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Even though there won’t be an LRT stop in Vanier, New Edinburgh or Rockcliffe Park, the opening of the Confederation Line next year means big changes for how people who live or work on the east side of the Rideau River get around.
Bus routes across the entire OC Transpo network are being transformed to provide connections to the $2.1-billion LRT line.
Routes currently bringing riders from western and southern suburbs into the downtown will instead end at Tunney’s Pasture, where people will transfer en masse to the train. Similarly, those coming in from the southeast and eastern ends of the city will board the train at Hurdman and Blair stations, respectively.
For some bus routes, the changes are more intricate. People living north of Montreal Road will likely still ride a bus to and from downtown. But even though it might seem counterintuitive, others might take a bus east to St. Laurent station or south to Hurdman, and catch the train.
“This was the one area where we wanted to talk about what we were recommending,” said Pat Scrimgeour, OC Transpo’s director of customer systems and planning. He spoke at a public forum this week intended to demystify the plan and collect feedback from riders.
New numbers for old rides
Later this month, the long-serving No. 1 bus will be renumbered the No. 6 (the equally long-serving No. 2 became the No. 11 in April). The numbers 1 and 2 will now refer to O-Train lines (1 for Confederation, 2 for Trillium).
Changes at a glance
New routes
The trouble with Tremblay and Hurdman
Why don’t more east-of-Rideau local routes connect to the LRT at Tremblay and Hurdman stations, Scrimgeour was asked.
Tremblay, he explained, is not on a public street and exists to primarily provide a connection to the Via Rail train station and the baseball stadium across the Queensway. Service to this stop was previously restricted to the Transitway, which the LRT line is replacing (OC Transpo made a deal with Via to allow buses to temporarily use the public road while the LRT line is being built).
As development occurs to the south of Tremblay station, the possibility of more connections to Trainyards might be explored, Scrimgeour said.
As for Hurdman, the problem is how streets in Vanier and Overbrook are laid out. Besides the Vanier Parkway at St. Laurent Boulevard, most main streets south of Montreal Road run northwest to southeast.
“The streets just point away from Hurdman station and if we were to twist those routes to run them to Hurdman station, that might be advantageous for some but we’d be giving up the continuity along streets like Donald and McArthur,” Scrimgeour said.
Buses on Queen
The entrances to Parliament and Lyon stations will be on Queen Street, where a number of bus routes will also soon converge. But Scrimgeour said the redesigned two-lane street will look nothing like Albert and Slater streets, where buses often line up bumper to bumper during rush hour. The sidewalks will be wider to make the Confederation Line’s front door a bit friendlier.
Queen will be “a little busier” than Bank Street is now, but “nothing like what we’re both thinking of when we think of downtown streets right now,” he said.
When do the changes take effect?
The new No. 6 makes its maiden run on the morning of June 25.
And once OC Transpo has an exact date for when train service will begin in 2018, it will implement some changes before and others after (for example, it can’t shut down Laurier station until the Transitway closes and buses are replaced by trains).
“We’ll be helping people make that transition in phases,” Scrimgeour said.
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Bus routes across the entire OC Transpo network are being transformed to provide connections to the $2.1-billion LRT line.
Routes currently bringing riders from western and southern suburbs into the downtown will instead end at Tunney’s Pasture, where people will transfer en masse to the train. Similarly, those coming in from the southeast and eastern ends of the city will board the train at Hurdman and Blair stations, respectively.
For some bus routes, the changes are more intricate. People living north of Montreal Road will likely still ride a bus to and from downtown. But even though it might seem counterintuitive, others might take a bus east to St. Laurent station or south to Hurdman, and catch the train.
“This was the one area where we wanted to talk about what we were recommending,” said Pat Scrimgeour, OC Transpo’s director of customer systems and planning. He spoke at a public forum this week intended to demystify the plan and collect feedback from riders.
New numbers for old rides
Later this month, the long-serving No. 1 bus will be renumbered the No. 6 (the equally long-serving No. 2 became the No. 11 in April). The numbers 1 and 2 will now refer to O-Train lines (1 for Confederation, 2 for Trillium).
