Transit Committee: 10 September 2026
On 10 September, Transit Committee made its final meeting before the October election to discuss the Customer First Action Plan, service reliability, and the bus fleet.
Topic
Safety
A collection of 9 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.
Transit Committee - 9 April, 2026
On 9 April, Transit Committee met for its third meeting of 2026.
This is the first Transit Committee since Rick Leary joined OC Transpo. Bus reliability is improving thanks to the better weather, e-bus deliveries, and lower service requirements during summer. However, the spalling problem with Line 1'
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
Our new GM: a brief history of Rick Leary
Ten months after the departure of former general manager Renée Amilcar, OC Transpo has a new head: Rick Leary.
You can watch the city's press conference introducing him here.
Mr. Leary has held executive positions in Boston, York Region, and Toronto. According to the memo City Manager Wendy
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
Transit Committee - 11 September, 2025
Introduction
On 11 September, 2025, Transit Committee met for its fifth meeting this year. The meeting video can be found at this link.
Reliability continues to be the big issue facing OC Transpo. This meeting, councillors discussed reliability problems, the electric bus program and fleet assignments, and funding splits for
Transit Committee - 12 June, 2025
Introduction
On 12 June, 2025, Transit Committee met for the fourth time this year. You can find the meeting video here.
This meeting was presentation heavy, and as such, this update is a little longer than usual as well.
As usual, councilors talked a range of questions, some good, many
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