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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 16/09/2026

It was nice to see BTO and our bus data mentioned at the Student Mayoral Debate yesterday Transit is an election issue We need to see candidates pushing for a more reliable transit system via transit priority, accurate scheduling, and a system with the resources it needs to make these big reforms

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 20/08/2026

If you toggle on the advanced toggle of "Show runtime", you can see how many of the schedules have a lot more padding Hopefully this will mean more realistic schedules

Route 7's runtime in the morning is extended by 10 minutes form 68 minutes to 78 minutes

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 20/08/2026

The new fall schedules are now released. Use our website to see what's changed. You can compare the fall schedules to the summer schedules, as well as the fall schedules to last sprint. bettertransitottawa.ca/tracker/sche...

The changes to Route 6 in the fall schedule, with a reduction of 5 trips on friday's

The changes to Route 75 in the fall schedule, with an increase of 6 trips on friday's

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Elysia♡ @ely.pub.moe · 15/08/2026

some of the processed photos i took at @strongtownsottawa.ca last night 😊 #elyisaphotos

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 14/08/2026

What a great turnout! Thank you to everyone who came out tonight.

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Elysia♡ @ely.pub.moe · 14/08/2026

Some of the unedited JPEG photos I took for @bettertransitottawa.ca 's invasion of @strongtownsottawa.ca tonight! Featuring @seandevine9.bsky.social and @jleiper.bsky.social

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yuka @dragons.tf · 14/08/2026

Yeah. They call me a "VJ" of sorts. 📲📸: @ely.pub.moe

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yuka @dragons.tf · 12/08/2026

tomorrow. one night only. we take over STO. two groups enter. one group leaves. be there. lyon station. 6pm.

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Rail Fans Canada @railfans.ca · 31/07/2026

O-Train Line 1 Fleet Update: Over the last 7 days, 53 unique trains were observed, equal to 85.5% of the full tracked fleet. Over the last 30 days, 56 unique trains were observed. 8 trains have not been seen for 15 or more days, and 9 trains returned to service this week after long absences.

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 30/07/2026

We will be discussing: - The state of our public transit system - Some of the data we’ve been collecting, and what it means - Getting the change we need in the upcoming election

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 30/07/2026

Join us at the @strongtownsottawa.ca monthly meeting on Thursday, August 13th at 6:15pm at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (near Lyon station)

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 25/07/2026

We forgot to take group pictures of the social last night, so please enjoy the only one taken. A selfie from Ajay of @bettertransitottawa.ca

Selfie of Ajay from better transit Ottawa with a thumbs up.

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 12/07/2026

We're doing our first outdoor gathering of the year at the new Street Seats location in Chinatown! We will be meeting this Wednesday, at 7pm. Everyone is welcome to join us! It's a great opportunity to get to know some local members! See you there :) Info here : luma.com/0tv3zeul?tk=...

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Outdoor Street Seats Gathering · Luma

Please note the change in date! Originally we planned for Friday the 17th, but that space is already going to be used for another event, so we've moved it to…

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 09/07/2026

The cuts do not seem to be due to a lack of buses, or bus shortage, due to buses having to be taken out of service for maintenance Instead it seems to simply be a normal service hour cut

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 09/07/2026

Same number of buses out, but each bus would be running for less hours of the day, because many cuts are in the evenings when less total buses are out at once

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 09/07/2026

This is very exciting to see. A number of our members tried out the 560 on Canada day and it was a big improvement

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 09/07/2026

Send an email to your Councilor and the Mayor to make your disagreement with the service cuts known so that we can make sure OC Transpo provides the service we deserve

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 09/07/2026

Last week, OC Transpo implemented huge service cuts on weekends OC Transpo says that "A summer preventative maintenance program” is a reason But, we’ve been tracking every bus in operation by OC Transpo for the past several months, and there is no significant decrease in buses used on the weekend

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 28/06/2026

Summer schedule means significant cuts bsky.app/profile/bett...

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 26/06/2026

Hi Councillor Gower, Why is there little mention of the service cuts on weekends? It's not "some routes [operating] less frequently", it is pretty much every route having random trips cut throughout the day There will be 2 hour gaps throughout the day on many routes bsky.app/profile/bett...

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 26/06/2026

No mention of the huge weekend service cuts creating two hour service gaps on some routes? bsky.app/profile/bett...