Changes at a glance
- 6 (Rockcliffe/South Keys): The new No. 6 will run on Queen Street between Elgin and Bank instead of Wellington, and then down Bank Street to South Keys. Along the way, it will connect to the Rideau and Parliament LRT stations. No route changes east of the Rideau River.
- 7 (St. Laurent/Carleton): It will also run on Queen between Elgin and Bank and then head south to Carleton University. The 7 will intersect with four O-Train stations: St. Laurent, Rideau, Parliament and Carleton. No route changes east of the Rideau River.
- 9 (Hurdman/Rideau): Route will be modified slightly in the ByWard Market, where it will connect with Rideau station. No route changes east of the Rideau River.
- 12 (Blair/Parliament): No changes planned for this route, which will continue to provide all-day service between Blair and Parliament stations via Montreal Road and Rideau Street. Buses are expected to be less jam-packed as people opt to take other routes to travel downtown via the Confederation Line.
- 14 (St. Laurent/Tunney’s Pasture): No route changes east of the Rideau River. But on the west-side, this cross-town route will be divided in two. It will connect with Rideau station, then travel down Elgin to Gladstone, west to Parkdale and terminate at Tunney’s (a new route 53 will serve riders between Tunney’s Pasture and Carlington).
- 18 (St. Laurent/Parliament): To provide a more direct route between St. Laurent and downtown, OC Transpo will remove service from Quill, Lola and Donald streets. The No. 18 will instead use Tremblay (to return service to Eastway Gardens), Belfast, Coventry, Lola and Queen Mary to reach North River Road, then travel downtown via Laurier Ave and Mackenzie King Bridge (meaning more frequent bus service to the University of Ottawa). Will terminate at Parliament station.
- 19 (St. Laurent/Parliament): Formerly the No. 5, this route will see the most changes of all. It will be shortened to run along Marier, Olmstead and Donald for faster service between St. Laurent and downtown. No changes west of the Rideau River. Will terminate at Parliament station via the Mackenzie King Bridge.
New routes
- 17: Intended to provide rush hour service between the new Wateridge community (former CFB Rockcliffe) and downtown. It also adds more bus capacity along Beechwood. Connects to Rideau station, terminates at Parliament station.
- 20: Designed to replace the all-day local service between Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre and St. Laurent station previously offered by No. 19. Will also serve Montfort Hospital.
- 27: Intended to provide rush hour service between new Wateridge community and St. Laurent station, via Cummings Avenue.
The trouble with Tremblay and Hurdman
Why don’t more east-of-Rideau local routes connect to the LRT at Tremblay and Hurdman stations, Scrimgeour was asked.
Tremblay, he explained, is not on a public street and exists to primarily provide a connection to the Via Rail train station and the baseball stadium across the Queensway. Service to this stop was previously restricted to the Transitway, which the LRT line is replacing (OC Transpo made a deal with Via to allow buses to temporarily use the public road while the LRT line is being built).
As development occurs to the south of Tremblay station, the possibility of more connections to Trainyards might be explored, Scrimgeour said.
As for Hurdman, the problem is how streets in Vanier and Overbrook are laid out. Besides the Vanier Parkway at St. Laurent Boulevard, most main streets south of Montreal Road run northwest to southeast.
“The streets just point away from Hurdman station and if we were to twist those routes to run them to Hurdman station, that might be advantageous for some but we’d be giving up the continuity along streets like Donald and McArthur,” Scrimgeour said.
Buses on Queen
The entrances to Parliament and Lyon stations will be on Queen Street, where a number of bus routes will also soon converge. But Scrimgeour said the redesigned two-lane street will look nothing like Albert and Slater streets, where buses often line up bumper to bumper during rush hour. The sidewalks will be wider to make the Confederation Line’s front door a bit friendlier.
Queen will be “a little busier” than Bank Street is now, but “nothing like what we’re both thinking of when we think of downtown streets right now,” he said.
When do the changes take effect?
The new No. 6 makes its maiden run on the morning of June 25.
And once OC Transpo has an exact date for when train service will begin in 2018, it will implement some changes before and others after (for example, it can’t shut down Laurier station until the Transitway closes and buses are replaced by trains).
“We’ll be helping people make that transition in phases,” Scrimgeour said.
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