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"A real shit" - B. McPherson. Commentary and snark on public transit and urban planning in #YOW. Snark, mostly.
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined November 2016
Spotted this fun tidbit in a 2014 NCC consultation report on the Ottawa River shoreline vision. Sometimes, we can have nice stuff?
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These were the most cancelled OC Transpo bus trips during the third week of February
ctvnews.ca
More than 15 per cent of trips were cancelled on an OC Transpo route that runs between Tunney’s Pasture and Gatineau during peak periods during the third week of February, as the transit service...
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Ottawa’s Worst Commute: Getting to work in Gatineau
ctvnews.ca
CTV News is following OC Transpo riders around this week and taking part in their lengthy commutes. CTV’s Leah Larocque went from Hunt Club to Gatineau.
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Ottawa’s worst commute: Para Transpo users say system not meeting their needs
ctvnews.ca
CTV News Ottawa joins David Humphries for a trip using Para Transpo. A trip that would take 10 minutes took approximately two hours.
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Ottawa Worst Commute: Errands on Para Transpo
ctvnews.ca
What could be a 10-minute trip could turn into a two-hour commitment for Para Transpo users. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson took a trip to see why.
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Question of the Day: What is Ottawa's worst commute on transit?
ctvnews.ca
On News Talk 580 CFRA’s Ottawa Now, host Kristy Cameron explores the daily ordeal for commuters facing unreliable routes.
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I think it bears repeating that BART installed tall gates to enter the subway and they're gaining $10m in revenue a year plus the need for maintenance is down by *95.7%* Passengers who were unwilling to pay a few bucks were causing 96% of the public cleanliness problems!
@maxdubler And there are other real benefits such as fewer corrective maintenance requests and time spent cleaning and fixing things.
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Are there any functioning card readers on any OC Transpo buses any more?
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Honest to god at this point the OC Transpo fake-time data qualifies as a pseudo-random number generator. Someone at the transit company needs to become unemployed.
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@_MarkSutcliffe You’re weakening our city’s infrastructure with these unsustainably and unnecessarily low taxes.
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@_MarkSutcliffe The transit system is literally on the brink of collapse. I think we could’ve made better choices than this as a city.
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Another indicator of how little the user experience matters to OC Transpo is the state of the info board, including the missing map, at the Rideau Street westbound bus stop. System information isn't a frill. OC Transpo has an ingrained attitude of treating it that way though.
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After their White House visit, Team USA players Auston Matthews and Brady Tkachuk are losing fan support, according to this analysis of social media posts by https://t.co/Ded143J1qm.
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This stuff is good obviously, but they should be careful. At some point folks will remember that the prior state was also just accepted until people freaked out.
Mayor Chow confirms Line 6 "can be faster." https://t.co/56njOvKRtp
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If OC Transpo and the City cared about urban bus riders, there would be special constables at Rideau at all times, and the urban transit bylaws would be enforced instead of being words on a website. They don't, and there aren't.
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I’m all for mid-rise apartments. However, I don’t get the obsession the environmental community has on making sure they’re only on the most polluted arterial roads. When did environmental justice stop being a thing? https://t.co/fHHU09LU6w
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Here’s an idea for the Greater Toronto Area's housing crisis: make more market-oriented homes available at a size, location and price point that many would be interested in buying.
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@LongBranchMike1 @TorontoStar @ttcriders the star isn't the one suggesting the station isn't going to be built or that it shouldn't be - thats the agencies and jurisdictions involved - the star is just reporting how much sunk cost has been put into something they have no commitment to build
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It's almost impressive the number of card readers that are out of service on OC Transpo buses.
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How citizen-led data tools are filling knowledge gaps about Ottawa's transit system https://t.co/1gBMZ7QBhe
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