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	Ottawa Plus.ca - Airport Survival Guide - Ottawa Fact Sheet
		Ottawa owes its existence to the builders of the Rideau Canal who settled the area after 1826, when Colonel John By chose it as the site of the beginning of the Canal.
		In May, Ottawa is repaid for its kindness to the Dutch Royal Family during WWII with thousands of tulip bulbs during the annual Tulip Festival, all of which are in bloom for three weeks, all over the capital.
		OC Transpo, Ottawa’s public transit authority, operates buses across the Capital region and a light rail line, the O-Train, between Greenboro and Bayview in Ottawa.
	www.ottawaplus.ca /feature/airport/128/factsheet.jsp (1200 words)

	Ottawa
		Ottawa, Wisconsin Ottawa is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,758.
		Ottawa Renegades The Ottawa Renegades are a Ottawa, Ontario.
		Ottawa Township, Minnesota Ottawa Township is a township located in 2000 census, the township had a total population of...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/ottawa.html (1267 words)

	Ottawa
		The Ottawa urban area extends for considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester and Nepean.
		Ottawa is home to two major league sports team, the Ottawa Senators (established 1992) of the National Hockey League and the Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League.
		In 2001, the city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Cumberland, and the rural townships of West Carleton, Osgoode, Rideau and Goulbourn, along with the systems and infrastructure of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality, to become one municipality.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/ottawa (1335 words)

	Ottawa: my 1997 Transitway photos
		Ottawa has "Bus Bulbs" in the downtown area, where the sidewalk is extended out to the second lane to make a platform for the bus stop.
		Transitway ditch looking East, This picture is taken in the opposite direction to BWAY2, looking east, at the point where the traffic lanes start to widen in preparation for Westboro station.
		Transitway, South of Loncoln Fields station Not all the Transitway is in the limestone ditch.
	dewi.ca /trains/busway/index.html (3536 words)

	Ottawa Rapid Transit biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit sevices operated by OC Transpo have two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail line.
		The Transitway is one of the most extensive and successful implementations of Bus Rapid Transit; many of the Transitway roads are above or below the grade of normal streets in Ottawa, by the use of overpasses, bridges, and trench highways.
		The Transitway routes generally use low floor "accessible" buses, with an aim to improve access to the service by the elderly and handicapped, and to speed up boarding by other passengers; many of these are high-capacity articulated buses.
	transitway.biography.ms (1049 words)

	Ottawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The Ottawa urban area extends for considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the formercities of Gloucester and Nepean.
		Ottawa is home to two major league sports team, the OttawaSenators (established 1992) of the National HockeyLeague and the Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League.
		In 2001, the city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Cumberland, and the rural townships of WestCarleton, Osgoode, Rideau and Goulbourn, along with the systems and infrastructure of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality, to become one municipality.
	www.therfcc.org /RFCC/ottawa-47628.html (1207 words)

	Ottawa biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The Ottawa urban area extends for considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester, Nepean and Kanata and Cumberland.
		Ottawa is served by VIA Rail, by Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (better known as Ottawa International) and by a number of long distance bus companies.
		The Ottawa and Gatineau rivers were historically important in the logging and lumber industries, and the Rideau as part of the Rideau Canal system connected the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River with the Ottawa river.
	ottawa.biography.ms (1512 words)

	Alternate meanings Ottawa disambiguation Ottawa disambiguation City... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The Ottawa urban area extends for considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester Gloucester and Nepean Nepean.
		Ottawa is home to two major league sports team, the Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators (established 1992) of the National Hockey League National Hockey League and the Ottawa Renegades Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League Canadian Football League.
		In 2001 2001, the city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean Nepean, Kanata Kanata, Gloucester Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park Rockcliffe Park, Vanier Vanier and Cumberland Cumberland, and the rural townships of West Carleton West Carleton, Osgoode Osgoode, Rideau Rideau and Goulbourn Goulbourn, to become one municipality.
	www.biodatabase.de /Ottawa (1651 words)

	Ottawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Ottawa is the (A seat of government) capital of (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada and the country's fourth largest city.
		Ottawa is made up of 11 historic townships, 10 of which are from historic (Click link for more info and facts about Carleton County) Carleton County and one from historic (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)) Russell.
		Ottawa is also the home of the (Click link for more info and facts about University of Ottawa) University of Ottawa, (Click link for more info and facts about Carleton University) Carleton University, and (Click link for more info and facts about Algonquin College) Algonquin College.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Ot/Ottawa.htm (2785 words)

	Bank Station (OC Transpo)
		Bank Transitway Station or Bank Street Station is a bus-stop on Ottawa, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses.
		It is located on the main central part of the transitway, which is part of the 95 line, 96 line and 97 line.
		There are actually two separate stations as in the downtown part of Ottawa, the transitway splits up with westbound routes on Albert Street and east bound routes on Slater Street.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Bank_Transitway_Station (174 words)

