Tag Archives: OC Transpo
Keep Calm and Drive Over
For some reason the City of Ottawa installed traffic calming devices on my street a couple of weeks ago. There was no warning, no consultation with the community, just the installation of black and yellow dividers in the middle of the street. I’m assuming the intent is to slow traffic, though I’ve never noticed speed […]
Less Than A Thousand Words
Roadway construction has caused me to alter my daily commute, trying to find a way downtown that doesn’t take twice what it used to. The bus regularly gets snarled in traffic, so I opted for the train. The drawback is that I have to transfer from the train to a bus on the outskirts of […]
Bus Etiquette
I pushed my way through the group of four young adults blocking the bus’s exit. Clustered in front of the door you would think they were planning on getting off when I was, but that was not the case. I did a quick count as I exited. There were at least six empty seats in […]
The Aftermath
Two days after Ottawa was hit with a major 50 cm snowstorm the bus system still doesn’t appear to be back to normal. Thursday afternoon buses were traveling through the downtown core were 45 minutes behind schedule. Supposedly that was due to high traffic volumes, which struck me as a strange excuse given that most […]
White Chaos
I occasionally poke fun at my American friends whose communities seem to be unable to handle a severe winter storm. Canadians, I tell them, aren’t afraid of a little snow. We know how to deal with the stuff. My contempt has its roots in a trip to New York City in 2001, where we experienced […]
Screwing Up The System
They’ve been around for 30 years, but today I have to use one for the first time. Canada Post is ending home delivery to my neighbourhood and I will have to pick up my mail at a community mailbox. It’s a financial decision to keep the postal service in the black. I think it is […]
My Morning Commute
I was on the bus and got annoyed. Have I ranted on this subject before? I can’t remember. I am a big fan of public transit. It is cost-effective, somewhat efficient and reasonably ecologically friendly. By choosing to live close to Ottawa’s Transitway we have avoided the need for a second vehicle. However, while I […]
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