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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 1h

Another elevator out of service.

OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 1h

The Northbound elevator #49 at Longfields Station is out of service. www.octranspo.com/en...

Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 1h

Yesterday we asked how are you managing this to help people with accessibility issues get to there destinations if elevators keep breaking down at stations

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 4h

If it is going to bring confidence back in fewer cancelations, it is a smart move.

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 4h

OC Transpo spends $192,000 to buy used buses, tow them to Ottawa

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

OC Transpo spends $192,000 to buy used buses, tow them to Ottawa

OC Transpo spent tens of thousands of dollars to purchase 11 used buses from the Waterloo region and tow the buses to the capital.

www.ctvnews.ca

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 1d

The public washrooms at Bayview station are currently unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. www.octranspo.com/en...

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 1d

@helps.octranspo.com in recent weeks, we been noticing a lot of elevators going out of service at stations throughout the city. What are the plan to service customers that need these elevators to use transit? Show us the plan

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 1d

@helps.octranspo.com Para Transpo new 7 metre bus has an electrical ramp. The operator must go outside to operate the ramp. What is your solution then if there is an emergency and operator is unable to do their duty to get passengers out quickly?

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 5d

🚇Line 4 Alert: Delays may be experienced.

Route 105 bus service is available between:
➡️ Airport & South Keys

✅Line 2 remains in service.

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 6d

ONGOING: Line 1 Alert: Due to a ventilation issue,

⚠️R1 bus service is running between
➡️ Hurdman & Blair stations

⚠️Shuttle service between:
➡️St-Laurent & Cyrville

⚠️Trains are running in both directions between:
➡️ Tunney's Pasture & Tremblay

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 9d

Baseline Station Park & Ride lot will be closed to all vehicles for paving and line painting work, from 11pm October 24 to 5am October 27. www.octranspo.com/en...

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 9d

Queen Street will be closed from O'Connor to Bank for a crane operation, Oct 25-26. Routes 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 19, 57, 61, and 75 will detour in both directions. www.octranspo.com/en...

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 10d

@helps.octranspo.com idenfies deficiencies with OTrain line 1 east extension
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

OC Transpo identifies ‘deficiencies’ with O-Train Line 1 east extension

OC Transpo says more work needs to be done on the O-Train Line 1 east extension before the City of Ottawa signs off on it to begin the final tests needed to open the line to transit riders.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 11d

Bus lanes in Ottawa: City to study bus-only lanes on Merivale Road share.google/xeqeqQNjVbeu...

Ottawa eyes bus-only lanes on Merivale Road

A report for the public works and infrastructure committee meeting on Thursday recommends councillors approve the statement of work for the environmental assessment study to place bus lanes on Merival...

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 14d

Due to technical difficulties, the OC Transpo website is currently down. Our team is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
We’ll keep you updated and apologize for the inconvenience.
The Travel Planner remains available.

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 14d

STO buses parked as some of it...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

STO buses parked as some of its workers strike | CBC News

The transit agency says it will not be running buses in Ottawa-Gatineau starting Monday morning after the union representing several dozen supervisors refused an offer to enter arbitration.

www.cbc.ca

Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 14d

Line 2 partly closed for Roger's repair. Who is paying for R2 @helps.octranspo.com?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Line 2 partly closed for Rogers work near tracks, city says | CBC News

Line 2 has to close between Mooney's Bay and South Keys to allow Rogers crews to do some kind of emergency repair work near its tracks, according to the city.

www.cbc.ca

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 14d

🚇Line 4 Alert:

⛔️Train service is temporarily suspended.

Route 105 bus service is available between:

➡️ Airport & South Keys
✅Line 2 remains in service

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 14d

It falls on federal jurisdiction too since the service crosses into Ontario

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 14d

STO update won't be running Monday morning
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

‘Complete suspension’ of bus service starting Monday, says STO

The clock is ticking on the looming Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) worker’s strike that would shut down public transit in Gatineau, but the transit organization is hoping third-party mediat...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 16d

@helps.octranspo.com is looking for customer service representatives
jobs-emplois.ottawa.ca/city-jobs/jo...

Customer Service Representative

jobs-emplois.ottawa.ca

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 18d

Buses wouldn't run if next week if STO supervisors go on strike
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Buses wouldn't run if strike goes ahead, Gatineau transit agency says | CBC News

The Gatineau, Que., transit agency says it couldn't safely run buses without the workers threatening to strike Monday and is asking riders to start making backup plans.

www.cbc.ca

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 18d

Kichi Zibi Mikan will be closed between Island Park and Carling, Oct 18-19, and October 24-27. Routes 57, 61, 62, 63, 74, 75, 87 will detour. www.octranspo.com/en...

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OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com · 18d

Greenboro Station Park & Ride lot repainting, partial closures between October 17 and 26. The lot may fill up earlier than expected. Riders should consider alternative Park & Ride lots at Leitrim and Bowesville. www.octranspo.com/en...

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 19d

charlatan.ca/ottawa-stude...

Ottawa students raced to beat the bus — and won - The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper

Carleton University and University of Ottawa students raced to beat the bus to highlight OC Transpo issues.

charlatan.ca

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