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Tag Archives: OC Transpo
Arrest Made After Watson Threatened
A man has been arrested following threat made to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and OC Transpo.
Do Nothing: City’s Best Option
Sometimes the city’s response to pressing problems is to do nothing. A strongly worded note to the City of Ottawa from Transport Canada after a bus slid under a railway gate at the Fallowfield Road level crossing got nothing. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged Fallowfield Road, Jim Watson, Kent Kirkpatrick, OC Transpo, Transport Canada
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Stop The Level-Crossing Danger
This is an excellent comment from avid Bulldog reader Ron Benn that was certainly worth playing up on the weekend: While grade-separate crossings along the Via tracks might be the solution (and I am not convinced that it is viable, … Continue reading
Dead People Don’t Vote
One of Mayor Jim Watson’s favourite refrains when he doesn’t want to do something is: “There’s no money for that.” However in this case, Watson really might not have the money. People are talking $100 million for underpasses or overpasses … Continue reading
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged bus crash, deaths, Fallowfield, OC Transpo, Ottawa, VIA Rail
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It’s The Honesty, Stupid
According to city officials, nothing went wrong when an OC Transpo bus ended up with a railway crossing gate atop it on Fallowfield Road. Why there was a manager on the bus who said everything was fine. The city planned no … Continue reading
Jim Watson Should Resign
How many more people must die north of Barrhaven before OC Transpo discovers how to successfully navigate across a rail crossing? Six people were killed there 14 months ago in a horrific bus-train collision that made headlines around the world. People noticed this problem. … Continue reading
‘A Threat To Safe Railway Operations Exists’
Below is a safety warning to the City of Ottawa after an OC Transpo bus stopped too far into the problem-plagued Fallowfield Road rail crossing. You’ll remember that six people died north of Barrhaven when an OC Transpo bus came into collision … Continue reading
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged bus crash, Fallowfield Road, OC Transpo, railway crossing
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OC Transpo To Serve Tanger Outlets
This is a release from the City of Ottawa: New OC Transpo service to Tanger Outlets mall in Kanata will be available seven days a week. Currently, Route 96A is providing weekday service to Tanger Outlets every 30 minutes. Connections … Continue reading
Human Error Cited In O-Train Derailment
This is a release from OC Transpo. To read the release, click on the highlight words below:
O-Train Service To Be Interrupted
This is a release from the City of Ottawa: O-Train service will be replaced by bus Route 107 for four days this summer in order to complete the next stage of work required for the O-Train Expansion Project; the dates are … Continue reading
City Drops Some Buses On Light-Rail Detour
This is a release from the City of Ottawa. It’s doubtful this will placate opponents in the effected neighbourhood, nor should it. OC Transpo will reduce the number of buses operating along the Scott/Albert Transitway detour by up to 18% … Continue reading
Rail Crossing Politics: Bulldog On CFRA
CFRA’s Ron Corbett, filling in for Rob Snow on the Afternoon Edition, and Bulldog Ottawa’s Ken Gray discuss the political machinations concerning the rail level crossing at Fallowfield where six people were killed last September in an OC Transpo bus-train … Continue reading
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged Fallowfield, Jim Watson, level crossing, OC Transpo, Ottawa, VIA Rail
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Game, Set, Match: Watson On Rail
If Mayor Jim Watson’s idea was to deflect attention away from the misdeeds of OC Transpo at the Fallowfield level crossing, he has certainly succeeded. Twice now foreign minister and Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird, the senior minister for eastern … Continue reading
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged crash, Fallowfield signals, Jim Watson, OC Transpo, VIA Rail
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Bus Detour Issue Gets Participatory Democracy
What is nice about the issue of buses on the Slater-Albert corridor is that residents and city officials are now talking. You will remember this plan was passed in the big light-rail vote and was not found by most people.
Revenge Of The City Nerds
So our mayor Jim Watson is back on top of the Fallowfield signals question, again. You’ll remember that six people died there north of Barrhaven when an OC Transpo bus came into collision with a VIA Rail train last September. … Continue reading
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged Fallowfield, Jim Watson, John Baird, level crossing, OC Transpo, VIA Rail
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Buses Run Red Lights, Video Claims
This is an internal email from OC Transpo chief John Manconi to a number of councillors and upper management: Subject: OC Transpo Bus Operations As you aware, today we are in receipt of an anonymous e-mail containing a video of … Continue reading
Watson Disputes VIA Signal Claim
This is a letter from Mayor Jim Watson:
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged Fallowfield, Jim Watson, OC Transpo, Ottawa, signals, VIA Rail
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Watson Snatches Defeat From Jaws Of Victory
Oh Mayor Jim Watson won’t be happy with this. The Watsonator has been crowing about the faulty signals at level crossings on the VIA Rail line in south Ottawa. His Worship shifted the media and public focus from the four … Continue reading
VIA Blames Transpo For Rail Crossing Incidents
This is a release from Via Rail: On Friday, April 25th and again last evening, April 28th, at approximately 19:00, an OC Transpo bus approaching a VIA Rail crossing failed to stop at the stop line although lights were flashing, … Continue reading
Posted in Bulldog Ottawa
Tagged Fallowfield, level crossing, OC Transpo, Ottawa, VIA Rail
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Watson Can Declare Victory On Rail
If Mayor Jim Watson’s strategy was to deflect blame on irregularities at south Ottawa level crossings onto Via Rail, it worked. Watson was taking a PR beating recently when OC Transpo buses on four occasions ran flashing signals at the … Continue reading
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Tagged crash, Fallowfield, Jim Watson, OC Transpo, signals, VIA Rail
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