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Your right. The speed limits are 50 km/h near and at stations. In between, speed limits range from 70 km/h to 90km/h. The only exceptions are parts where it is rather curvy (the Transitway from Hurdman to South Keys has quite a few curvy sections). Most non-downtown stations have barriers...

I totally agree gweed. I wasn't trying to knock BRT as a technology. I was just pointing out some of the reasons why BRT is starting to fail in Ottawa. It isnt a problem with the technology necessarily, only the infrastructure hitting capacity.

That was why I said that it 'could' work well if they wanted to do more in downtown sections. During rush hour, your right, that has become the norm. A lot of it has to do with Rideau. That has become a huge bottleneck in the system. You can actually watch starting from 3:00 and see how the line...

Times like that don't tend to last very long. You may have a small jam at a station but because there is a passing lane it can usually work itself out quick enough. Even downtown buses routinely use the other lanes on Slater and Albert to pass. The reason all those buses were backed up in that...

I am pretty sure the only reason LRT to Barrhaven was added in the first place was to gain some support for the previous plan. After Riverside the line into Barrhaven was clearly an after thought. There may be other reasons for dropping Barrhaven that are more technical. There has been a lot of...

I take back what I said earlier about the stations. I didn't realize until taking a full look around the website that they were doing all new stations (this is the first plan where they have all been redone). The video made a comment about covering the stations from the elements, so I would...

Though there are a lot of things I dislike about O'Brien it was clear almost immediately that he understood what really needed to be done for transit in Ottawa. What happened in Ottawa also proves something which I have believed about transit...that people will support transit...even large...

Your right. The new website does say 2013. According to this staff report it looks like Train won't be a separate project anymore. In fact it states that once construction at stations starts and bus service is removed it will not return. It also gives a slight overview of how they plan to divert...

I know that double decker buses were one idea they tried to increase capacity. Basically increase the capacity of a bus without increasing the length (like the articulated ones) and be able to add more capacity that way. While the double deckers are cool, I don't think they have worked as...

I think Late Spring 2011 is when it is planned to begin, but that is just what I remember off the top of my head. I also recall that the Train Station Transitway realignment was going to be done as a project independent of the rest of the LRT plan. I am not sure if this is still the case since I...

^I remember that day. That is probably the most extreme example of how backed up the buses can get. I cant remember if they were lined up all the way to Hurdman (they may have gotten to that point) but I remember it being lined up from Lees. I also remember waiting 10 minutes and moving maybe 3...

I think you could justify the cost of tunnelling through Centretown but in the Glebe and Old Ottawa South I am not so sure about. After the Queensway I am not sure if the ridership would be there and those two neighborhoods are not exactly the most open to new development. Its a nice thought...

I am not sure about now but I know that with the previous plan an LRT (that is trams on surface streets) was planned for Rideau/Montreal Road. I think since then it has taken a back seat so who knows what will happen. Probably not much for a while. A surface tram isnt a bad idea for Bank, but...

And a lot of the sections that are not grade separated or need to be rebuilt for LRT (Baseline Station, The Queensway to Bayshore section as examples) are underway or will start soon. Once the tunnel and first section are done (and Tunneys to Lincoln Fields is figured out) then it will be...

I totally agree. Connections with Gatineau are a total mess. That being said, I'm kind of glad they didn't expand the line into Hull because that would only make it harder to shut down the line for upgrades when that time comes. It will be interesting what happens to that line when the time...

Somehow I suspect Glebites and Ottawa Southians would be up in arms over such an idea. I am not sure if that is the first place I would consider for a subway though. My own guess is that the first subway in Ottawa (which I think is probably 20 years off) will be a loop between Ottawa and Hull...

I would be really surprised if it didn't. If you compare public response to this plan versus others in the past its night and day. Before you had half a dozen competing visions and an official plan that was really inadequate, which is why it was killed. Though there are always some people who...

Ottawa got it right with this plan. When construction starts on the transit tunnel it is going to be very exciting to see. A proper transit system (not that the Transitway was bad, but it has just become terrible inadequate for the city) will really allow Ottawa to develop in a way that will...

The busway will not involve ripping up the existing track. I will be built parallel to it and from what I can tell there is enough room being left in the corridor to allow for twinning of the rail line in the future or simply converting the busway too light rail. I think LRT from the beginning...