Category: Transportation
January 14, 1990 – last train blows through Stittsville
(The last train through Stittsville on its way to the west coast, January 14, 1990. The man waving was Phil Barton, and he was greeting his best friend Lorne Blackburn,…
Winter storm brings reflection to Ottawa’s snow clearing past
This quote was taken from an article “In the Carp Review…” written by Erskine Rivington. ‘November 21, 1929 – Preparations are being made to keep approximately 1,800 miles of the…
New development – Carp and Hazeldean Roads
A Site Plan application has been submitted to the City of Ottawa from the Deschenes-Poitras Realty Corporation. The site proposed for development is located at the corner of Hazeldean and Carp…
PHOTO: Confusing traffic light on Hazeldean
Here’s a photo from Jeff Quigley of an indecisive traffic light at Hazeldean and Iber Roads last Saturday. We sent the city a quick email to ask what happened, here’s…
New map shows which paths in Stittsville are being plowed
Bike Ottawa is putting together a new crowdsourced map that shows which pathways are regularly plowed in the winter. You can check it out here. Plowed paths are indicated by…
So what’s the deal with Clive Doucet’s transit plan for Stittsville?
Photo: Clive Doucet’s proposed Capital Region Rail system. Mayoral candidate Clive Doucet’s plan for a regional rail system in Ottawa wouldn’t send trains into the heart of Stittsville. Rather, there…
COMMENT: Finally, an advance green at Carp and Hazeldean
Photo: Carp and Hazeldean intersection. Via Google Maps. After years of safety concerns at the Carp and Hazeldean intersection, the city has finally installed an advance green left turn signal.…
NOTEBOOK: Fringewood and Rosehill traffic calming, city scolds developer for flooding dog park
A few things across our news desk lately… Fringewood Drive traffic study begins The City of Ottawa has begun an Area Traffic Management (ATM) study to examine potential for traffic…
How often are Stittsville buses late or cancelled? Data shows reliability can be uneven
Photo: Cameron Scobie says he’s getting annoyed at the recent unreliability of the 262 route that serves Stittsville. (Photo by Devyn Barrie) A nosedive in OC Transpo’s reliability of late…
LINKED: Arcadia residents say Campeau Drive extension can’t come soon enough
Here’s a story I wrote for OttawaMatters.com about how delays in extending Campeau Drive to Huntmar is affecting residents in Arcadia: *** When Daniel Kucherman bought his house in 2014,…
OC Transpo summer service starts Sunday, June 24
(via OC Transpo) Ottawa – OC Transpo’s summer service starts Sunday, June 24. Several changes will be made to help us get ready for rail and the opening of O-Train…
COMMENT: Keep pushing for light rail to Stittsville
All of a sudden, Mayor Jim Watson doesn’t seem entirely on board with sending the third stage of LRT to Kanata and Stittsville. Now, it could go to Barrhaven first…
BLOG: Where in Stittsville can you easily walk to transit?
On paper, Stittsville appears to be well-served by transit. On top of major feeder routes 61 and 62, we have several connexion buses running on weekdays to zip workers downtown…
COMMENT: A tale of two LRT lines, for Stittsville and Riverside South
PHOTO: “A window on transit in Ottawa” by Jamie McCaffrey. Used under creative commons license. While Stittsville is still playing catch-up on the light rail transit file, Riverside South may…
CITIZEN: Transportation committee OKs route for western LRT, up to Hazeldean
From the Citizen’s Jon Willing: The transportation committee is recommending council approve the proposed route for a $1.85-billion LRT extension through Kanata. During a committee meeting Wednesday, Kanata North Coun.…