Transit Committee - 12 June, 2025

Introduction

On 12 June, 2025, Transit Committee met for the fourth time this year. You can find the meeting video here. 

This meeting was presentation heavy, and as such, this update is a little longer than usual as well. 

As usual, councilors talked a range of questions, some good, many bad. But as long as the good questions are simply one time questions and not part of a clear headed strategy to reform and rehaul OC Transpo operations and management, we won't see any progress on a better transit system. 

Stage 2 talk has been quarantined into its own article again, which should be up in a day or two. 

This meeting's document list, with everything in PDF format: 

• OC Transpo Update
• Response to Westboro Collision Coroner's Inquest
• Verdict of Inquest Jury
• Action Plan to address the Inquest recommendations directed to the City of Ottawa
• OC Transpo's Non-Fare Revenue Strategy
• Stage 2 Light Rail Transit Report

Route 11 snapshot: 28 April-25 May

Introduction

This article will discuss service quality on Route 11 between 28 April and 25 May, which is a period of four weeks. As always, data is sourced from Transsee. 

Ridership Analysis: Nepean, Part I

The full dataset can be found in this spreadsheet, or in its original form, in this PDF.  

Introduction

This article is the first in a two-part series, split in a completely arbitrary fashion because the bars do not fit on the graph without making them small and impossible to read. This article will analyse ridership patterns on routes <11>, [50], <51>, <53>, (57), [58], (61), (62), (63), [64], (74), (75), [153], [154], [155], and [158]. Part two will cover routes <80>, [81], [82], [83], [84], <85>, [86], <87>, <88>, [89], [96], <111>, [186], [187], (258), and (282). 

Ridership Analysis: Inner Southwest

 The full dataset can be found in this spreadsheet, or in its original form, in this PDF. 

Introduction

This article will analyse ridership patterns in Westboro, the Glebe, and other urban areas in the southwest. This includes routes R2 (now B2), [5], <6>, <7>, <10>, <11>, <14>, [16], [54], [55], [56], <85>, and [114].