its hard to get a grasp on how utterly screwed OC's current fleet is we run D40is and D60LF(R)s that we bought in the early 2000s, as well as a more modern procurement of a bunch of novas and a handful of XE40s gotten since 2020, and the majority of our buses are beyond their useful life.

Despite some opposition, transit committee voted YES to re-open the door to more high capacity buses at transit commission yesterday following our support We welcome this first step, while still pushing council to buy more buses sooner, instead of delaying our next order until 2027

Transit commission day

Someone should look into this @bettertransitottawa.ca

Another normal day for Ottawa's bus shortage where council still is insistent that increasing the size of our bus orders is not necessary This is what we call 97% trip delivery

The 2026 draft Ottawa budget announces further delays to the Carling bus lane project, estimating the completion time for a bus lane project at 2035. This project was started in 2016 with designs released in 2017, which would make this be a 19 year long project just to install interim bus lanes.

With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours. Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day. strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a... #Ottawa #Bank

To anyone who came out to the open house yesterday about bus lanes on bank... Wow, what an amazing amount of support. Unanimously every speaker, besides the BIA, said they want the city to be BOLDER! We've written a summary of the event here : strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/25/t...

Thanks to everyone who came by to chat and help with the Park(ing) day event! Unfortunately we only got to be in the street for a couple hours until we moved over to Kunstadt's parking lot (huge shoutout to them for letting us use it). Our streets can be so much more with just a bit of change!

The next three 7s are cancelled at the start of evening rush. This is an every day occurrence due to the lack of working buses to run the schedule we need. OC Transpo needs to order more buses to replace the over 15 year old fleet and hire enough mechanics to get the existing buses in service.

This is why you should join the Transit Fans Ottawa server discord.gg/T7HzadcpSX

Literally one parked car, likely with no one in it, holding up a 60' articulated bus, with maybe as many as 60 times the amount of people on it. Which should our city prioritize? strongtownsottawa.ca/bank/ Tell the city to at least try some proper dedicated bus lanes in the Glebe.

On September 16th, we will host Oh the Urbanity! for a talk about transit! Come listen, ask questions, and discuss strategies! This hybrid event will be accessible by ramp and elevator; the online portion will have closed captioning. Register here: tinyurl.com/6f9m9um4 #ottawa #transit #urbanism

OC Transpo is discussing potentially cutting off-peak Line 2 and 4 service to as low as every 30 minutes in response to council asking Line 2 and 4 to start at 5 AM. Let your councilor know so we can avoid a repeat of last year’s Line 1 cuts and not fall down the public transit death spiral.

OC Transpo forecasting $47M deficit this fiscal year www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Consistency, Sustainability, Solidarity. These are the guiding principles that we plan to use to make public transportation in Ottawa reliable and create a strong foundation upon which a long-term, sustainable network can be built. Let's take a closer look... (1/5)

BTO is fighting for a transit system that is useful and reliable by focusing on smaller scale projects and changes to internal operations. We support bus lanes on corridors such as Bank St and Carling Ave, and we are working on solving the bus shortage. Want to know more? Have ideas? Contact us!