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Originally Posted by Uhuniau
Seriously, this.
I do not understand the hostility so many in Ottawa, from city council to the NCC to the general public, have towards STO buses, or buses in general, in downtown Ottawa. That's what they are for!
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I am sympathetic to the idea of not having downtown streets clogged up by too many buses.
You won't get any argument from me that the situation on Albert-Slater and Wellington-Rideau needs or needed to be changed.
But with a very significant reduction of bus traffic on the horizon, the still stringent opposition to buses (especially STO) appears to be a bit over the top.
The subtext to it is probably a bit of "me vs. the other guy" and related to the classic interprovincial tensions over people in Gatineau working in Ottawa.
E.g. "those people" shouldn't be working here anyway, so if they're inconvenienced in their commute it's not a big deal...
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