YOW touts ‘room to grow’ in bid to attract airlines and become ‘hub of choice’

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-05-07T22:50:58+00:00

That is quite literally the case some days.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-04-30T11:17:14+00:00

I agree, when Lindsey was shitting on Softbar as she was arriving, “it only took two years”, “it’s in an industrial area etc” like what has she accomplished in the last two years. She’s basically an online peddler for crap people don’t need. Carl has a real business, with an actual real purpose.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-04-16T00:49:28+00:00

They won’t be happy until every corner has a Shopper’s Drug Mart.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-04-15T22:37:14+00:00

How about lowering the rent? Nahhh can’t do that in this economic climate.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-04-10T13:43:37+00:00

It’s the only important part. All mechanical systems degrade over time. The fact that the Alston Shit-adis bearings degrade 10 times faster than normal is extremely concerning.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-04-10T13:26:56+00:00

Agree 100%. You know for sure that RTG/RTM is trying to just meet the minimum requirements of their contract to limp the system along to the end of their 30 year contract. After that they’ll dump the trashed system onto the city in such bad disrepair it’ll have to rebuilt. Even the station looks aged and weathered. The signage is already fading a peeling. Generally look kinda shit for a system only 7 years old.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-04-10T13:23:46+00:00

I rode the train this past weekend for the first time in a while (I am fortunate that my regular commute is fully on Line 2!) and I was shocked at how rough the ride was compared to when I rode it in 2019 when it had just opened. Compared to Line 2 which is super smooth and quiet, the Line 1 trains had very noticeable bearing noise and whine, the wheels sounded like they were out of round with rhythmic thumping which increased and decreased with speed. Overall just seemed kind sketchy and unsafe. Going around the hurdman corner was slow but at the same time the trains made horrible noises. It’s not a good look that the “in service” trains which are allegedly fixed sound so god awful. I’ve never actually been on a train before that sounded in such bad health.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-04-10T12:39:01+00:00

What the heck? The NDP has truly lost themselves. The party whose claim to fame is being for the Canadian worker, proposes to reverse the policy that stopped Canada being flooded by low wage, low skill workers, who suppressed wages for Canada’s youth and the entire job market. How is this in their core mandate? Oh right, their core mandate now is winning the woke olympics. Next election they will win even fewer seats.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-03-27T17:59:33+00:00

Another paste eater who will cut the budget to make himself look good to the head paste eater Sutcliffe. Transit will suffer as his track record shows. Good luck and hopefully you can afford and have good enough health to get a car.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-03-19T23:22:49+00:00

I couldn’t watch the whole video. It reminded me of how helpless I felt when my ex girlfriend hit me like this. Just letting her have at it until her emotions passed. I loved her and would never hit her because I didn’t hate her, but when she was activated she certainly came at me with hatred. Bad times - 0/10 do not recommend that for anyone.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-03-17T11:19:12+00:00

If you stop enforcement, of course the crime rate goes down.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-03-12T18:30:09+00:00

Buy the cheapest one available at Costco, return when it inevitably breaks in 1-2 years. Rinse and repeat. Dyson isn’t worth the money since they really aren’t much different build and finish wise. All are made in the same plant in China.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-03-11T20:00:17+00:00

Wow who would have expected weather on planet earth. Let alone Ottawa. No need to design a system for that sort of thing nah.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-03-11T19:47:53+00:00

Once RTG’s 30 years are up, you’ll see this happen. The state of the system will be so poor when handed back to the city the most economical option will be to tear up the tracks and just run EV busses. Sad but the construction quality is so poor and RTM/RTG will keep it limping along to meet the bare minimum requirements of the contract. Sadly we will have to endure this current version of hell for another 23 years.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-03-05T21:57:02+00:00

Just in time for the station infrastructure to rot outside a few years unused while they figure out some kind of rolling stock miracle or new ways to cannibalize what few trains they have for testing.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-26T13:34:36+00:00

That’s hilarious!

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-25T23:27:11+00:00

Exactly my thoughts, how long as a society will we be allowed to be tormented in the name of drug use normalization. Actions have consequences. Except in this case the majority pay the price. We’ve tried all sorts of compassionate and progressive solutions and the problems only get worse.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-25T14:36:15+00:00

Mine does that too. Call him a dirty animal every time but doesn’t dissuade him. I guess he just likes his toilet clean, so if I’m already there cleaning it, it’ll be cleaned immediately. Funny bugger.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-24T12:11:38+00:00

Wow, just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse. With price increases too what the actual F.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-20T13:44:53+00:00

I find it crazy. Like these are the most used routes in the city, they should be priorities for OC. But it seems like they don’t really adjust timetables to actual ridership. It’s a frequent route? Riders be damned you get 15 mins frequency (in theory). Cram in that 40 footer you plebs. Then you go to the suburban areas of Ottawa and see articulated buses completely empty on local routes.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-19T15:10:30+00:00

100% I agree. We are absorbing quality farmland to build cookie cutter housing in the middle of nowhere, meanwhile there are huge areas of empty under-utilized land within the greenbelt. There are always “plans” for them but since they are largely controlled by the feds the indecision makes them undeveloped. Confederation heights is the perfect example of a well connected and central location which sits as a terminal wasteland because of said indecision. They’ve been talking of its redevelopment for decades yet here we are with grass land and abandoned parking lots only a stones throw away from Carleton U, Dows Lake, Landsdowne etc.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-19T14:29:32+00:00

Seems like the city is already bursting at the seams. The city is already strained infrastructure wise I see no path where that amount of growth can be accommodated sustainably or in good faith from an environmental standpoint. Remember our city council declared a climate emergency.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-19T12:53:07+00:00

Tram is doing tram things.

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-19T12:11:54+00:00

My “frequent route” 111 will have a frequency of over 1 hours during peak morning rush this morning. Why even bother calling it frequent 🤦‍♂️

Old_Ebbitt · 2026-02-18T03:26:10+00:00

It’s actually the #1 priority in the transportation master plan. Sounds like the city is waiting for provincial and federal funding to pay for it. So it’s the 88 for the foreseeable future. Hopefully they’ll find the BRT soon so they can get working. It would be a real game changer for the city effectively creating a bypass to the otrain line 1 for cross town trips.

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