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 25/06/2026

Send an email to your Councilor and the Mayor to make your disagreement known so that we can make sure OC Transpo provides the service we deserve bettertransitottawa.ca/tracker/sche... (2/2)

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OC Schedule Changes

Track which trips have been added or removed due to a schedule change

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 25/06/2026

OC Transpo weekend service is about to be decimated starting this Sunday in the upcoming summer schedule. Check out our new tool at bettertransitottawa.ca to see the extent of the cuts and if a trip you rely on will be affected. (1/2)

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alex 🇨🇦🍉 @alex-is.online · 14/06/2026

A group of handsome individuals have partially fixed this bench at Pimisi which has been neglected for about 2 years

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Free Transit Ottawa 🇨🇦 @freetransitottawa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

"Cities encourage what they accommodate. Designing streets for cars ensures more driving. More bus lanes would make transit an attractive option, improve access to the city, lower emissions and save people money on the ever-soaring costs of car ownership." ottawacitizen.com/opinion/grov...

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Grover: Dedicated bus lanes in Ottawa would be a win for everyone

Giving half the road to idle cars is bad for business, the climate and transit.

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David Bellerive @dbellerive.ca · 14/05/2026

Hey, councillor @timtierney.ca Reminder that democratic participation doesn't rely on which ward someone comes from. They bring genuine concerns. @bettertransitottawa.ca has done something you haven't done: ask questions and identify what can be done to improve service. Not just slogans.

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 06/05/2026

The City of Ottawa released a report regarding compensation for transit users. One of the main ways they identified to make the service better in the short term was transit priority measures, one of the cheapest ones identified was continuous bus lanes! This is cheap and easy, do it now!

Illustrative option A2 – Implement additional transit priority measures

Some of the transit priority measures identified in the Transportation Master Plan – Part 2 (ACS2025-PDB-TP-0012), or measures identified through other work, could be introduced through one-time funding.

To improve travel times and reduce variability of bus service, funding could be invested in transit priority measures, such as:

Excerpt from the staff report :

Continuous bus lanes, at $20,000 to $100,000 per kilometre, if done by lane conversion. As examples, continuous bus lanes through lane conversion are currently being studied for locations on Carling Avenue.

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 11/04/2026

We spoke with Kristy on 580 CFRA about the motion brought forth by Councillor Menard, which cut bus lanes on Bank Street by 33% (2 of the 6 hours). We strongly urge you voice your concerns to his office respectfully : capitalward@ottawa.ca Here's the recording : drive.google.com/file/d/1R91m...

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2026-04-09-MarkoCFRAMenardMotionToCutHoursBusLanes.mp3

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 09/04/2026

Today Ajay of @bettertransitottawa.ca had a wonderful delegation at Transit Committee about the decision to cut back on the already watered down Bus Lanes on Bank Street pilot. We highly recommend watching it! www.youtube.com/live/p09lCEc...

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Transit Committee– April 9, 2026

YouTube video by Ottawa City Council

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 09/04/2026

Yesterday a last minute walk-on motion undid years of planning from city staff, which sought feedback from thousands of residents from all across the city. This makes people lose trust in our system. If you want to help plan to fix this, join us tonight at our monthly meeting. luma.com/u9c357ol

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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I’m just learning of this in the last half hour and trying to get a sense of what Council just passed. I’ve also reached out to Councillor Menard for more info. But certainly, this has caught many by surprise. There was no debate or discussion on this motion. 1/

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 08/04/2026

It was carried with no debate or recorded vote

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 08/04/2026

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

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 07/04/2026

Tomorrow City Council will discuss and vote on the final approval for the Bank Street bus lane pilot. We still think it is a huge mistake that the city took out their planned event day bus lanes. Every side seems to support this, here's Darrell Cox (BIA Executive Director) saying it's a great idea

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 04/04/2026

Join us for our monthly meeting this upcoming Thursday, April 9th, at 6:15 pm, 400 Sparks Street. We'll be looking back on our campaign for bus lanes on Bank Street, planning for the upcoming election, and discussing upcoming future projects for the group! RSVP : luma.com/u9c357ol?tk=...

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Monthly Meeting—April · Luma

Join us for our April monthly meeting, meet new people, learn about our priorities, and consider taking that first small step to get involved. All experience…

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The Glebe BIA has taken down their 2025 RETAIL MARKET & GAP ANALYSIS report that pro-Bank-Street-Bus-Lanes delegates were using to counter the BIA's own talking points, presumably for that exact reason. Dead link: intheglebe.ca/wp-content/u... Backed up copy: filebin.net/y3xt647u5dip...

