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Their argument is more based around the fact that an older ruling by the CTA was never dismissed or enforced, and as such the older order should be enforced. As of now, the city has not started any of the formal discontinuance process (which at this point could take years to complete, just out...

This could be the final nail in the coffin for the Prince of Wales bridge.

That announcement was a huge disappointment. If the best you can do right now is an election promise to advocate for something, why on earth wouldn't you just promise to advocate for rail and pedestrian use??

They hired as many operators as they could. I don't think there was ever a point where they didn't hire anyone to avoid mass layoffs. I remember the union was trying to leverage seniority to get senior operators laid off so that they could collect benefits whereas new operators wouldn't be able...

Something that is/will be on my to-do list.

That's an old version of this: https://map.otrainfans.ca

They use CBTC, which I guess is a form of PTC.

Though annoying, that was hardly a factor in the upgrade's failure. Another example of the new FLIRTs being ordered to a custom spec though, they'll have two doors per car.

I don't think that's right. The tender put out for those trains simply specified that they must have been used in the DB fleet for at least 5 years, and it happened that the LINT met those requirements. How the LINT compares to other trains that would have met the requirements, I don't know...

But we have the flexibility to run parts of the line at-grade, or as streetcars! --an idea that was promptly thrown in the trash Though, why the Confederation Line needs to elevated all the way through Kanata to Stittsville, I don't know.

The trench is quite wide in places, and some of the catenary support poles actually stick up above the trench. It would be quite complicated, and a total pain to try and build on top of a brand new rail line. Maybe in the future, possibly funded by some kind of developments being built right on...

I'm not sure if this was noted earlier but this contract is a DFBM contact. I'm no expert on contract law but I think the design part gives the city the right to go tell SNC to eat dirt if they come back with a request to change the design that they came up with. With that said, I've heard the...

According to Scott Moffatt there is "no legal risk" to the City at this point.

The RFP document was published by the city in a redacted form. It clearly states that the city had the right to waive score and compliance variances. (Sections 6.3 through 6.5) https://ottawa.ca/en/routine-disclosure-and-active-dissemination-plans#o-train-planning That would only hold true if...

How many bids do you normally deal with? In this case there were only 3 and with one submission missing the threshold by less than 3% it would make sense to include it to get a broader selection once it came to prices. According to the city, the main reason they included it was to avoid legal...

A weird day in Ottawa for transit news. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-admits-it-let-snc-lavalin-through-stage-2-lrt-bidding-despite-lower-technical-score The city published redacted versions of the RFP and project agreements for Stage 2 as well as sent out a memo explaining how...

Hopefully that plays out well. When the Trillium Line was last upgraded, it was promised that trains would come every 8 minutes. They eventually found that they could only do frequencies of every 12 minutes and that they'd bring it down as the new system matured, but that never happened and as...

The Citadis Spirits (in Ottawa) are equipped with door buttons, but they will only be used in off-peak periods or at certain stations where there aren't many passengers getting on/off.

The Confederation Line is scheduled to have 30-45 second dwell times depending on the station and time of day.

The plan was originally always to use LRT, mostly a remenant of the original plan that had trains running at-grade downtown. As late as 2013 (after Stage 1 was approved), the city was still considering using Carling as the alignment of the Western extension of the line with trains running...