OC Transpo will roll out on-demand transit in Blackburn Hamlet this fall
The Transit Commission was told the pilot project would be conducted in Blackburn Hamlet, with on-demand service replacing Route 28 on weekends.
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The Transit Commission was told the pilot project would be conducted in Blackburn Hamlet, with on-demand service replacing Route 28 on weekends.
OC Transpo will run parallel bus service along the Trillium Line when it launches next winter, to help keep passengers moving as service begins along the north-south rail line.
OC Transpo is ramping up efforts to encourage federal workers to use public transit when going into the office two or three days a week. A new campaign has been launched to educate riders on public transit, saying "To your office and back, any day of the week".
OTTAWA -- OC Transpo has seen a bump in ridership since the end of the COVID-19 lockdown and Ottawa's move to the 'orange-restrict' zone one month ago. The Transit Commission was told Wednesday morning that ridership on buses and the O-Train is at 27 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in March, up from 22 per cent in February. In January, ridership was at 18 per cent of pre-pandemic levels during the stay-at-home order and no in-person classes in schools. "We've seen ridership growing very quickly since schools returned to on-site learning and since the stay-at-home order ended," said P...