Barrhaven Buses Unreliable: HILL

On my commute home recently, I took some extra time to visit with Barrhaven transit riders at Tunney’s Pasture.

I have heard loud and clear that afternoon peak return routes to Barrhaven are inconsistent, unreliable, and ill-spaced.  This is very frustrating for a number of reasons:

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This excerpt from Barrhaven West Councillor David Hill is courtesy of the city-wide community group Your Applewood Acres (And Beyond) Neighbours

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The whole purpose of the New Ways To Bus was to increase reliability.  It’s hard to have legitimacy when that outcome is clearly not being achieved.

Even if the routes are going to be late/canceled, the status of these routes is not updated on the real-time app because the app only accurately reflects the routing once that bus has started its route. Not a big help when waiting at Tunney’s.

The Barrhaven-to-Tunney’s segment has been slowed as a result of the LRT Stage 2 construction.

What am I working on to improve the situation?

First, I have represented this concern loudly and on numerous occasions at meetings, so they are tracking my perspective on the importance of reliability, especially at Tunney’s. Second, the city is procuring more buses. There have been setbacks in the e-bus procurement program. Along with my colleagues on transit committee, I have been pushing staff to purchase more diesel buses to address this setback, and … the city recently procured 11 buses from Kitchener. More e-buses will come online over the next several years as well. Third, there will be a significant improvement in commute time once Stage 2 construction is completed. Yes – this is in the medium to long term (about 18 months), however, that construction delay is the most significant reason our commute is brutal right now.

I will be back at Tunney’s, this time with OC Transpo staff, to discuss the above, and demonstrate the issues first-hand to them.

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