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Originally Posted by d_jeffrey
As an opinion I can make, I think that high transit usage in Ottawa is due to the fact the region is the highest educated in Canada. University people are more prone to use transit, and try to help the environment.
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I would have to strongly disagree, People use transit if it saves time or they have no other choice such as poor people and people who can't park at their places of work or leisure. In Ottawa's case the large amount of Government offices that have no parking (or very expensive parking options) leads to heavy transit. As does the difficulty getting to and parking at Scotiabank place by car (The only time I use transit other than the occaisonal airport trip)
The transitway also makes it time efficient for many people.