Does OC Transpo Have A Capacity Problem?

It is now into the middle third of September and:
>mid and high school students are back in class, many of whom take OC Transpo to/from school;
> college and university students are back on campus, many of whom take OC Transpo to/from campus;
> summer is all but over and that means the typical plus or minus 10% of the households that take out of town vacations are back to work;
> more and more employers are requiring their employees to return to the office, at least part of the time.
Did this catch the powers that be down at OC Transpo by surprise? Unlikely.

LRT capacity remains constrained due to the axle bearing problem. OC Transpo continues to run many routes with single, rather than two train cars. That means that buses along busy routes have to make up some of the lost capacity.

As for the schools. Not too many mid and high schools are located along the LRT route. The number of buses allocated to the routes that service the mid and high school kids are constrained due to the deployment of buses to support the failure that is the Confederation Line service.

As for LRT service to Carleton, how about that Trillium Line? The one that connects Carleton to points south and north, including the Confederation Line at Bayview. Still not ready. More than a year behind schedule.

The consequences of the errors made (Confederation Line train selection, Trillium Line contract award) are not additive in nature. They are exponential. But don’t worry, it will all be resolved by the time the snow flies. If not this winter, by the next one for sure, or the one after that or …