Line 1 was supposed to have 250K riders per day from day one. If we can convince the public service to go back to the office, numbers will start approaching that, but Ottawa has also wrecked the overall transit network since 2019 so rebuilding public confidence will be challenging. The Ontario...

What is happening in Ottawa and Montreal is completely different. Those are designed to be rapid transit, not local transit. They are totally segregated rights of way. What is happening on Finch is more a streetcar, but LRT does not necessarily mean 'rapid'. Nevertheless, I am sure the line...

There is no reason why rail in a separate right of way should be slower than a bus in mixed traffic on the very same corridor. There are problems that need to be resolved above and beyond stop spacing. We also have to understand that the Finch West LRT is designed to be a local transit...

There is a big difference in ride quality between Line 1 and 2 in Ottawa. The Flirt trains on Line 2 are very smooth, but ......... , they are so slow, because they are constantly negotiating passing tracks that are not ideally located. Operations are very slow on the original part of Line 2...

It remains pitifully slow especially at the curves near Hurdman Station. As I have said, they run at bicycle speed on both sides of Hurdman. I have watched this awful performance multiple times in the last few weeks. Another source of delay and a long held complaint in Ottawa, is station...

The Canadian Northern alignment is out of the question. It was abandoned in 1939 and former Highway 17 runs on parts of that right of way, at least to Rockland. It is the Canadian Pacific alignment that makes more sense. It was owned by VIA until 2021 when it was transferred for trail use...

I'm in Ottawa and we use the same trains. We had to slow our trains down because of maintenance issues. I have watched our trains near the VIA Rail station operating at bicycle speeds ever since the derailment at that location. The fact of the matter is that the PPP arrangement does not...

Toronto is making the same mistake as Ottawa. They open the line without it being optimized. This turns everybody off. How can it take an hour to go less than 11 km? You would expect much better performance in a seperate transit lane. After seeing what has happened here in Ottawa...

So true. The trains on both lines are still too slow and station dwell times are too long. If trip times are too long, it wears on passengers over time. In Ottawa, I still marvel about how slow trains are near Hurdman. With common trains, it would be interesting to compare Ottawa Line 1...

If you read streetcar history in Ottawa, the federal government never wanted streetcars and their wires in front of Parliament. Why a change of heart, I don't get it. If anybody has been to Ottawa on Canada Day, Wellington is the worst place for rail transit. Running surface rail in downtown...

Wellington is an awful location for rail. Any major celebration or protest will interrupt service. This is unacceptable. We just moved STO buses off of Wellington to Albert and Slater. At least buses can be moved if Wellington was blocked, which happened in the past

The answer to the question is no. Line 2 is designed to maximize a service disruption measured in years to implement double tracks on rhe busiest portion of the Line North of South Keys. This is so disappointing for someone who lives nearby. I also wish that a Metrolinx upload would spur the...

Totally agree. At a time when we are about to embark on nation building projects including Alto, why would we consider contrarians in Quebec and Alberta? Canada greatly benefits from standing together. Splintering will just suck us into the Trump chaos even more . As a result, I strongly...

While I am sympathetic concerning the worries of PS workers relating to federal cutbacks, I am aware of completely empty federal buildings both downtown and elsewhere in Ottawa. We are also aware that downtown foot traffic and transit usage has not recovered from the pandemic. This has...

Sure, Ottawa residents would like more direct international flights. That has never been in the cards with our location between Toronto and Montreal. The next best thing is to fly via Montreal. If rail was reliable, people would use it. As I have already said, why would we delete the...