Edwin G. 
Ottawa will be trying bus only lanes on Bank St
https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2026/03/21/city-to-pilot-bus-only-lanes-on-bank-street/
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Ottawa mettre à l’essai des voies réservées aux autobus sur la rue Bank
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CBC OttawaWhat is arcing and why does it keep snapping the overhead LRT wires?
OC Transpo has blamed electric arcing for three power failures on the LRT. CBC’s Arthur White-Crummey spoke with transit officials and an engineer to find out why it keeps happening.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7131034?cmp=rss
OC Transpo has blamed electric arcing for three power failures on the LRT. CBC’s Arthur White-Crummey spoke with transit officials and an engineer to find out why it keeps happening.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7131034?cmp=rss
One thing that I noticed from those pictures, the trains don’t have their pantographs?
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Une chose que j’ai remarquée sur les photos, les trains n’ont pas leurs pantographes?
The 3 trains that are located west of Moodie station on OCTranspo O-Train line 3 cannot be redeployed for service on line 1.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-cars-idle-single-car-service-9.7131390
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Les 3 trains qui sont situés à l’ouest de la station Moodie de la ligne 3 de l’O-Train d’OCTranspo ne peuvent pas être redéployés pour le service sur la ligne 1.
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3 LRT cars are sitting idle in the west end. Why can't they be redeployed? | CBC News
The head of Ottawa's transit committee is asking whether light rail cars currently devoted to OC Transpo's yet-to-open western extension could be redeployed to help bolster service that's been depleted elsewhere.
CBC CanadaWhy do electric flashes keep breaking Ottawa's LRT?
Electric 'arcing' has shut down the LRT before, but OC Transpo thought it had a fix — until last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/electric-flashes-keep-breaking-ottawa-lrt-9.7128491?cmp=rss
Electric 'arcing' has shut down the LRT before, but OC Transpo thought it had a fix — until last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/electric-flashes-keep-breaking-ottawa-lrt-9.7128491?cmp=rss
How arcs and freezing rain are not good for catenary systems, or the case of OCtranspo O-Train line 1
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/electric-flashes-keep-breaking-ottawa-lrt-9.7128491
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Comment les arcs et la pluie verglaçante ne sont pas bons pour les systèmes à caténaires, ou le cas de la ligne 1 de l’O-Train d’OCtranspo
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Why do electric flashes keep breaking Ottawa's LRT?
Electric 'arcing' has shut down the LRT before, but OC Transpo thought it had a fix — until last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/electric-flashes-keep-breaking-ottawa-lrt-9.7128491?cmp=rss
Electric 'arcing' has shut down the LRT before, but OC Transpo thought it had a fix — until last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/electric-flashes-keep-breaking-ottawa-lrt-9.7128491?cmp=rss
Line 1 now open from Tunney's Pasture to Tremblay, OC Transpo says
Riders on Ottawa's LRT can now take Line 1 as far east as Tremblay, as Ottawa's transit service continues work to restore service.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/line-1-open-tunney-s-to-tremblay-9.7129238?cmp=rss
Riders on Ottawa's LRT can now take Line 1 as far east as Tremblay, as Ottawa's transit service continues work to restore service.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/line-1-open-tunney-s-to-tremblay-9.7129238?cmp=rss
Ottawa O-Train line 1 now open between Tunney’s Pasture and Tremblay stations.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/line-1-open-tunney-s-to-tremblay-9.7129238
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La ligne 1 de l’O-Train d’Ottawa est maintenant ouverte entre les stations Tremblay et Tunney’s Pasture.
Bryan H. Rombough