Route 25 service snapshot: 27 July - 23 August
Summer service means less traffic and more reliable runtimes on Route 25, but problems with bunching and cancellations remain and will inevitably ramp up into the fall.
Topic
Reliability
A collection of 33 issues
Transit Committee - 11 June, 2026
Transit Committee on 11 June. The meeting provided reasons to be both optimistic and pessimistic, but this is not OC Transpo's first brush with great-sounding action plans, their capacity for long-term planning and Council's ability to supervise such an undertaking remains in question.
Route 48 service snapshot - 13 April-10 May
Route 48 is a local route in Alta Vista, and one of the busiest local routes in the network. An analysis of its schedule reveals inadequate runtimes, erratic travel times, and bunching.
Transit Committee - 14 May, 2026
Transit Committee met for the fourth this year on 14 May. The frequency of meetings has increased since last year, likely in response to criticism that the Committee was not working hard enough to solve Ottawa's transit problems.
This meeting brings mostly good news. An end to the
Transit Committee - 12 March, 2026
Another month, another Transit Committee.
The spalling trouble remained unresolved and the surface network remained unreliable throughout February. Adding to these problems, an ice storm whipped through town the day before the meeting, causing Line 1's catenary wires to snap and forcing three days of R1 service on
Transit Committee - 12 February, 2026
On the 12th of February, Transit Committee met for the first time in 2026. The video of this meeting can be found here.
Since the last Transit Committee in November, bus service has continued to deteriorate, and adding to OC Transpo's troubles, most of the Line 1 fleet
Route 41 service snapshot - 3 to 30 November
Route 41 is a frequent route that runs from Billings Bridge to St. Laurent. The route is the primary service on Heron Road, Walkley Road, and St. Laurent Boulevard, and services Herongate and Elmvale, both low-income communities with relatively high transit use.
The westbound service towards Billings Bridge is
Priorities at City Hall: OC Transpo in 2026
As we roll out of 2025 and into 2026, transit in Ottawa drifts forwards without a coherent vision.
OC Transpo is changing from the Transitway days, and it is not clear what it will become. The first part of Stage 2 opened last year, with another set to open this
Transit Committee - 24 November, 2025
On the 24th of November, Transit Committee met for its sixth and final meeting of the year. The meeting link, for those interested, was uploaded to YouTube here.
As the last Transit Committee meeting of the year, discussion centered around the budget. It includes $47 million in funding from the
Route 7 service snapshot - 29 September to 26 October
Route 7 is a frequent line that runs from St. Laurent to Carleton University on the northern segment of St. Laurent, the Hemlock-Beechwood corridor, and Bank Street, an arrangement which has not changed substantially since the 1980s. This is one of two Bank Street routes, which is currently being