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Timothy Tao

How do we measure reliability?

Introduction At Transit Committee (TC) on the 10th of April, reliability was the big issue of the day. Reliability statistics, reliability breakdowns, reliability plans, the discussion was centered around reliability even if the solutions were not found that day. In light of this, and in light of my own criticism

Transit Committee - 10 April, 2025

Introduction On Thursday, the 10th of April 2025, Transit Committee held its third meeting of the year. Video link here, the meeting begins at 20:45. This meeting was a head-turner, and featured some good discussion of OC Transpo's reliability problems, and the hard questions needed to

Transportation Master Plan: failure at City Hall, Pt. III

Introduction On the first of April, the city released its Transportation Master Plan update. This is the third and final article in a three-part series on this joke. The first, link here, covers the contents of the plan. The second, link here, is a detailed rant on why this

Transportation Master Plan: failure at City Hall, Pt. II

Introduction On the first of April, the City released its draft Transportation Master Plan, or TMP, and befitting this date, it's a complete joke. The TMP is a document that guides city planning on all transportation matters; this one is intended to go through 2046, though the document

Transportation Master Plan: failure at City Hall, Pt. I

Introduction The City's new Transportation Master Plan (TMP) for transit and roads came out on the first of April after a last-minute delay from the day before. That the TMP was hastily pushed for a release on April Fool's is a level of symbolism that

Route 44 snapshot: 24 Feb-23 Mar

This article presents a "snapshot" of service on Route 44 between the 24th of February and the 23rd of March. Data collected from Transsee. Cancellations Over the period of four weeks, southbound cancellations were 6.2% and northbound cancellations were 4.6%. Overall, the cancellation rate was 5.

Stage 2 Update (Transit Committee) - 17 March, 2025

On the 17th of March, a Monday, Transit Committee met for the second meeting of the year. Video link. Meeting begins at 16:50. The Stage 2 update presentation begins at timestamp 3:35:30 in the video. Introduction In January, the city disbanded the LRT Subcommittee. Light rail updates,

Transit Committee - 17 March, 2025

On the 17th of March, a Monday, Transit Committee met for the second meeting of the year. Video link. Meeting begins at 16:50. Routine Update Renée Amilcar was unavailable, and the regular was presented by Bart Cormier, Director of Strategic Communications and External Relations at OC Transpo. The presentation

Investigation of the Trillium Line Training Program

Introduction On the 10th of February, 2025, the Auditor General's Office released a report on the training program for DROs (diesel rail operators) on Lines 2 and 4. This document is less damning for what it says about the training program itself, than for what it says about

Route 51 snapshot: 27 January-23 February

This article presents a "snapshot" of service on Route 51 between the 27th of January and 23rd of February in 2025. Data from Transsee. Cancellations Over the period of four weeks, the route saw an average of 9.6% cancellations. Eastbound (towards Tunney's Pasture) cancellations were