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 30/03/2026

OC Transpo needs to be encouraged to move as many school routes back to yellow buses to free up these buses

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 30/03/2026

Improved service March 15-21 is largely because there were no school routes running that week due to March break. This means there was effectively no bus shortage that week. You can see the big dip They even were able to bring back all of the removed trips from January temporarily for the week

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 30/03/2026

We hit a record number of e-buses in service yesterday at 47, very exciting

E-buses in service per day since January

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 30/03/2026

Bank street time So many people that we are in the big room today

Sitting in council chambers while holding a better transit Ottawa business card

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 29/03/2026

Today is the final day to be able to sign up to delegate tomorrow at PWIC in favour of bus lanes on Bank Street. Please if you haven't done so and are interested take a read through our page here that explains how to take part! Every voice matters! strongtownsottawa.ca/2026/03/23/f...

A collage of images from Strong Towns Ottawa efforts to support 24/7 bus lanes on Bank Street

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 25/03/2026

OC Transpo has been moving some of their school routes back to yellow school buses, but needs to be encouraged to do so for as many routes as possible. Every school route moved to a yellow bus means one more city bus for the rest of the network, which means less cancellations.

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 25/03/2026

Due to a severe bus shortage, OC Transpo commonly pulls trips from heavily used routes to run school routes as they are the highest priority route. This causes negative effects all throughout the network.

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Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca · 25/03/2026

Notice something special about last week? Last week had far fewer cancellations than other days. They even brought back the 255 trips cut from the schedule back in January. Almost no bus shortage How's this possible? This was because last week was March break, so no school routes were running.

Graph showing the cancellations and trips removed from the schedule since January over time. Last week had a major drop in missing trips

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 25/03/2026

We have sent a letter out with our 4 key asks for the upcoming Bus Lanes on Bank Street report coming to PWIC on March 30th. You can read the asks here : strongtownsottawa.ca/2026/03/24/o... The letter is also attached in the post. Want to delegate? strongtownsottawa.ca/2026/03/23/f...

The first page of a letter from Strong Towns Ottawa to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, sent on March 24th, 2026. The letter makes the argument that our transit system is in a crisis and our city needs to be bold because of that. The asks are to implement the pilot project by summer of 2026, not 2027, to extend dedicated bus lanes to weekends and events, to operate bus lanes in both directions, and to extend the hours to at minimum 6am-6pm, and ideally to 24/7.

The full letter can be found here : https://strongtownsottawa.ca/2026/03/24/open-letter-bus-lanes-on-bank-street.html

The second page of a letter from Strong Towns Ottawa to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, sent on March 24th, 2026. The letter makes the argument that our transit system is in a crisis and our city needs to be bold because of that. The asks are to implement the pilot project by summer of 2026, not 2027, to extend dedicated bus lanes to weekends and events, to operate bus lanes in both directions, and to extend the hours to at minimum 6am-6pm, and ideally to 24/7.

The full letter can be found here https://strongtownsottawa.ca/2026/03/24/open-letter-bus-lanes-on-bank-street.html

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 23/03/2026

It is unfortunate that even though the city staff running the study for Bank Street Bus Lanes agrees with us that bus lanes should be in effect longer, on weekends, should operate in both directions, and that they should be running on events is being stifled by a small minority of very loud voices.

Section of the city staff report for Bus Lanes on Bank Street that says "Ultimately, bus lane hours extending beyond these peak periods, and in the off-peak direction, are recommended, including during a greater number of Lansdowne events and on weekends."

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 20/03/2026

One concerning piece from the city's proposal for Bank Street bus lanes is that they seem to have removed large event bus lanes. Even though according to their own report, this is probably the most important time for bus lanes to be present. Please sign up to delegate for the March 30th meeting!

Text taken from the City of Ottawa's report for bus lanes on Bank Street with the following text : "Travel times are longest during major events, up to 18 minutes, when the high volume of buses, passenger drop-offs, staging, and increased pedestrian and vehicle activity affect both event attendees and other road users traveling through the corridor." The text "Travel times are longest during major events, up to 18 minutes" has been highlighted in yellow

Text from the City of Ottawa study on Bank Street reads : "During major events, parking demand within the study area exceeds supply, and this contributes to the large-scale adoption of transit by people travelling to major Lansdowne events." with the text : "large-scale adoption of transit by people travelling to major Lansdowne events." highlighted.

Text from the City of Ottawa study reads : "At this time, the pilot is not envisioned to affect transit or road operations during major events at Lansdowne"

The City of Ottawa's proposal during the open house in 2025 showing that they had intended for bus lanes to be in effect "in both directions during major events".

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