Ottawa's Unique Bus Rapid Transit System

You didn't mention our LRT now under construction?

I don't know that much about the LRT, so am not sure what to say other than it sounds like a fairly standard project. I hope it turns out well. I produced this video largely because the Ottawa BRT system is/was so unusual and misunderstood.

Nowadays, the highfloor buses are all retired, luckily, Ottawa kept 3 historic buses in their collection!

I'm guessing that the small part of the transitway in Between Laurier and Campus is going to be where the light rail will enter/exit into/out of the LRT tunnel.

I'm still skeptical about the LRT. I can see some advantages to it but I rather like having a local bus (86 Baseline-Elmvale/Southvale) that can get me more or less door-to-door from my house (~100 metre walk to the closest bus stop) to downtown (or beyond). I'm not particularly relishing being forced to switch modes of transportation at Tunney's Pasture. I still wish Ottawa would have built a bus tunnel to connect the east and central/west parts of the Transitway.

A small piece of history here. The path that poster rode on this video from downtown through Rideau - Hurdman - St.Laurent - Cyrville Road - Blair is now a history. The entire path has been tore down for LRT development. When it re-opened again in 2018, it will certainly has a different look. This video will serve as a piece of valuable memory for some of us who commuted daily using the buses through this Transitway.

Despite some mild "BRT creep," this looks like one of the nicer North American systems I've seen. That makes me doubly curious about why they are apparently replacing it with a light rail system (or "light metro" system, if you like). Was LRT deemed to have better carrying capacity? Were the buses or road surface requiring too much maintenance and creating a budget drain? I would love to hear from someone who can give an informed comment on this.

Every time I go to Ottawa I'm shocked by the number of buses on the streets... Ottawa is literally chocking under buses. Good move by the city to finally built a subway.

thanks for the footage!

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Herdman station looked better 7 years ago, now you can’t even walk properly since LRT 😩 so many people

RIP 95 BASELINE

I really miss the 95 man i really miss the 95.