In a memo to council Friday evening, Amilcar said OC Transpo's new route network is designed to ensure a 'sustainable network….to improve service reliability to 99.5 per cent.' The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App.

The changes include cancelling many Connexion routes (200 series), redirecting service away from streets with low ridership and increasing service to 15 minutes 'at most times' on main transit corridors. 14 outlines the results of the Bus Route Review, which is intended to address transit use and patterns since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and to prepare for the launch of the Trillium Line next spring. Transit Services general manager Renee Amilcar says the bus route changes coming in 2024 include the 'recalibration of downtown-focused commuter routes to trips that improve connectivity to community hubs such as transit stations and grocery stores' and connecting riders with the north-south Trillium Line when it opens in the spring.Ī report for the Transit Commission meeting on Nov. OC Transpo will operate 74,000 fewer hours of bus service across the city of Ottawa next year as part of an overhaul of the bus route network that the transit service says is designed to improve service along 'important routes' and connections to commercial and employment destinations.

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