[Cre47]

This is probably the most useless piece of junk produced by city staff. Good news is that it will never happen.

Under the proposal:

- Routes 45, 123, 137, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 164, 165, 167, 179, 181, 186, 187, 188, 194, 193, 197 would be cut.

- Service along the Transitway would be reduced by 25%.

- Service to the rest of the city would also be reduced by 25%.

- Morning service to Riverside South would be eliminated.

- It recommends staff who use municipal vehicles plan efficient travel routes, use air conditioning sparingly, ensure tires are properly inflated, avoid idling, drive the speed limit, and avoid abrupt stop and starts.

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/10/10/7036816-sun.html

[O-Town Hockey]

This is probably the most useless piece of junk produced by city staff. Good news is that it will never happen.

Under the proposal:

- Routes 45, 123, 137, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 164, 165, 167, 179, 181, 186, 187, 188, 194, 193, 197 would be cut.

- Service along the Transitway would be reduced by 25%.

- Service to the rest of the city would also be reduced by 25%.

- Morning service to Riverside South would be eliminated.

- It recommends staff who use municipal vehicles plan efficient travel routes, use air conditioning sparingly, ensure tires are properly inflated, avoid idling, drive the speed limit, and avoid abrupt stop and starts.

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/10/10/7036816-sun.html

I was yelling at the newspaper when I first read about this proposal. Who are the retards that run this city?? We just can't seem to get transit right in Ottawa, too many small-minded and smalltown-minded people making decisions.

[Rathgrith]

Councillors will not let this pass. I can just hear the angry letters being sent to them now.

[c_speed3108]

This sounds specifically designed to fill councils request for fuel efficiency but at the same time be something that is guaranteed not to pass :)

Further to this, with fuel prices falling, I suspect (for better or for worse) that the big fuel efficiency/green/gas savings kick of a few months back will cool down very considerably and be mostly left to environmentalists.

[Cre47]

From the Transportation Committee Meeting

That the following recommendation be referred back to staff to continue to look at options to reduce fuel usage without cutting bus routes:



2. Receive for information the implications and potential impacts of the options required to reduce fuel consumption of City-owned vehicles by 25% and refer this report for consideration in the 2009 Budget process;