Background
In 2013, the Transportation Master Plan appeared with a Baseline BRT, stretching from Billings Bridge to Algonquin Station in the "affordable" vision, and to Bayshore in the "ultimate" concept. According to city staff, this was the highest priority corridor for BRT in the city.
Fast forward to 2023. The first part of the Transportation Master Plan, the active transportation portion, appeared in Spring of 2023, but the release of the rest has been pushed to quarter two of this year.
Between September 29 and October 18 this year, the City of Ottawa implemented a counter-peak bus lane on Bank Street between Chesley Street and Aylmer Avenue; this lane was supposed to be active between 2:30 PM and 4:30 PM, but signage was mistakenly installed indicating that the lanes operated from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM, which was the original plan before the extra hour was axed in a motion by Councillor Shawn Menard.
Yes. All ten hours a week, out of 168 hours in the week.
This lane is used by the <6> bus, and, for the northern two of the lane's eight blocks, the <7> bus. This piece will only analyse the <6>, which uses the lane's full length.
