Paying More for Less - The Leveller
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By Je Ho Cho In May 2020, the Trillium Line in Ottawa was closed for an extension project nearly two decades in the making. Over four years later, students en route to Carleton University continue to load themselves onto cramped replacement buses – neatly wrapped station exteriors and empty new trains passing by on their …
  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “People can’t trust the system to get them to places they need to be on time,” Horner stated, “and because of that, more and more people are opting to drive.”

    …

    “Running and funding a transit network that people can trust isn’t rocket science,” Horner said. “We did it for decades.”

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      OC Transpo is one of the worst jokes in North America.

      Anyone who has lived in ottawa that I’ve met around the world instantly bonds with me when I bring up OC.

      “Does it still suck?”, “I remember waiting for x hours for the 95”, “You mean to tell me they stopped the direct service from Barrhaven centre to downtown and now you have to take a train?”, and “what do you mean the train wheels aren’t circular?”

      Many such cases.