 1-1 (fares). #OCTranspo #OttCity

📊 Our Key Performance Indicator website has been refreshed with the latest operational and safety results. Learn more here: https://www.octranspo.com/en/about-us/transparency/kpis/

On 24 November, Transit Committee met to discuss the 2026 budget. #OCTranspo #OttCity otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/12/tran...

OC Transpo memo to council re: winter service changes & updates.

Route 7 is a downtown route whose problems - inadequate schedules heading eastbound, bunching, interlining - are repeated everywhere. Identifying and finding solutions to them are the key to a successful bus network. #OCTranspo #OttCity otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/11/rout...

A view from Boston of problems of service management and analysis: homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/h... A long read, but it covers some of the same issues we see here in Toronto.

Despite the mayor's claims of fiscal responsibility and transparency, Transit Services' 2026 budget continues to hide deficits behind uncertain revenue streams, preventing an honest discussion about the future of transit in Ottawa. #Ottawa #OCTranspo otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/11/budg...

Route 70 is a suburban milk run, but it shares features of (un)reliable service with the urban trunks that receive the most attention, especially with schedules that fall short of actual travel times. #OCTranspo #Ottawa otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/11/rout...

Cities across Canada run frequent transit networks. Ottawa scores well on coverage of its frequent network - but OC Transpo's standards offer the least service of them all. #OCTranspo #Ottawa otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/10/coun...

For Transit Committee, staff published a report on reliable bus service. However, City Council still fails to grasp the tradeoffs required to provide reliable transit service. #OCTranspo #Ottawa otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/10/impr...

On 11 September, staff presented a Stage 2 update to Transit Committee. #Ottawa #OCTranspo #Stage2 otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/09/stag...

On 11 September, Transit Committee met with a packed agenda. Councillors express support for reliable service, but continue to fail in providing oversight and understanding the tradeoffs involved in reaching reliable service. #OCTranspo #Ottawa otransitottawa.blogspot.com/2025/09/tran...