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I envison a shallow cut and cover underneath Colonel By.. that would be easier to do through sandy/unstable soils than a bored tunnel like the Confederation Line is.

The easiest way to bring rail back into the core would probably be a cut and cover rail tunnel underneath Colonel By to link up with the old Union Station. Colonel By is not a particularly critical traffic link so it could stand being closed for a year or two.

A future station at Jasmine is being protected for, according to the current draft EA documents. I'll definitely keeps tabs on this one as it progresses.

The EAs for Phase 2 appear to be nearing completion. Detailed design of the Eastern extension is now out. Check out these detailed pdfs: http://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents.ottawa.ca/files/documents/174_17_widening_en.pdf The part beyond Place D'Orleans station is included in the EA but...

It was confirmed recently that the Confederation Line will have full cell phone reception, including 3G and 4G, throughout the entire system in both underground stations and in the tunnels...

The Transitway from Hurdman to Blair will be closing for LRT conversion on June 28th. This closure was originally scheduled for October. So far, it continues the streak of all work being ahead of schedule. It does mean the construction is now entering its nasty phase... that of bus...

Essentially it's a cheap cut and cover underneath a realigned SJAM. As part of the realignment the SJAM will lose its grass median and form a much narrower ROW. More of a urban arterial style road than the existing freeway-style road.

They've called a press conference for tomorrow morning at 10:30. Early details leaked imply that a compromise was reached. Notably, the press release is a joint NCC-City of Ottawa announcement which is a very good sign.

Ottawa has set up a live-sized model of a Confederation Line car at Aberdeen Pavilion. I snapped this video of it. Apologies for crappy quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXFJZFF6Uc

They really should add in an additional station at Jasmine Crescent between Blair & Montreal if it's on the north side. Lots of high density housing low income areas in the area plus lots of redevelopment opportunities.

On the topic of the Baseline BRT, the EA is now underway. So far the city has indicated it's going to use a median-BRT arrangement, in its direct words "akin to the VIVA Rapidways in the Toronto area". They're an inspiration now, be proud York Region :)

The new Confederation Station will have its platform just north of Heron but will have station exists on both sides of Heron via a below grade pedestrian crossing (essentially a pedestrian pathway adjacent to the tracks). This is important because the Baseline BRT is going to be going through...

On the Confederation Line front, at the site of the future eastern entrance to Rideau Station, they're doing demolition work. The Scotiabank is being demolished to make way for the entrance, this got underway last week. The construction fencing surrounding the building is plastered all around...

Oh, and all the road crossings needed for the southern extensions will be grade separated. The entire O-Train system is thus confirmed to be fully separated from road traffic in Phase 2.

Went to the one on Tuesday, didn't have a chance to post until now. The EA is indeed looking at two spurs... the Trillium Line (existing O-Train) will split at South Keys into two, one going to Bowesville Road along the previously approved 2006 LRT ROW, another going to the airport. The issue...

Barring an emergency I'll be attending that openhouse next week, so I'll have plenty of deets :)

Its got a giant overpass that goes over Riverside, the SE Transitway, and the train tracks. The curve at the top of the white line provides access to Riverside Drive. There's bus ramps that provide a fast link from it to Hurdman. Preliminary construction started a few months ago, I think it's...

The #106 is getting a big speed boost in the next few years, a new access road is being built that will cut the travel time from Hurdman station down to 5 minutes.

Some new updates: -Excavation of Rideau Station has begun -Road realignments necessary for the construction of the Booth Street/LRT ROW grade separation have been completed, construction on this as well as preliminary construction at Pimisi Station will begin after the holidays -The pedestrian...

The Rochester-Byron route would be almost as fast. Probably only about 1-2 minute time difference, mostly because it would have one additional station. The Parkway-Richmond the NCC just prohibited would add 2 infill stations between LF & Dominion--one at Cleary Av. and another at New Orchard...