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Ottawa Citizen
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Ottawa Citizen
OC Transpo sees ‘strong ridership' through Bluesfest
OC Transpo experienced 'strong ridership' throughout Bluesfest, which ran from July 10 to 20. Article content Line 1 saw an estimated 650,000 customer trips while Line 2 saw 87,000 customer trips, according to a Tuesday memo to members of city council from Troy Charter, acting general manager of transit services. Green Day's July 18 headlining performance saw the busiest ridership, with about 112,000 customer trips on Lines 1 and 2 combined. Article content Article content Article content Article content
CTV News
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
OC Transpo touts strong O-Train ridership during Ottawa Bluesfest
OC Transpo is reporting strong ridership on all O-Train lines during Ottawa Bluesfest this summer. This year's edition of the popular music festival marks the first time that the north-south Line 2 and the Line 4 airport spur have been in operation alongside the east-west Line 1, which stops right outside the festival grounds at LeBreton Flats. 'Strong ridership was observed throughout the festival with an estimated 650,000 customer trips on Line 1 and 87,000 customer trips on Line 2,' said acting general manager of Transit Services Troy Charter in a media release Tuesday. Charter says the busiest day was July 18, when Green Day was the headliner, which had a combined 112,000 customers trips on Lines 1 and 2. 'Strong usage of the new Park & Rides connecting customers with Line 2 was also observed,' Charter wrote, though no specific numbers were included in the release. Festivalgoers could board an OC Transpo bus, an O-Train, or take Para Transpo using their Bluefest tickets during the festival. 'Transit service performed as planned. Signage was placed at various locations to help customers during the festival. Staff were at key locations to support customers throughout the festival, and announcements were made in and around stations,' Charter said. There was one hiccup with signage, when some people spotted mistranslated signs for eastbound travellers that said 'vers l'ouest' in French, which means 'westbound.' OC Transpo said the signs were quickly replaced. Charter said OC Transpo will continue to review operations to capture lessons learned and improve the customer experience at future major events. More than 250,000 people attended Ottawa Bluesfest this year.
CBC
03-06-2025
- Business
- CBC
Renée Amilcar to leave OC Transpo
Renée Amilcar, the general manager of transit services at OC Transpo, is leaving her position after less than four years, according to a memo sent to city councillors Tuesday. Amilcar is leaving to "pursue a new career opportunity," wrote city manager Wendy Stephanson in the memo. Her last day on the job will be July 18. Troy Charter, the current director of transit service delivery and rail operations for OC Transpo, will serve as the interim general manager after Amilcar departs, according to Stephanson. "Renée has served the City with dedication and professionalism, leading the Transit Services team through a period of significant operational transformation, modernization and service improvement," she wrote. "I want to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to Renée for her contributions and wish her continued success in her future endeavours." Amilcar has presided over a tumultuous period at OC Transpo. Her tenure at the head of the organization has been marred by ongoing technical problems with the city's relatively new light rail system, dwindling ridership and unpopular changes to the city's bus network. A longtime public transit official from Montreal, