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In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit services operated by OC Transpo have two rapid transit systems: the 'Transitway', a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail line.
The Transitway is one of the most extensive and successful implementations of bus rapid transit; many of the Transitway roads are above or below the grade of normal streets in Ottawa, by the use of overpasses, bridges, and trench highways. Thus, they rarely intersect directly with the regular traffic, and make it possible for the buses (and emergency vehicles) to continue at full speed even during rush hour. Buses that travel on the Transitway can cross very long distances (especially outside the downtown area) without stopping for a single traffic light. Most sections of the Transitway have a speed limit of 70-90 km/h (45-55 mph) between stations, and 50 km/h (30 mph) in the station areas.
Many bus routes use parts of the Transitway, but there are three primary, high-frequency routes:
★ OC Transpo Route 95 - Barrhaven Centre/Fallowfield to Orleans/Trim
★ OC Transpo Route 96 - Kanata/Stittsville to Hurdman
★ OC Transpo Route 97 - Bayshore to South Keys/Airport
Other cross-town routes that includes significant transitway stretches include:
★ 4 - From Heron to Hurdman
★ 8 - From Lebreton to Hurdman and from Walkley to Billings Bridge
★ 84 - From Lebreton to Greenboro (peak periods only), from Hurdman to St. Laurent, and from Greenboro to the Hunt Club Loop.
★ 85 - Bayshore, Lincoln Fields and St. Laurent Stations and from Downtown (Bay) to Smyth
★ 86 - From Lincoln Fields to Baseline and from Tunney's Pasture to Hurdman
★ 87 - Greenboro and South Keys Stations and from Dominion to Heron
★ 94 - From Blair to Tunney's Pasture and a new future transit stop at Millennium in South Orleans (eastern terminus of a future transitway segment)
★ 101 - From Place d'Orleans to Blair (via R.R. 174 - outside of peak hours), Blair to Lees, Carling/Kirkwood to Bayshore, Bayshore to Eagleson (peak periods only - via Hwy. 417).
★ 102 - Tunney's Pasture, Lees to Blair, Blair to Place d'Orleans (via R.R. 174).
★ 111 - Heron, Billings Bridge and St. Laurent stations, and from Baseline to Lincoln Fields
★ 116 - From Hurdman to South Keys (peak periods only north of Greenboro), and from Baseline to Lincoln Fields (rush-hour only except Baseline Station)
★ 118 - Terry Fox, Baseline, and Heron Stations, as well as from Billings Bridge to Hurdman and during rush hours only east towards Place d'Orleans via the Eastern Transitway and Regional Road 174.
★ 176 - Tunney's Pasture to Hurdman (peak periods only), Fallowfield
★ 182 - From Eagleson to Bayshore, from Lincoln Fields to Hurdman
★ Most express and rush-hour routes also use the transitway, mostly from downtown to the suburbs.
Route 118 has been extended to Orleans in rush hour. If service is expanded to make it an all-day route, then it would be considered rapid-transit, and would be renumbered to route 108.
A coalition group had launched a website (see external links section below) about a proposed new route from Barrhaven to Kanata via Bayshore and Baseline stations. This would require rebuilding the ramps connecting the grade-separated section of the Transitway to the Transitway lanes along Highway 417.
In June 2006, the City of Ottawa released a 2009 service plan, for the O-Train route, the Transitway and new bus routes (''see City of Ottawa website). Since the 2006 election that took place months later, this plan has been cancelled.
It shows new extensions. To the west, there are new Moodie, Bells Corners, Queensway-Carleton, Hazeldean and Kanata North Transitway stops. To the south, there is a new Nepean Sportsplex stop, and proposed stops for Strandherd and Marketplace. To the east, the Southeastern transitway is extended to Hawthorne, and the Eastern to Blackburn Hamlet and beyond. To the north, there is a planned stop at the Les Terrasses Complex. It also investigates the possibility of transitway buses along Baseline, another downtown location, and from further east on the Queensway from Kirkwood all the way to Eagleson.
New Routes 93, 94, 98, 101, 102, and 108 are included.
In the downtown section of the central Transitway, the busway consists of a single bus-only lane on Albert and Slater Streets (one-way public streets in opposite east and west directions). Traffic congestion here, where the buses mingle with private vehicles, sometimes causes service delays and is seen by some as the main weakness in the Transitway system. The Transit Committee had planned to reduce the number of buses travelling on Albert and Slater streets by 30% if the extension of the light-rail was implemented. Other measures may be implemented to avoid traffic problems despite the cancellation of the O-Train extension downtown.
The Transitway routes generally use low floor "accessible" buses, with an aim to improve access to the service by the elderly and handicapped, and to speed up boarding by other passengers; most of these are high-capacity articulated buses. Route 96 has used the new Invero low-floor buses since September 2005 and route 101 (formerly known as route 99) since the start of spring 2006.
There have been plans to expand the transitway to reach other parts of Ottawa; currently it only runs along the North edge of the city for most of the central area, leaving Transitway bus routes (94, 95, 96, 97) to mix with other traffic on local streets on the end parts of their runs.
Some future extensions may include:
★ From Bayshore Station to the Southwest Transitway north of Queensway Station. The two-lane 1.8 km stretch from Bayshore Station to Pinecrest is currently under construction and will included a new Dumaurier Station in 2009.
★ From Eagleson Station to Hazeldean Road west of Terry Fox Drive
★ From Fallowfield Station to the centre of Barrhaven at the corner of Greenbank and Strandherd Roads. There have been plans to extend further to the south to other new developments in south Nepean/Barrhaven.
★ From Place d'Orleans Station to Trim Station
★ South of Baseline Station on the western side of Woodroffe Avenue north of Hunt Club Road.
★ A temporary roadway linking the Innes/Blair area to South Orleans - then potentially reverting to a future East-West light-rail route.
Main articles: Ottawa O-Train
Since 2001, Ottawa has operated a light rail transit system called the O-Train as a pilot for the full rollout of light rail transit technology. The pilot has been deemed a success, exceeding its ridership targets significantly; it carries 10,000 passengers per weekday. The pilot route utilizes former Canadian Pacific Railway track running south from the Ottawa River a distance of 8 km to the South Keys shopping plaza, slightly to the west of the downtown core. The system is used extensively by Carleton University students who have long complained about poor bus service relative to University of Ottawa students (who have two bus stations on the central transitway).
The current line was to be replaced, and then extended south-west (but later cancelled by City Council). It would have contained two parallel tracks, and be electrified. Full operation would have begun in 2009-2010 with a total length of 27 km.
The route of the extension was chosen to service areas of future city growth (although some feel that it would have been better to focus on current problem areas). As a part of the extension, the service would have also be routed directly into the downtown core at the north end. The trains would have run on the downtown streets currently devoted to the rapid transit corridor, in dedicated lanes. There would have been a reduction in the number of buses passing through the downtown core to accommodate the train lanes. (See animation of downtown traffic flow.)
A formal environmental assessment was underway to examine providing a second line for east-west service. Although the idea was to improve Ottawa's capacity problems for east-west transportation, critics of the process (including light rail supporters) believed the preferred route would have not address these problems successfully.
★ Barrhaven Centre (also known as Marketplace Station) This is the new end of the 95 route. Located in the shopping core of Barrhaven, the majority of the routes in Barrhaven now pass this busy and ever expanding shopping arena. This was originally intended to be the future end of the City's O-Train route.
★ Strandherd One of the newest additions to the Transitway network in Ottawa, this station has the 95 running every 12-15 every rush hour, and every 30 minutes until 23:00. Supplemental services are provided by the 70,73,181,186, and the Scotiabank Bus 406 and the morning route 873. This site has roughly 300 parking spaces, later to be expanded as the need is demanded.
:''From Strandherd to Fallowfield, buses travel north on Greenbank Road and then east on Fallowfield Road. However there are plans to connect Strandherd and Fallowfield with a bus-only roadway beside the Via Rail line.'' [1]
★ Fallowfield - Located at Woodroffe Avenue and Fallowfield Road in Barrhaven, beside VIA Rail's Fallowfield Station. Western terminus of Route 95.
:''Fallowfield to near Nepean Sportsplex is along a newly-opened (as of December 13, 2005) $10 million isolated bus-only road [2], although that section has no stations and features a railway level crossing, the first on the Transitway. From Nepean Sportsplex to Baseline, buses run along Woodroffe Avenue in a dedicated lane, making several stops at regular bus stops.''
★ Baseline - Located on Woodroffe Avenue across from Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology. Occasional western terminal of Route 95.
:''Beyond Baseline, the Transitway is fully isolated to Lincoln Fields.''
★ Iris - Located on Iris Street in Kenson Park.
★ Queensway - Located at the Queensway and Woodroffe in the Whitehaven neighbourhood. Also serves eastbound Route 96.
★ Stittsville - Western terminus of some route 96 trips. Park and Ride facility located in Stittsville.
★ Terry Fox - Located adjacent the Kanata Centrum shopping centre at Kanata Avenue and Earl Grey Drive (near 417 and Terry Fox Drive. Most eastbound 96 trips begin here. Entered service in September 2004 with construction still having been underway at that time; it officially opened on February 22, 2005. Previously, a small terminal at Kanata Town Centre, on Katimavik Road, was used.
:''To this point the route is on non-dedicated street lanes along collector and arterial roads, much like a standard bus route. Regular stops are made between Stittsville and Eagleson. However, in the long range, there are possible plans to built a Transitway segment between the two stations. In addition, Teron Station located at the corner of Campeau Drive and March Road will be a new station starting in September 2007 and which will be serve by Rapid Transit Route 101. [3]''
★ Eagleson - Park and Ride located at Eagleson Rd. and Highway 417.
:''The Transitway proper starts past Eagleson, with a dedicated lane on the 417. One stop is made (on request only via a special signal) at the Moodie Drive interchange.''
★ Bayshore - Located at the Bayshore Shopping Centre. Main Western terminus of Route 97 and Route 101.
:''The Transitway leaves the 417 at Bayshore and takes Richmond and Carling streets to Lincoln Fields. Eastbound 96 returns to the 417 (now the Queensway) to go via Queensway station, with one stop at the Pinecrest Road interchange. By 2009 a new extension of the West Transitway will be built using the northern edge of the 417 and will go towards Pinecrest Road with one new station : Dumaurier Station. There is no date on when the section between Pinecrest and the Southwest Transitway will be built.''[4]
:''At Lincoln Fields, the West and South-west branches merge.''
★ Lincoln Fields - Located at Carling Avenue and the Ottawa River Parkway.
:''From Lincoln Fields to Dominion, the Transitway travels the Ottawa River Parkway in a shared traffic lane.''
★ Dominion - Located off Dominion Avenue on the Ottawa River Parkway.
:''From Dominion to just past Tunney's Pasture Station, the Transitway runs in an isolated, below-grade road built on the roadbed of a former railway line.''
★ Westboro - Located on Scott Street in Westboro.
★ Tunney's Pasture - Located at Scott Street and Holland Avenue at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex.
:''From just past Tunney's Pasture Station to Booth Street, the Transitway runs in an isolated, at-grade road built on the roadbed of a former railway line.'' Main western terminus for routes 94 and 102. It also serves as an occasional terminus for route 97 as well as some rush hour trips of route 95.
★ Bayview (O-Train) - Located at the eastern end of Scott Street when it becomes Wellington Street. Northern terminus of the O-Train.
★ Lebreton - Located on Booth Street in Lebreton Flats.
:''Just past Lebreton, the isolated transitway ends and eastbound buses take Slater Street, while westbound buses are on Albert Street; there are dedicated lanes on both streets, but traffic is generally slow in the dense downtown core. This arrangement continues to just past Metcalfe.''
★ Bay - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Bay Street.
★ Kent - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Kent Street.
★ Bank - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Bank Street.
★ Metcalfe' - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Metcalfe Street.
:''Over the Mackenzie King Bridge, the Transitway continues in dedicated lanes. The isolated Transitway resumes at Waller Street.''
★ Mackenzie King - Located on the Mackenzie King Bridge at the Rideau Centre and the Department of National Defence headquarters. After 1:00a.m., the three Transitway routes (95, 96, and 97) travel via Rideau Street instead of the MacKenzie King Bridge.
★ Laurier - Located at Laurier Avenue and Waller Street at the University of Ottawa.
★ Campus - Located at the University of Ottawa.
★ Lees - Located on Lees Avenue.
★ Hurdman - Located near Riverside Drive and Industrial Avenue. Eastern terminus of Route 96.
:''Just past Hurdman, the Transitway branches into two routes: the East Transitway and South-East Transitway.''
★ Train - Located at VIA Rail's Ottawa Station on Tremblay Road.
:''Past Train, the dedicated Transitway parallels the Queensway to beyond Blair.''
★ St. Laurent - Located at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre on St. Laurent Boulevard.
★ Cyrville - Located at Cyrville Road and the Queensway.
★ Blair - Located at the Gloucester Centre on Blair Road.
:''The Transitway joins the Queensway a short stretch past Blair, running in a dedicated lane. Route 95 buses exit at Montreal Road and at Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard and stop on the ramps at ordinary bus stops; these will be upgraded to full Transitway stations by 2009, tentatively named Montreal/St. Joseph and Jeanne d'Arc Stations. On their 2006-2007 system map OC Transpo had included Jeanne d'Arc as a transit station. [5]''
★ Jeanne d'Arc - Provides supplemental parking spaces to the expanding suburb of Orléans (roughly 30 parking spaces).
★ Place d'Orleans - Located at the Place d'Orleans shopping complex in Orleans and is the main East terminus of route 95 as well as new route 101 (outside of peak periods) and new peak-only route 102.
:''There is no dedicated bus lane from Place d'Orleans to Trim, buses run in mixed traffic. However, in the long range there could be a separate route built.''
★ Trim - Located at Trim Road. This park-and-ride station is used by Route 95 on weekdays.
★ Lycée Claudel (formerly Abbey) - Located on old Riverside Drive across from the Lycée Claudel school.
★ Smyth - Located at Riverside Drive and Smyth Road.
★ Riverside - Located at the Riverside Campus of the Ottawa Hospital on Riverside Drive.
★ Pleasant Park - Located at Pleasant Park Road and Riverside Drive.
★ Billings Bridge - Located at the Billings Bridge Plaza on Bank Street.
★ Heron - Located at Heron Park on Heron Road.
★ Walkley - Located at Walkley Road and the Airport Parkway.
★ Greenboro(O-Train) - Located at Bank Street and Johnston Road at the north end of the South Keys shopping complex. Southern terminus of the O-Train.
★ South Keys - Located at Bank Street and the Airport Parkway at the south end of the South Keys shopping complex. Main east terminus of Route 97.
:''The isolated Transitway ends at Hunt Club road; 97 buses continuing to the Airport take the Airport Parkway. Note: Buses heading towards the airport after approximately 10:00 PM use Hunt Club and Uplands rather than the Airport Parkway.''
★ Airport - Located at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, and is served by route 97.
:''For more information see O-Train route''
The Ottawa O-Train pilot service has five station stops. Bayview (at which it interfaces with the central transitway), Carling (interfacing with major bus routes), Carleton (serving Carleton University), Confederation, and Greenboro (at which it interfaces with the south-east transitway).
★ List of rapid transit systems
★ Information on a Proposed Route from Kanata to Barrhaven by a coalition group
★ Clickable Transitway map
In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit services operated by OC Transpo have two rapid transit systems: the 'Transitway', a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail line.
Transitway
Ottawa Rapid Transit
Major routes
The Transitway is one of the most extensive and successful implementations of bus rapid transit; many of the Transitway roads are above or below the grade of normal streets in Ottawa, by the use of overpasses, bridges, and trench highways. Thus, they rarely intersect directly with the regular traffic, and make it possible for the buses (and emergency vehicles) to continue at full speed even during rush hour. Buses that travel on the Transitway can cross very long distances (especially outside the downtown area) without stopping for a single traffic light. Most sections of the Transitway have a speed limit of 70-90 km/h (45-55 mph) between stations, and 50 km/h (30 mph) in the station areas.
Many bus routes use parts of the Transitway, but there are three primary, high-frequency routes:
★ OC Transpo Route 95 - Barrhaven Centre/Fallowfield to Orleans/Trim
★ OC Transpo Route 96 - Kanata/Stittsville to Hurdman
★ OC Transpo Route 97 - Bayshore to South Keys/Airport
Other cross-town routes that includes significant transitway stretches include:
★ 4 - From Heron to Hurdman
★ 8 - From Lebreton to Hurdman and from Walkley to Billings Bridge
★ 84 - From Lebreton to Greenboro (peak periods only), from Hurdman to St. Laurent, and from Greenboro to the Hunt Club Loop.
★ 85 - Bayshore, Lincoln Fields and St. Laurent Stations and from Downtown (Bay) to Smyth
★ 86 - From Lincoln Fields to Baseline and from Tunney's Pasture to Hurdman
★ 87 - Greenboro and South Keys Stations and from Dominion to Heron
★ 94 - From Blair to Tunney's Pasture and a new future transit stop at Millennium in South Orleans (eastern terminus of a future transitway segment)
★ 101 - From Place d'Orleans to Blair (via R.R. 174 - outside of peak hours), Blair to Lees, Carling/Kirkwood to Bayshore, Bayshore to Eagleson (peak periods only - via Hwy. 417).
★ 102 - Tunney's Pasture, Lees to Blair, Blair to Place d'Orleans (via R.R. 174).
★ 111 - Heron, Billings Bridge and St. Laurent stations, and from Baseline to Lincoln Fields
★ 116 - From Hurdman to South Keys (peak periods only north of Greenboro), and from Baseline to Lincoln Fields (rush-hour only except Baseline Station)
★ 118 - Terry Fox, Baseline, and Heron Stations, as well as from Billings Bridge to Hurdman and during rush hours only east towards Place d'Orleans via the Eastern Transitway and Regional Road 174.
★ 176 - Tunney's Pasture to Hurdman (peak periods only), Fallowfield
★ 182 - From Eagleson to Bayshore, from Lincoln Fields to Hurdman
★ Most express and rush-hour routes also use the transitway, mostly from downtown to the suburbs.
Future or proposed new routes
Route 118 has been extended to Orleans in rush hour. If service is expanded to make it an all-day route, then it would be considered rapid-transit, and would be renumbered to route 108.
A coalition group had launched a website (see external links section below) about a proposed new route from Barrhaven to Kanata via Bayshore and Baseline stations. This would require rebuilding the ramps connecting the grade-separated section of the Transitway to the Transitway lanes along Highway 417.
Former 2009 Transit Service Plan
In June 2006, the City of Ottawa released a 2009 service plan, for the O-Train route, the Transitway and new bus routes (''see City of Ottawa website). Since the 2006 election that took place months later, this plan has been cancelled.
It shows new extensions. To the west, there are new Moodie, Bells Corners, Queensway-Carleton, Hazeldean and Kanata North Transitway stops. To the south, there is a new Nepean Sportsplex stop, and proposed stops for Strandherd and Marketplace. To the east, the Southeastern transitway is extended to Hawthorne, and the Eastern to Blackburn Hamlet and beyond. To the north, there is a planned stop at the Les Terrasses Complex. It also investigates the possibility of transitway buses along Baseline, another downtown location, and from further east on the Queensway from Kirkwood all the way to Eagleson.
New Routes 93, 94, 98, 101, 102, and 108 are included.
