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Originally Posted by phil235
That is terrible, but in no way surprising. And Hubley's comment that we need to focus on moving people around suburbs leads me to believe that we can only expect service on major urban corridors to become worse.
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The city has become bankrupt in its ideas for running transit.
They are simply scrambling as the system spirals downward almost in panic mode.
I recently watched one of Reece Martin's videos on how the TTC had cut the number of streetcars because the new fleet had bigger capacities. This meant worse frequencies. Now, the TTC is buying more streetcars to return frequencies to previous levels.
Ottawa has followed a course to bring in masses of big capacity buses and cut frequency over and over again. This is a fool's paradise, as frequency is needed to keep your customers happy. What I experienced this morning just drives away ridership.
The city needs to do a big re-think. We need a proper frequent service network that people can rely on that makes transfers work efficiently. The focus needs to be in the urban areas, but also should include key suburban routes, such as Baseline and Merivale and others.
There is a desperate need to regain rider confidence and this will not be achieved with token 'free' months.
OC Transpo needs to become a service organization.