Ottawa Bus Lanes Plan to Speed Up Transit

0:00From the streets of Canada to the world, this is Canada News Today. Bus delays on Bank Street in Ottawa are getting worse, especially during big events at lands down. City transportation staff say the 1.6 km stretch from highway 417 to the Rido Canal can take up to 18 minutes. With ridership here double that of nearby streets, officials want to add more bus only lanes to speed things up. They are wrapping up a feasibility study on active transportation and transit priority along the corridor. The plan calls for permanent 24 hour bus lanes in several spots, like northbound from region street to fourth avenue and southbound from. Fourth avenue to Thornton Avenue, this will remove 17 on street parking spaces. A pilot project with test time-limited lanes 2, northbound from 7am to 10am and southbound from 3pm to 6pm, staff expect. These two cut travel time by up to 60 seconds per trip during peaks. Local advocates with the Centre Town Citizens Association back the idea and push for even

1:03more, like longer hours for lanes, extra permanent sections. And better signals for buses. They also want to include smaller events in the bus priority rules and improve signs to parking garages. The proposals head to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on March 30, as the city keeps working to make transit faster and more.