{"id":2590,"date":"2010-05-14T01:36:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T05:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2010-05-14T01:36:49","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T05:36:49","slug":"green-corridor-takes-you-car-free-to-carleton-place-ncc-the-only-bump-in-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/05\/14\/green-corridor-takes-you-car-free-to-carleton-place-ncc-the-only-bump-in-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Green corridor&#8221; takes you car-free to Carleton Place; NCC the only bump in the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"550\" height=\"409.75\" id=\"soundslider\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/evan.thornton\/Sites\/Carl_Pl\/soundslider.swf?size=2&#038;format=xml&#038;embed_width=550&#038;embed_height=409.75\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/evan.thornton\/Sites\/Carl_Pl\/soundslider.swf?size=2&#038;format=xml&#038;embed_width=550&#038;embed_height=409.75\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"550\" height=\"409.75\" menu=\"false\" allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Last Friday I had the opportunity to try out the commuter bus line offering return service to downtown Carleton Place that was launched earlier this month. As I wrote in the preview post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Unlike most commuter bus services in the Ottawa valley, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lct-thegreencorridor.com\/Home\">Lanark Community Transit<\/a> is offering a return service that will allow passengers to go &#8220;against the flow&#8221; and actually travel to an outlying town in the morning and return later in the afternoon. Other commuter lines typically disgorge their passenger load in downtown Ottawa in the a.m. and park the bus until the afternoon drive home.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was met in Carleton Place by Gary Strike of the community group behind the bus line, who explained the reasons for the initiative &#8212; in his case, monthly gasoline costs of $400.00 dollars &#8212; and then I was given an expert tour of the central district by ex-mayor Brian Costello.<\/p>\n<p>As the slideshow above relates there are some real rewards for the visitor; you&#8217;ll find a historic town centre that is attractive and well-kept up but clearly exists to serve local needs, unlike several communities just outside the municipal boundary that take dead aim at the tourist dollar.<\/p>\n<p>One wrinkle: the bus driver on the trip home explained that the service could shave five to ten minutes off its service time it if was allowed to use the Parkway stretch of the Transitway from Lincoln Fields to Dominion. 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