Friends of 51
To the City of Ottawa Councillors, we request that you reconsider the cancellation of the OC Transpo route 51 service. continue reading »
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"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 1 an additional 10min walk for me to catch an alternate bus if the 51 route is removed"
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 SAVE OUR BUS"
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 1-5 times Number of Weekly Trips Home 1-5 times please do not remove this bus route"
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"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 3 I only found out this morning that our bus is being cancelled. I am unimpressed. You want us to purchase bus passes and eco passes (which we do). To say that we have lack of ridership is fai"
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 0 Number of Weekly Trips Home 0 Have used- am on maternity leave. Will use again!"
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 I rely on the 51 bus to pick up my child everyday at Rainbow Montessori School on Maitland Ave. and to get to and from work downtown. Without this bus I will have to drive to work and pay fo"
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 The bus service is well-used. I know this, as I have recorded ridership in the last two weeks."
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 I ride this bus twice daily...please don't cancel it!"
"My wife takes this bus every day to and from work."
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 The bus service is essential to my daily commute to and from work"
"Route 51 provides a necessary service to commuters working downtown."
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 3-4 Number of Weekly Trips Home 3-4 I have a handicap; having to walk 6-7 blocks and cross Woodroffe after waiting for the light, takes more than 10 minutes, and it would cause me undo hardship to have to do this in winter"
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 This bus is always full. Cancelling it makes no sense."
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"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown Five Number of Weekly Trips Home Five I wondering how I will get to work if indeed the 51 is cancelled. One of the reasons we chose Copeland Park to live in was the 51 and it's access to my office downtown."
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 while working I took this route both ways every day for 30 years. It was most convenient."
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"This route is well used for the hours that it is run."
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 Many of us require bus #51 for transportation downtown for work~please do not cancel bus #51!"
"the #51 is the only bus I can take to work without having to transfer - without it I will likely take the car - which environmentally, I am trying to avoid. I teach at an adult high school on route - many students who can't afford other forms of transport"
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 To City Council. Taking away this bus route would absolutley not be sensible. By forcing people to take alternate routes would only lead to a greater burden being put on those alternate bus "
"Number of Weekly Trips Downtown 5 Number of Weekly Trips Home 5 I live near Carling at Kirkwood. I have ridden on 5 of the morning routes and 2 of the evening ones. The st always full to within 8 seats of capacity. And while there are only ten trips dail"
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