The Leveller@lemmy.ca to Ottawa@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoPaying More for Less: The ongoing tragedy of Ottawa’s public transitleveller.caexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI remember when I liked OC Transpo: regular buses, the TransitWay, and putting the schedule on shelters. It got me around town fairly reliably. But they managed to screw up light rail. I would have thought trains with dedicated tracks would be a guaranteed win, but no…
minus-squareTheDonkerZ@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s one of those things where, it it was do e right, the system would work fine. They have managed to fumble it so badly that the easiest solution for the cities traffic problems have been made worse by it instead. It shouldn’t take me an hour to go down the parkway.
I remember when I liked OC Transpo: regular buses, the TransitWay, and putting the schedule on shelters. It got me around town fairly reliably.
But they managed to screw up light rail. I would have thought trains with dedicated tracks would be a guaranteed win, but no…
It’s one of those things where, it it was do e right, the system would work fine.
They have managed to fumble it so badly that the easiest solution for the cities traffic problems have been made worse by it instead.
It shouldn’t take me an hour to go down the parkway.