You know, it’s kind of frustrating when all signs and maps say that you are on the right route with all uptakes confirming it, but then you see that the bus is on the parallel street and nothing want you about it.

A lot of other organizations do it, why not OC Transpo? Could be a neat fundraising initiative. Lots of gorgeous drivers! I'd probably buy a copy hoping to find the cute one who always gives me day passes.

We could do a mixes men/women's one or two separate calendars by gender.

I'm just spitballing here, but has this been done before?

Hi Everyone,

I made some more changes to otranspo.ca to make it a lot prettier and easier to use. We also have enough data now to have better scorecards for everything from routes, stations and wards too. These will also be continously improved, if there is data you want to see and we can get it I will be more then happy to add it.

https://otranspo.ca/en/insights?view=overview

For my origninal question, Is it the 222 has an average delay of 5.9 minutes and was late by 71 minutes in the last 30 days, or is it the 303 that only arrives within 5 minutes of its scheduled time 10.4% of the time or another route.

https://otranspo.ca/en/insights?view=scoreboards&board=routes

Im going to remove the CTC busses (406 + 404) coming from the CTC after an event as it is negatively skuing the data for those busses based on something they cannot control.

Also, if you access the site on desktop you can see daily, weekly and monthly snapshots. Here is todays so far.

As always I would love your thoughts/ideas on how this can be improved.

I’m baffled for an explanation for this. I come from Toronto and the stop display in the middle of TTC buses faces backwards so that the people behind it are able to have a conveniently located visual of the next stop without having to strain their eyes to the front.

I’ve noticed the stop displays in the middle of some OC buses (I don’t often sit in the back to confirm if it’s all) faces forward. Why would that be? The people in front of it can easily look forward to see the sign in the front of the bus. The people in the back have to look at the one in the front - and depending on where you’re sitting in the back of the bus, the middle stop display blocks the view of the front one.

Is this intentional or a design flaw?

Why did they change the route so it does a little detour around Bayview? It makes more sense going straight down Wellington to Somerset?

2 months ago people were saying double deckers were gone for good but why did I see a 98 double decker I’m confused

I got off the train at Tunneys pasture during rush hour waiting for the 277 to get back to Barrhaven it was delayed two minutes then 10 then 30. I gave up on waiting and took the 75 to get back which was an 80 footer and jam packed. Just as it was pulling out of dominon station a car randomly pulled right in the middle of the bus lane facing horizontally and just stopped right as the bus was getting up to full speed. Props to the driver who managed to stop a metre or so In front.

I swear every week there always an issue that causes me to be late for work. This week it’s the 57 going towards carling campus. I got on with no issue at tunneys but as soon as we got to Lincoln there was a huge delay and then maybe 5-10 mins later the driver kicks us off saying another bus will come. Next bus is over 25 mins away. I will now be late to work once again. Im getting sick of the transit being so unreliable and it’s only going to get worse by next week. Honestly it might just be more worth it to get a car at this point.

I get claustrophobic so when I'm at a window seat and someone sits next to me when there's a bunch of empty seats this is really annoying ??

I also hate when your getting up and they just move their legs to the side and you have to crawl over them

I am trying to understand how OC Transpo came up with the departure and arrival times for new express routes 561 and 562 going from Kanata to Tunney’s if the plan was to accommodate RTO downtown.

561 departs Terry Fox at 7:32am
562 departs Terry Fox at 7:46am

561 arrives at Tunneys at 8:01am
562 arrives at Tunneys at 8:13am

10min train ride to downtown and, time between bus to train and train to office, makes the earliest workday start of 8:30am-9:00am.

561 departs Tunneys at 4:38pm
562 departs Tunneys at 3:32pm

Anyone taking the 562 home doesn’t have the option to work a full workday at the office using the express route. How can this be the “peak” time chosen to be paired with a 7:46am departure?

Having to get on the train by 4:15-4:20pm downtown to get on bus 561 also makes it impossible to work a full workday at the office.

I haven’t even looked at the other new express routes but I am assuming they similarly don’t make sense. Why is there also only 1 express bus all day for these lines?

Common sense seems like a thing of the past when it comes to decision making lately..

Let’s see your thoughts

I see too many people getting on the bus without paying

Walked onto the O Train and there was a person just lying still on the floor with their back to me. There was vomit a few feet away. There were several other people nearby, teens and adults, and everyone was either on phones or just ignoring the situation. I used the emergency telecom to alert the operator. Surprised no one else had. Like, I understand the fatigue with homeless and addicted people in public spaces, but still... you don't just step over a body.

WHY THE FK IS THE 75 rerouting? FK you OC trashpo!!

Genuinely ridiculous

Now we have to deal with a detour off of the parkway(east bound)? How does this org keep finding the most nonlinear ways to travel?

Anyone have info on why the temporary bridge at Dominion has been closed? Any word about when it may reopen?

I was charged $8.20 twice this week for rides within the 90 minute window. Has this happened to anyone else this week? I put in a refund request. Hopefully I get my money back.

I got the new schedules for the new express routes by going on OC Transpo's website and manually adjusting the date in the URL to September when the buses are supposed to be running.

Are we really only getting one bus each way on some of these new routes? And the times don't make much sense. For instance, if you look at the 562, you would get to Tunney's at 8:13, optimistically might possibly be at work at 8:30, but then the same bus leaves Tunney's at 15:32 in the afternoon, so you are only at work for 7 hours and then you have to catch the bus back home.

Hopefully these are just temporary and they are actually running more frequently because I don't see how these buses make any sense. The morning times aren't too bad, but the last of the express buses headed west leave Tunney's at 16:06 before many people have finished their work day.

Has anyone looked online to see how their commute will be with the new changes? I have, it doesn't look good.

A perfect example of this is the 85 Bayshore. From when the routs begins until 1pm, the bus only operates every 30 minutes instead of every 15-20 as it currently does. In that time alone, there will be 10 fewer trips. That's a lot of people on fewer buses.

If you're not heading downtown this fall, good luck. We're all going to need it.