	Ottawa travel guide - Wikitravel
		Ottawa started as a humble lumber town, then called Bytown, named after Colonel John By who oversaw the construction of the Rideau Canal, now a UNESCO World Heritage site[2], much of which was done by hand, between 1826 and 1832.
		Ottawa has proudly remained a green city and is situated at the confluence of three rivers (Ottawa, Rideau and Gatineau) as well as the Rideau canal.
		Ottawa is a very safe place to live and visit, so if you use common sense it is at least as safe as any other city.
	wikitravel.org /en/Ottawa (6026 words)

	Cement Association of Canada - ULTRA-THIN WHITETOPPING FOR OTTAWA TRANSITWAY BUS STATION REHABILITATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Ottawa is the Capital City of Canada and has established an efficient transit system over the past fifteen years.
		The Transitway is an exclusive bus corridor, with stations dotting the routes providing rapid transit service to the population across the Ottawa-Carleton region.
		The goal is to assess the suitability of UTW technology for use in bus station rehabilitation in Ottawa.
	cement.ca /cement.nsf/ep/74BDDE2327E28D7E85256C17004DC09E?opendocument (253 words)

	Capital Standards Review for Public Works Infrastructure
		Ottawa's Transitway has been an example to the world, one of the most often referenced and most often visited by transit planners.
		If Council votes that Transitway extensions be designed to preclude ultimate conversio= n to rail, Ottawa will send a signal to the rest of the world that BRT can no longer be viewed as a step towards implementing high-capacity rail transit.
		Ottawa's transitway was designed to enable rail conversion." Issues in BRT (http://www.fta.dot.gov/brt/issues/pt1.html) "Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa=B9s Transitway, built in stages from 1978 through 1996, is a 19-mile bus-only road leading to the central business district, where it connects to exclusive bus lanes on city streets.
	www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca /lists/archive/city-centre-coalition/570 (1534 words)

	SkyscraperPage Forum - Ottawa Transitway will be 'scrapped' in downtown.
		Ottawa being the model for "successful BRT" and yet they are scrapping their downtown busway.
		The areas where the transitway runs on surface streets (such as downtown and around Bayshore mall primarily) is where it slows down, so saying it is a dedicated road for buses is a half truth.
		The thing with the transitway is that during rush hours they have buses that pick people up in their neighbourhood, and then run express via the TRANSITWAY to downtown Ottawa.
	forum.skyscraperpage.com /showthread.php?s=f525179ced822a31a4cfe9418dfe3cca&threadid=75048 (2896 words)

	Transit Toronto - Content: The Mississauga Transitway
		Although Mississauga is a much younger city than Ottawa (which boasts the largest busway system in the world) it has some of the same transit needs as the Ottawa area in terms of intra-city travel.
		The last big push for the Transitway came in 1992 when an environmental assessment was completed by the City of Mississauga and the Ministry of Transportation under the Let's Move program.
		The Mississauga Transitway is currently mentioned in the media in relation to a larger Transitway scheme that would parallel a large part of highway 407.
	transit.toronto.on.ca /gotransit/2109.shtml (1146 words)

	Ottawa Bus and Rail Service - Maps, guides, directions to and from Ottawa Train Station and Bus Station
		There are train and bus stations minutes from the centre of the city that connect Ottawa to other cities in Canada and the United States.
		The buses use a combination of dedicated bus-only roads ("Transitway") and regular roads to deliver a transit service that has the highest per-capita ridership for a region of its size in North America.
		One third of the American and Half of the Canadian population are within overnight travelling distance of Ottawa by either road or rail, and are less than two hours away by air.
	www.ottawakiosk.com /busrail.html (439 words)

	Municipal Suppliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Ottawa, March 24, 2005 - The Terry Fox Transitway Station officially opened today (March 22nd) when a low-floor OC Transpo bus drove through a ceremonial banner, releasing a wall of multi-coloured balloons.
		As a Transitway Station, it also affords comfortable and safe surroundings while passengers wait for their buses.
		Terry Fox Transitway Station offers frequent Transitway service downtown on Route 96, cross-town service on Route 118, local Kanata service on routes 160, 161, 165 and 658, and direct service to the Corel Centre on route 404.
	www.municipalsuppliers.com /news_detail.asp?ID=33976 (512 words)

	Bambooweb: O-Train
		The Transitway is a system of roads in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that is for buses only, (or has bus only lanes) and is operated by OC Transpo.
		Many of the Transitway roads are above or below the grade of normal streets in Ottawa, by the use of overpasses, bridges, and trench highways.
		Chief exception to this is in the downtown section of the Central Transitway, where the busway consists of a single bus-only lane on each of Albert and Slater Streets (one-way public streets in opposite east and west directions).
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/o/-/O-Train.html (926 words)

	Ottawa - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The Ottawa and Gatineau rivers were historically important in the logging and lumber industries, and the Rideau as part of the Rideau Canal system connected the Great Lakes and Saint Laurent River with the Ottawa river.
		Ottawa Chamber Music Festival (http://www.chamberfest.com) is the world's largest festival of chamber music, held annually.
		Ottawa-Carleton used to be just Carleton County before the 1969 and consisted of what is now the City of Ottawa except for Cumberland.
	www.free-definition.com /Ottawa.html (1515 words)

