tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218149071529011844.post1132646849834322723..comments2024-03-09T05:03:54.979-05:00Comments on Public Transit in Ottawa: NCC needs justification to concede Greenbelt land for transit planPeter Raaymakershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883553886241429786noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218149071529011844.post-35161079587435705562010-02-08T12:15:39.218-05:002010-02-08T12:15:39.218-05:00ORP should remain a _park_way. It's already pa...ORP should remain a _park_way. It's already part of the transitway from Lincoln Fields to Dominion. <br />Carling is a much better option. At least there are people on both sides of Carling who could be served. Only people on one side of the OPR could get on it. The other side is river. I don't get how people proposing the ORP route don't see this.CTHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218149071529011844.post-41797642096479667852009-10-02T14:58:26.314-04:002009-10-02T14:58:26.314-04:00And to be clear, I don't like the ORP corridor...And to be clear, I don't like the ORP corridor because it isn't "central" enough, not because it would cut precious precious greenspace. The ORP was built on the ruins of a neighbourhood that got Grebered out of existence.<br /><br />Ottawa has too much so-called greenspace. It makes the city brown.WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218149071529011844.post-36590892163773476622009-10-02T14:56:58.376-04:002009-10-02T14:56:58.376-04:00I don't like the ORP corridor either, but at l...I don't like the ORP corridor either, but at least a piece of the ORP area may be required to transition from the cut to Byron. But in either case, the NCC shouldn't be obstructionist. It needs to get its head out of the Greber mindset of 60 years ago.<br /><br />In fact, if money were no object, I'd go for an east-west line entirely underground (cut and cover for the most part) along Richmond/Wellington, under downtown somehow, and east along Rideau/Montreal. The eastern alignment from east of UofO is still too suburban, too close to the Queensway, and too close to other waste land to have much hope of changing the urban form.<br /><br />In any event, the instant issue is the western busway from Bayshore towards Kanata, not the alignment of the western LRT from Tunneys to wherever the city imagines it would terminate next. (If it ever starts at all.)<br /><br />And all this Ontario-side blockading, while the NCC is leading a "consultation" on interprovincial transit? Give me a break.WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218149071529011844.post-59079956288443739642009-10-01T23:14:26.524-04:002009-10-01T23:14:26.524-04:00The NCC maybe undemocratic but it's the voice ...The NCC maybe undemocratic but it's the voice of reason in this case. Building along the ORP is moronic. The curves can't handle rail (or at least at any speed that would be worthwhile) and the bordering lands offer next to no potential for densification and development. If they use the Byron/Richmond corridor instead, they'd solve all their problems.Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218149071529011844.post-48501306850774005732009-10-01T19:53:25.948-04:002009-10-01T19:53:25.948-04:00It is time to abolish this anachronism called the ...It is time to abolish this anachronism called the NCC.<br /><br />If it isn't going to start supporting the NCR municipalities on initiative such as this, it should get out of the way.WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.com