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.
Topic
Service
A collection of 7 issues
Bus After Midnight, Pt. I: the last bus of the day
Every day at midnight, transit service stops for the night, only to resume the next morning. Shutting down a transit service is more complex than it seems though, and an examination of late night service on OC Transpo reveals some patterns that are difficult to spot during the more complex
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
Counting Buses: A Frequent Network
Frequent transit service offers many benefits for both transit riders and the city, and these are increasingly recognized by both transit authorities and by transit advocates.
It has become a trend to designate a subset of transit routes as a "frequent transit network" or by some similar name.
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
The case for the Baseline BRT
Background
In 2013, the Transportation Master Plan appeared with a Baseline BRT, stretching from Billings Bridge to Algonquin Station in the "affordable" vision, and to Bayshore in the "ultimate" concept. According to city staff, this was the highest priority corridor for BRT in the city.
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OC Transpo: a transit agenda for the New Year
It's 2025, the first segment of Stage 2 has launched, and another network semi-redesign is imminent. OC Transpo is in crisis mode again, with federal dollars not appearing, a crisis of confidence, and a city that wants to cut, cut, cut.
What next?
In this post, I