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The city will reduce the number of buses it will run along the Scott/Albert Transitway detour while light rail transit is under construction.
Community members on Scott Street had been vocal in their opposition to the city’s plans for 2016-2018, with signs emblazoned with messages like “2,500 buses a day, no way” appearing in recent months.
The city said its decision to reduce the number of buses by up to 18 per cent during peak periods was made with the community in mind.
“The City of Ottawa has analyzed ideas submitted by the community on how to reduce the number of bus trips that need to run along the detour route,” the city said in a statement Friday. “These suggestions have helped shape a number of service changes that will see a significant reduction of the total transit volumes along this corridor.”
Among the “mitigation measures,” out-of-services buses will be directed onto the Sir John A Macdonald Parkway, the city said, adding that would require approval from the National Capital Commission.
Some express routes will end at Bay Street during the morning rush, instead of LeBreton Station.
The city says those two measures will amount to 267 fewer buses west of City Centre Avenue (a 14-per-cent reduction during peak periods), 348 fewer buses between City Centre Avenue and Preston Street (an 18-per-cent drop during peak periods) and 133 fewer buses east of Preston Street (a seven-per-cent reduction during peak periods).
The city also said it is trying to buy more high-capacity buses, either double-decker or articulated, to reduce the number of buses along the corridor. Other options to reduce bus volumes will also be “constantly pursued,” the statement said, adding the measures won’t “reduce total transit capacity or connectivity for customers.”
During LRT construction, buses will be detoured off the Transitway from Tunney’s Pasture to downtown onto Scott and Albert streets.
Full information will be presented at a public meeting on June 16 from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the Tom Brown Arena.
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Community members on Scott Street had been vocal in their opposition to the city’s plans for 2016-2018, with signs emblazoned with messages like “2,500 buses a day, no way” appearing in recent months.
The city said its decision to reduce the number of buses by up to 18 per cent during peak periods was made with the community in mind.
“The City of Ottawa has analyzed ideas submitted by the community on how to reduce the number of bus trips that need to run along the detour route,” the city said in a statement Friday. “These suggestions have helped shape a number of service changes that will see a significant reduction of the total transit volumes along this corridor.”
Among the “mitigation measures,” out-of-services buses will be directed onto the Sir John A Macdonald Parkway, the city said, adding that would require approval from the National Capital Commission.
Some express routes will end at Bay Street during the morning rush, instead of LeBreton Station.
The city says those two measures will amount to 267 fewer buses west of City Centre Avenue (a 14-per-cent reduction during peak periods), 348 fewer buses between City Centre Avenue and Preston Street (an 18-per-cent drop during peak periods) and 133 fewer buses east of Preston Street (a seven-per-cent reduction during peak periods).
The city also said it is trying to buy more high-capacity buses, either double-decker or articulated, to reduce the number of buses along the corridor. Other options to reduce bus volumes will also be “constantly pursued,” the statement said, adding the measures won’t “reduce total transit capacity or connectivity for customers.”
During LRT construction, buses will be detoured off the Transitway from Tunney’s Pasture to downtown onto Scott and Albert streets.
Full information will be presented at a public meeting on June 16 from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the Tom Brown Arena.
cmills@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/CarysMills
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