Central transitway traffic issue
In the downtown section of the central Transitway, the busway consists of a single bus-only lane on Albert and Slater Streets (one-way public streets in opposite east and west directions). Traffic congestion here, where the buses mingle with private vehicles, sometimes causes service delays and is seen by some as the main weakness in the Transitway system. The Transit Committee had planned to reduce the number of buses travelling on Albert and Slater streets by 30% if the extension of the light-rail was implemented. Other measures may be implemented to avoid traffic problems despite the cancellation of the O-Train extension downtown.
Type of buses
OC Transpo articulated bus
The Transitway routes generally use low floor "accessible" buses, with an aim to improve access to the service by the elderly and handicapped, and to speed up boarding by other passengers; most of these are high-capacity articulated buses. Route 96 has used the new Invero low-floor buses since September 2005 and route 101 (formerly known as route 99) since the start of spring 2006.
Extension projects
There have been plans to expand the transitway to reach other parts of Ottawa; currently it only runs along the North edge of the city for most of the central area, leaving Transitway bus routes (94, 95, 96, 97) to mix with other traffic on local streets on the end parts of their runs.
Some future extensions may include:
★ From Bayshore Station to the Southwest Transitway north of Queensway Station. The two-lane 1.8 km stretch from Bayshore Station to Pinecrest is currently under construction and will included a new Dumaurier Station in 2009.
★ From Eagleson Station to Hazeldean Road west of Terry Fox Drive
★ From Fallowfield Station to the centre of Barrhaven at the corner of Greenbank and Strandherd Roads. There have been plans to extend further to the south to other new developments in south Nepean/Barrhaven.
★ From Place d'Orleans Station to Trim Station
★ South of Baseline Station on the western side of Woodroffe Avenue north of Hunt Club Road.
★ A temporary roadway linking the Innes/Blair area to South Orleans - then potentially reverting to a future East-West light-rail route.
O-Train
Main articles: Ottawa O-Train
Since 2001, Ottawa has operated a light rail transit system called the O-Train as a pilot for the full rollout of light rail transit technology. The pilot has been deemed a success, exceeding its ridership targets significantly; it carries 10,000 passengers per weekday. The pilot route utilizes former Canadian Pacific Railway track running south from the Ottawa River a distance of 8 km to the South Keys shopping plaza, slightly to the west of the downtown core. The system is used extensively by Carleton University students who have long complained about poor bus service relative to University of Ottawa students (who have two bus stations on the central transitway).
The current line was to be replaced, and then extended south-west (but later cancelled by City Council). It would have contained two parallel tracks, and be electrified. Full operation would have begun in 2009-2010 with a total length of 27 km.
The route of the extension was chosen to service areas of future city growth (although some feel that it would have been better to focus on current problem areas). As a part of the extension, the service would have also be routed directly into the downtown core at the north end. The trains would have run on the downtown streets currently devoted to the rapid transit corridor, in dedicated lanes. There would have been a reduction in the number of buses passing through the downtown core to accommodate the train lanes. (See animation of downtown traffic flow.)
A formal environmental assessment was underway to examine providing a second line for east-west service. Although the idea was to improve Ottawa's capacity problems for east-west transportation, critics of the process (including light rail supporters) believed the preferred route would have not address these problems successfully.
Rapid transit stations
Transitway
South-west (95)
★ Barrhaven Centre (also known as Marketplace Station) This is the new end of the 95 route. Located in the shopping core of Barrhaven, the majority of the routes in Barrhaven now pass this busy and ever expanding shopping arena. This was originally intended to be the future end of the City's O-Train route.
★ Strandherd One of the newest additions to the Transitway network in Ottawa, this station has the 95 running every 12-15 every rush hour, and every 30 minutes until 23:00. Supplemental services are provided by the 70,73,181,186, and the Scotiabank Bus 406 and the morning route 873. This site has roughly 300 parking spaces, later to be expanded as the need is demanded.
