{"id":11726,"date":"2014-03-14T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?p=11726"},"modified":"2014-03-14T11:06:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:06:31","slug":"brts-ottawa-ahead-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2014\/03\/14\/brts-ottawa-ahead-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"BRTs: Is Ottawa ahead of the curve?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Ottawa&#8217;s LRT project still years away from completion, and often used as an example of how far behind Ottawa is when it comes to major urban infrastructure, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2014\/02\/why-more-us-cities-need-embrace-bus-rapid-transit\/8480\/\">recent story<\/a> in <em>The Atlantic Cities <\/em>suggests that while this may be true for light rail, Ottawa may, in fact, have been ahead of the curve when it comes to Bus-Rapid Transit (BRT). Known in Ottawa as the Transitway, this bus-only corridor provides mainly uninterrupted travel for many public transit users on a large number of the major bus routes throughout Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octranspo1.com\/routes\/transitway\">OC Transpo<\/a>, &#8220;Many other bus routes use parts of the Transitway or connect to a Transitway Station which are convenient transfer points and often located next to a major shopping centre or employment area.\u00a0The Transitway also connects with the\u00a0<a title=\"O-Train\" href=\"http:\/\/www.octranspo1.com\/routes\/o-train\">O-Train<\/a>\u00a0at Bayview and Greenboro Stations.\u00a0Most rush hour routes use the Transitway to downtown in the morning and from downtown in the afternoon. Other rush hour routes operate on the Transitway to employment centres outside the downtown core, such as business parks in urban areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Transitway has also been an important part of OC Transpo advertising campaigns, with images often showing a bus speeding down an empty, dedicated, bus lane next to a highway of stopped cars. This image, and the Transitway&#8217;s ability to move more people further, and faster, than is possible if each rider used his or her own car, helps to visually explain the benefits of both public transit, as well as the importance of having BRTs.<\/p>\n<p>So while we may be behind when it comes to LRTs, Ottawa can at least feel some pride in it is Transitway.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tsaiproject\/6717961053\/sizes\/z\/\">Tsaiproject<\/a>, via Flickr<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Ottawa&#8217;s LRT project still years away from completion, and often used as an example of how far behind Ottawa is when it comes to major urban infrastructure, a recent story in The Atlantic Cities suggests that while this may be true for light rail, Ottawa may, in fact, have been ahead of the curve<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2014\/03\/14\/brts-ottawa-ahead-curve\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;BRTs: Is Ottawa ahead of the curve?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8205,"featured_media":11732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5305,5309,5310,373,341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-services","category-traffic","category-transit","category-urban-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BRTs: Is Ottawa ahead of the curve? 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