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Reliability

A collection of 34 issues

Route 90 snapshot: 24 March-20 April

This article presents a "snapshot" of service quality on Route 90 between the 24th of March and 20th of April. Data sourced from Transsee. Cancellations During the analysis period, the overall cancellation rate was 5.4%. Northbound trips saw a slightly higher rate at 5.5%; southbound trips

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

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.

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

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

Transit Committee - 13 February, 2025

On Thursday, the 13th of February 2025, Transit Commission ... I mean, Transit Committee met for the first time in nearly three months to receive updates from OC Transpo's management on a variety of information. The video link can be found here. Before we begin, note that Vice-Chair

Route 85 snapshot: 6th January - 2nd February

This article presents a "snapshot" of service on Route 85 between 6th January and 2nd February. All data sourced from Transsee. Cancellations Over a period of four weeks, the route saw a 7.4% cancellation rate eastbound and 5.0% westbound, with an average of 5.9% in

Route 14 service analysis: 25th November - 22nd December

This article analyses the service of Route 14 from the 25th November to the 22nd December. Data from Transsee. Here are the theoretical headway charts (it will soon be clear why I say theoretical): Cancellations Over the period of two weeks, Route 14 "achieved" an average of 8.

Route 80 service analysis: 11th November to 6th December

This article analyses the service provided on Route 80 from the 11th of November to 6th December. Data from Transsee. As a reminder, here are headway charts for the <80>: Cancellations Route 80 runs 66 NB and 65 SB trips on weekdays, 36 trips each way on Saturdays,