	Capital Standards Review for Public Works Infrastructure
		4.2 "Transitway Conversion to Rail" and Appendix D=) The six proposed extensions to our existing Transitway in the Rapid Transit Expansion Study are an average of 7 km, for a total of 42 Km.
		If Council votes for Transitway extensions be designed to preclude ultimate conversion to rail, Ottawa will send a signal to the rest of the world that BRT can no longer be viewed a step towards implementing high-capacity rail transit.
		If Council vo= tes for Transitway extensions be designed to preclude ultimate conversion to= rail, Ottawa will send a signal to the rest of the world that BRT can no lo= nger be viewed a step towards implementing high-capacity rail transit.
	www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca /lists/archive/city-centre-coalition/569 (1395 words)

	Canada Trails: Bicycling Ottawa's Roads and Recreation Paths, Ontario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		About the city: The National Capital region is comprised of several municipalities, among them Ottawa, Nepean and Gloucester in Ontario and Hull, Gatineau and Aylmer on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.
		Ottawa's Transitway system is relatively efficient -- taking about 30 minutes to reach downtown from either the East (Orleans) or West (Kanata) suburbs.
		The Western or Ottawa River Parkway for you newcomers Still has a passible bike path that does lead you to downtown safely and is quite scenic.
	www.canadatrails.ca /biking/on/ottawa.html (1637 words)

	Ottawa (Finally) Opts for Light Rail
		Ottawa's complete "BRT" system consists of 16.0 miles of dedicated "transitways" (busways), with 26 stations; 1.2 route-miles of CBD reserved lanes (on two parallel streets); 2.0 miles of mixed-traffic running (Ottawa River Parkway); and 6.6 miles of freeway shoulder lanes – totalling 25.8 route-miles.
		Operated by Ottawa's OC Transpo (public transport agency), the Ottawa citywide system's 900-bus fleet currently transports a daily average of 328,000 rider-trips, and the Transitway itself is the most extensive such system in North America.
		Ottawa, Ontario city councilors unanimously passed a plan to significantly overhaul the city's urban transit system February 26.
	www.lightrailnow.org /features/f_otw003.htm (1000 words)

	My Ottawa Transit
		Streetcars were phased out in Ottawa in 1959, and were replaced with busses.
		In 1972, the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton renamed the Ottawa Transportation Commission to the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission, and extended their services to surrounding areas such as Nepean, Gloucester, and Vanier.
		The first transitway for Ottawa-Carleton was approved in 1978, and opened between Algonquin College and Carling Ave in 1983.
	www.myottawatransit.com /hist.html (329 words)

	Transit History of Ottawa, Ontario
		Line in Rockcliff Park was disconnected from the operation in Ottawa for several years.
		At amalgamation the remaining operations passed to the City of Ottawa and OC Transpo.
		CC72 adds a City View Bus Lines suburban carrier in Ottawa and that CVBL and RBL were acquired by Charterways Transportation Limited 01 September 1972.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/alltime/ottawa-on.html (675 words)

	Ottawa's BRT "Transitway": Modern Miracle or Mega-Mirage?
		For nearly a century, Ottawa, Canada's capital from 1867, had an efficient and innovative tramway [streetcar] system – from horsecars to postwar modern electric trams, though, exceptionally, the Ottawa Electric Railway and the successor Ottawa Transportation Commission owned no PCCs [streamlined streetcars], even in the post-World War II era.
		The massive construction of the Ottawa Transitway is evident in this 1997 photo, with the 4-lane busway and Greenboro park and ride station in the middle, and the South Keys shopping center in the upper left part of the photo.
		The Ottawa stations are vast enough to be intimidating; in the 1990's the Bronfman Foundation sponsored Transport 2000's Transit Advocacy Project which proposed and got humanisation of these inhospitable palaces: newspaper and coffee kiosks, better signage, safety features, and better integration into the streetscape.
	www.lightrailnow.org /myths/m_otw001.htm (2818 words)

	Peace and Eco Briefs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		Ottawa's Transitway has been named Canadian Public Works Project of the Century by the Canadian Public Works Association.
		Rosemarie Leclair, General Manager of the City's Transportation, Utilities and Public Works Department, says that the Transitway, North America's first bus-based rapid transit system, has the highest ridership and the lowest per capita capital costs of any rapid transit system on the continent.
		Ottawa dealers can't keep Toyota Prius on the lot.
	perc.ca /PEN/2001-05-06/s-briefs.html (355 words)

	Room Listings in Ottawa, Ontario K1A0A1
		Located right in the University of Ottawa, Rental Period is from May 1 until the End of August or can be furthered as per landlord.
		It is within walking distance to parks and bike paths beside the Rideau River, the University of Ottawa’s main campus (five minutes), the #16 bus and the Lees transit station, a corner store, the market/downtown (15 minutes) and it is close to Queensway ramps in both directions.
		It is located in the heart of downtown Ottawa, a convenient 5 minute walk to Ottawa U campus, an 8-10 minute walk to Loeb or Loblaws and about a 10-15 minute walk to the main shopping areas (including the Byward Market).
	www.roommateclick.com /roommates/roommate-needed/Ontario-Ottawa-K1A0A1.htm (2104 words)

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