The recent announcement that OC Transpo will test an on\u002Ddemand pilot project in Blackburn Hamlet this fall is encouraging.
that will ferry residents within the community and to the Blair station, should encourage more transit use, and at a more reasonable cost for OC Transpo.Article content
of our light rail “system,” OC Transpo was blindsided by a pandemic that saw ridership plummet as people first avoided congregant settings, then further fall as the work-from-home model, which was already gaining momentum before the arrival of COVID-19, exploded.
The city is also geographically massive. You’ve probably heard variations on this before, but Ottawa’s nearly 2,800 square kilometres could hold Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton and still have a couple hundred square kilometres left over for pickleball courts or whatever. Trying to move people over an area that large is no small feat.
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