Appendix A_Pages266to338_9MB.pdf - Ottawa Confederation Line

You said it was a study not a project!
Extension of the O-Train on existing railway lines is a far superior means of meeting
the community needs for public transit now
How much will it cost, and how long will it take to construct
Tell people what you’re doing and when. The amount of information amount of
information about this project will serve to confuse transit users when the transitway
becomes inoperable. Also, if you have to chose between inconveniencing motor
vehicles and transit operations during construction, the choice should be obvious
I feel that the project is not moving fast enough. OC Transpo and City Council
Smart construction that allows maximum flow of traffic...open unused lanes on
weekends/pm
No concerns
Tunnel is too deep and goes too far north
Le plus tôt possible, SVP!
Expense – distance below grade
I prefer the Carling route to go west from Tunney’s Pasture
Make sure that the bus system is functional through the entire construction process.
You cannot shut down transit to downtown core
Elle doit se faire avec minutie pour être solide et durable tout en se complétant le
plus rapidement possible pour que la population commence à utiliser le service et les
infrastructures aussi tôt que possible. Des matériaux et des respectueux de
l’environnement doivent être utilisés dans toutes les étapes de processus
Cost! Cost! Cost! This may end up costing much more. In a time of increasing
deficits, how far can the Feds and provinces go in helping finance this system?
Cleary tunneling is the preferred – dare we say the only option. Cut and cover won’t
work, but how to control costs, and the duration of construction?
On presume beaucoup
Operation:
Unsafe environment – too much walking – too high a cost
You said it was a study not a project!
Again, how many jobs will it create, or will OC Transpo see a reduction. Will OC
Transpo drivers have first option in operating LRT?
No concerns
Has enough money been allocated for operation and maintenance?
L’esthetique des stations
Keep a few trains 24 hrs, this system needs to be functional for all users, regardless
of their working hours
Elle doit commencer avec force es susciter la fierté. Elle ne doit pas se limiter, de
quelque façon que ce soit, à des objectifs d’achalandage conservateurs ou peu
ambitieux ainsi que s’astreindre à des critères de simple rentabilité ou, pire, de
profitabilité à court ou à moyen terme. Elle doit au contraire convaincre et attirer
sans cesse
Hopefully automated systems will cut down on costs in the long run. LRT is more
suited to some automation, I believe
On croirait que vous aves “carte blanche”
Je trouve 50 million tres élevée pour géner ce project – je prise déjà à des déponses
non justifies qui vont surgir
From Bernie Geiger:
The whole project appears to be very expensive. The transitway was supposed to easily
convertible. The costs shown for the conversion of the transitway surface parts are
stupendously high. Q5. By tunneling from MacKenzie Bridge/Laurier through
Campus to a portal at the Queensway adds kilometers to expensive tunnel and $100s
> of millions to costs. (The $200 million Baseline Station disaster looks like a bargain
in comparison).
It will take far too many years to plan, design, tender, build, test and break-in. NS
LRT build and test was about 2 years, this will be 2 to 3 times, once design and
tendering is complete.
The City of Ottawa does not have the proven track record to plan and successfully
manage a project of this scope and complexity, it is very high risk.
The benefits to users in the core (the primary target audience and problem area) is
negative. They will need to walk further to the core stations, need to take 4 escalators
to get to the platforms, will need to wait longer for a the next train to arrive than the 3
buses per > minute now going along Albert/Slater. Total travel times will be longer
and user experience will not be enhanced.
Tourists, visitors and casual users will be disoriented by the many elevators and twists
and turns they must take to get up and down to/from the stations. On arriving at
street level, strangers will have no idea where they are. This is unlike surface transit
and shallow subways.
There are serious safety and security concerns arising from lost packages/bomb threats,
noxious/poison gas releases, fire, collisions etc. Few people are accustomed and many
are simply not capable of climbing 10 flights of stairs (the depth of the core stations) let
alone in a crowded, stressful emergency environment.