Ottawa Transit Commission

• Ottawa council votes to end citizen roles on transit oversight commission

  Ottawa city councillors have voted to eliminate citizen representation on the transit commission, despite warnings that public trust is at an all-time low.

  Politics

  Dec 7, 2022
  
• Damage from Ottawa LRT derailment could take weeks to repair: officials

  Though it's early days in the investigation into Sunday's LRT derailment, officials said Monday it could be three weeks before the system is back up to full capacity.

  News

  Sep 20, 2021
  
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• Axles, odours, fires: OC Transpo boss answers questions in memo amid Ottawa transit turbulence

  Ottawa's head of transit answered a slew of questions on recent problems with the LRT and other OC Transpo operations in a memo on Monday night.

  News

  Aug 24, 2021
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• Ottawa councillors call for emergency transit commission meeting amid LRT issues

  Councillors Diane Deans and Catherine McKenney are calling for a special transit commission meeting to get answers about recent issues on Ottawa's LRT line.

  News

  Aug 16, 2021
• RTG tests software to fix Ottawa LRT camera issue, platform ‘spotters’ remain in meantime

  Rideau Transit Group says it's installed a software update to the camera feeds on Ottawa's light-rail trains, but platform 'spotters' are still needed while it validates the fix.

  News

  Jun 17, 2021
• $986M electric bus transition gets go-ahead from Ottawa’s transit commission

  Ottawa's transit commission unanimously approved a plan Wednesday to being transitioning OC Transpo's entire bus fleet to electric vehicles by 2036.

  Environment

  Jun 16, 2021
• Ottawa watching summer construction season to gauge possible LRT delays

  Ottawa's transit officials say the upcoming summer construction season will play a major role in determining any possible delay to the handover of the Trillium Line in Stage 2 LRT.

  News

  May 19, 2021
• Ads coming to Ottawa LRT stations following commission approval

  Ads could soon be popping up in Ottawa's light-rail transit stations and trains after the city's transit commission approved plans to monetize the spaces.

  Traffic

  Mar 17, 2021
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• Ottawa mayor asks for regular updates on payments made to LRT maintenance group

  The request comes after the city confirmed it did give Rideau Transit Group a full payment for September, when many thought the group wasn't getting paid amidst unreliable train service.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2020
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• Transit commission approves 3-month OC Transpo fare freeze in early 2020

  The City of Ottawa's transit commission supported delaying a scheduled fare freeze until after March 31 as it deliberated the 2020 draft budget on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2019