Transit
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Ignorance about U-Pass is stoking the controversy
Editor’s note: The following is cross-posted from Spacing Ottawa contributor Peter Raaymakers’ site, Public Transit in Ottawa. It’s...
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Transit culture at last! O-Train inspires monster dog
The Hintonburger on Wellington Street West has a penchant for using otherwise under-appreciated local references in its marketing. There is the way its...
By Evan Thornton -
Doucet’s transit plan: mind the gaps
Editor’s note: This week mayoral candidate Clive Doucet renewed the debate around the future of Ottawa transit by announcing a plan that would use...
By Eric Darwin -
Days are numbered for the express bus: Candidate Cullen defends hub-and-spoke
Editor’s note: The following is cross-posted from Spacing Ottawa contributor Peter Raaymakers’ site, Public Transit in Ottawa. For this...
By Peter Raaymakers -
Spacing Saturday: Photowalking, front porches and books
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Atlantic editor Emma...
By Matthew Blackett -
SUMMER SHORTS PODCAST: Riding “the Clockwork Orange”
LISTEN TO TODAY’S SPACING RADIO PODCAST Sometimes exploring a city means just shutting your eyes and listening. In this soundscape, Spacing producer...
By Spacing -
Has the O-Train made its mark?
In the midst of the ongoing debate about the future of Light Rail Transit it Ottawa it can be easy to forget that we’ve now had LRT rolling through...
By Evan Thornton -
Future of interprovincial transit looking good – on paper
Editor’s note: The following post originally appeared in Public Transit in Ottawa; it is published here by the author’s consent. On Tuesday...
By Peter Raaymakers -
The meeting of the mega-projects: A tunnel for Bank Street
Editor’s note: Many commentators have noted that the decision by Mayor O’Brien to run again in this fall’s municipal elections means...
By Dwight Williams -
Proposed subway stations get platform preview
Public Transit in Ottawa’s Peter Raaymakers has previewed the four main types of station platform for Ottawa’s proposed new subway. The...
By Spacing -
Light rail funding: now the real wait begins
Editor’s note: Peter Raaymakers is the executive director of the Public Transit in Ottawa portal (TransitOttawa.ca), and tries to encourage...
By Peter Raaymakers -
On LRTs and architecture
As rail-starved Ottawans wait for the latest attempt at light-rail transit to creep slowly towards completion, one question remains unanswered: who will...
By David McClelland