:''From Strandherd to Fallowfield, buses travel north on Greenbank Road and then east on Fallowfield Road. However there are plans to connect Strandherd and Fallowfield with a bus-only roadway beside the Via Rail line.'' [1]
★ Fallowfield - Located at Woodroffe Avenue and Fallowfield Road in Barrhaven, beside VIA Rail's Fallowfield Station. Western terminus of Route 95.
:''Fallowfield to near Nepean Sportsplex is along a newly-opened (as of December 13, 2005) $10 million isolated bus-only road [2], although that section has no stations and features a railway level crossing, the first on the Transitway. From Nepean Sportsplex to Baseline, buses run along Woodroffe Avenue in a dedicated lane, making several stops at regular bus stops.''
★ Baseline - Located on Woodroffe Avenue across from Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology. Occasional western terminal of Route 95.
:''Beyond Baseline, the Transitway is fully isolated to Lincoln Fields.''
★ Iris - Located on Iris Street in Kenson Park.
★ Queensway - Located at the Queensway and Woodroffe in the Whitehaven neighbourhood. Also serves eastbound Route 96.
West (96, 97)
★ Stittsville - Western terminus of some route 96 trips. Park and Ride facility located in Stittsville.
★ Terry Fox - Located adjacent the Kanata Centrum shopping centre at Kanata Avenue and Earl Grey Drive (near 417 and Terry Fox Drive. Most eastbound 96 trips begin here. Entered service in September 2004 with construction still having been underway at that time; it officially opened on February 22, 2005. Previously, a small terminal at Kanata Town Centre, on Katimavik Road, was used.
:''To this point the route is on non-dedicated street lanes along collector and arterial roads, much like a standard bus route. Regular stops are made between Stittsville and Eagleson. However, in the long range, there are possible plans to built a Transitway segment between the two stations. In addition, Teron Station located at the corner of Campeau Drive and March Road will be a new station starting in September 2007 and which will be serve by Rapid Transit Route 101. [3]''
★ Eagleson - Park and Ride located at Eagleson Rd. and Highway 417.
:''The Transitway proper starts past Eagleson, with a dedicated lane on the 417. One stop is made (on request only via a special signal) at the Moodie Drive interchange.''
★ Bayshore - Located at the Bayshore Shopping Centre. Main Western terminus of Route 97 and Route 101.
:''The Transitway leaves the 417 at Bayshore and takes Richmond and Carling streets to Lincoln Fields. Eastbound 96 returns to the 417 (now the Queensway) to go via Queensway station, with one stop at the Pinecrest Road interchange. By 2009 a new extension of the West Transitway will be built using the northern edge of the 417 and will go towards Pinecrest Road with one new station : Dumaurier Station. There is no date on when the section between Pinecrest and the Southwest Transitway will be built.''[4]
Central (all routes)
:''At Lincoln Fields, the West and South-west branches merge.''
★ Lincoln Fields - Located at Carling Avenue and the Ottawa River Parkway.
:''From Lincoln Fields to Dominion, the Transitway travels the Ottawa River Parkway in a shared traffic lane.''
★ Dominion - Located off Dominion Avenue on the Ottawa River Parkway.
:''From Dominion to just past Tunney's Pasture Station, the Transitway runs in an isolated, below-grade road built on the roadbed of a former railway line.''
★ Westboro - Located on Scott Street in Westboro.
★ Tunney's Pasture - Located at Scott Street and Holland Avenue at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex.
:''From just past Tunney's Pasture Station to Booth Street, the Transitway runs in an isolated, at-grade road built on the roadbed of a former railway line.'' Main western terminus for routes 94 and 102. It also serves as an occasional terminus for route 97 as well as some rush hour trips of route 95.
★ Bayview (O-Train) - Located at the eastern end of Scott Street when it becomes Wellington Street. Northern terminus of the O-Train.
★ Lebreton - Located on Booth Street in Lebreton Flats.
:''Just past Lebreton, the isolated transitway ends and eastbound buses take Slater Street, while westbound buses are on Albert Street; there are dedicated lanes on both streets, but traffic is generally slow in the dense downtown core. This arrangement continues to just past Metcalfe.''
