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Originally Posted by J.OT13
Do these currently all run on Rideau Street?
I fully support having the local routes from the west running on the Mackenzie King Bridge for various reasons; without getting into the whole Rideau expansion conversation, it might A. Bring Cadillac Fairview to make some sort of financial contribution to the project and B. Get a good chunk of the buses off Rideau Street.
As for the STO, 3 words; DOWNTOWN TRAM LOOP
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That downtown loop would be Route 8, which if they wanted to co-operate, could be shared between OC and STO (OC could run the clockwise loop through Chaudiere first in Gatineau and the Byward Market first in Ottawa, STO could run the counter-clockwise loop through the Museum of Civilization first in Gatineau and LeBreton first in Ottawa). Note the 8 would NOT go on to Alta Vista in that setup; that area would be a separate route.
The current downtown pattern is:
Rideau Street: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18 (STO)
Mackenzie King Bridge: 5, 8, 18, 85 (86, 87, 90s, peak/express routes - those will probably be cut back or removed)
If there was a west/east pattern, the downtown flow would be like:
On Rideau Street: 8, 9, 12, 18, 90s late night (buses would need to replace trains to the suburbs from about 1 am to 5 am for maintenance purposes)
On Mackenzie King Bridge: 2, 4, 6, 16, 85
Could go on either unless the routes are split: 1, 5, 7, 14