My #Ottawa#OCtranspo commute this morning:
Climb over the mountain of dumped snow from road plows to get to bus stop. (Downside of plowing sidewalks first).
Then waited 40 minutes for the 2 shuttle bus that is "temporarily" replacing the Trillium line train that used to run every 5 minutes.
Overall took well over an hour to travel 5km by #PublicTransit within the urban core. Before the snow came it took 20 minutes to commute by bike or 1 hour to walk. But the route isn't winter maintained.
#ottawa folks: is the bus buddy app useful? this afternoon it seems to be generating random times for the next arrival at my stop. even buses marked 'gps' don't appear.
Omg omg the construction fences have been removed!
Combine that with the test trains, this means the train will be done soon? I'm so excited, I love the train 🚂😍
I’m still made about a #ottbike trip I made the other day.
I went out of my way to take protected infra. As soon as I left it, I turned left onto Gladestone in a protected bike box, but in front on a #OCTranspo bus.
Light turns green, and I go. The bus starts to pass me (this is fine!) but my thought was “wow, that’s close”.
Immediately the bus pulls to the right as he’s not even half way past me.
Can you believe it, the O-Train used to make it all the way from Tunney's Pasture to Blair in less than 24 minutes..?! I had to re-watch the video to make sure there were no long missing parts because the video is so short and I was doubting my memory. The skip at 17:17 is about 2-3 seconds long at the most and is from my phone camera splitting the video file into 2 pieces.
The horrific metal squealing noise at 7:35 and 8:58 apparently is not supposed to happen and was an indicator of excessive wearing on the rails that was causing damage. Currently they go much slower at this section. This was also before they started running shorter trains during so called 'low' periods..
This is an old video from June 2022.. Back when the train was fast..
Shot in 4k60p with the Pixel 7 pro (A horrible phone do not buy pixel phones)
The ticking noise is my Radiacode 101 pocket gamma spectrometer & radiation dosimeter.
Fun update for #Cyberpunk2077 dropped last night. I can now ride the Night City Metro! The Night City Area Rapid Transit sent my character a free metro card as an apology for the shutdown for work. Take that, #OCTranspo! #VideoGame
I took the train & bus to work today. Overall, without a hitch in terms of actual service. I walked to Hurdman, then took a bus to Dominion and walked the rest of the way. I missed a bus that would have given me a direct drop-off because I found Tunney's Pasture's bus stop layout confusing and wasn't clear which stop I needed to go to. Signage could be improved. #OCTranspo#Ottawa#Commuting
Nothing shows how absolutely completely out of touch #octranspo is with their riders than the fact that they accept CREDIT CARDS ON THE BUS BUT NOT DEBIT #+$-$&#-$?';&;$+#+#(#;#;#;;$
A friend of mine heard me complaining about this and emailed his city councilor who says that they're going to be adding that feature sometime in 2024 and are waiting for a contract to be finalized with moneris
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says OC Transpo is facing a "worsening financial situation" that is worse than he imagined when he decided to run for mayor.
Dear Mayor, women are facing a "worsening financial situation." Transit is essential for gender equity.
According to GPS my #OCTranspo bus has been five minutes away for the past 15 minutes. The highschool kids at the stop have all given up and are walking.