★ Bay - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Bay Street.
★ Kent - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Kent Street.
★ Bank - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Bank Street.
★ Metcalfe' - Located on Albert and Slater Streets at Metcalfe Street.
:''Over the Mackenzie King Bridge, the Transitway continues in dedicated lanes. The isolated Transitway resumes at Waller Street.''
★ Mackenzie King - Located on the Mackenzie King Bridge at the Rideau Centre and the Department of National Defence headquarters. After 1:00a.m., the three Transitway routes (95, 96, and 97) travel via Rideau Street instead of the MacKenzie King Bridge.
★ Laurier - Located at Laurier Avenue and Waller Street at the University of Ottawa.
★ Campus - Located at the University of Ottawa.
★ Lees - Located on Lees Avenue.
★ Hurdman - Located near Riverside Drive and Industrial Avenue. Eastern terminus of Route 96.
:''Just past Hurdman, the Transitway branches into two routes: the East Transitway and South-East Transitway.''
East (95)
★ Train - Located at VIA Rail's Ottawa Station on Tremblay Road.
:''Past Train, the dedicated Transitway parallels the Queensway to beyond Blair.''
★ St. Laurent - Located at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre on St. Laurent Boulevard.
★ Cyrville - Located at Cyrville Road and the Queensway.
★ Blair - Located at the Gloucester Centre on Blair Road.
:''The Transitway joins the Queensway a short stretch past Blair, running in a dedicated lane. Route 95 buses exit at Montreal Road and at Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard and stop on the ramps at ordinary bus stops; these will be upgraded to full Transitway stations by 2009, tentatively named Montreal/St. Joseph and Jeanne d'Arc Stations. On their 2006-2007 system map OC Transpo had included Jeanne d'Arc as a transit station. [5]''
★ Jeanne d'Arc - Provides supplemental parking spaces to the expanding suburb of Orléans (roughly 30 parking spaces).
★ Place d'Orleans - Located at the Place d'Orleans shopping complex in Orleans and is the main East terminus of route 95 as well as new route 101 (outside of peak periods) and new peak-only route 102.
:''There is no dedicated bus lane from Place d'Orleans to Trim, buses run in mixed traffic. However, in the long range there could be a separate route built.''
★ Trim - Located at Trim Road. This park-and-ride station is used by Route 95 on weekdays.
South-east (97)
★ Lycée Claudel (formerly Abbey) - Located on old Riverside Drive across from the Lycée Claudel school.
★ Smyth - Located at Riverside Drive and Smyth Road.
★ Riverside - Located at the Riverside Campus of the Ottawa Hospital on Riverside Drive.
★ Pleasant Park - Located at Pleasant Park Road and Riverside Drive.
★ Billings Bridge - Located at the Billings Bridge Plaza on Bank Street.
★ Heron - Located at Heron Park on Heron Road.
★ Walkley - Located at Walkley Road and the Airport Parkway.
★ Greenboro(O-Train) - Located at Bank Street and Johnston Road at the north end of the South Keys shopping complex. Southern terminus of the O-Train.
★ South Keys - Located at Bank Street and the Airport Parkway at the south end of the South Keys shopping complex. Main east terminus of Route 97.
:''The isolated Transitway ends at Hunt Club road; 97 buses continuing to the Airport take the Airport Parkway. Note: Buses heading towards the airport after approximately 10:00 PM use Hunt Club and Uplands rather than the Airport Parkway.''
★ Airport - Located at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, and is served by route 97.
Ottawa O-Train
:''For more information see O-Train route''
The Ottawa O-Train pilot service has five station stops. Bayview (at which it interfaces with the central transitway), Carling (interfacing with major bus routes), Carleton (serving Carleton University), Confederation, and Greenboro (at which it interfaces with the south-east transitway).
See also
★ List of rapid transit systems
External links
★ Information on a Proposed Route from Kanata to Barrhaven by a coalition group
★ Clickable Transitway map
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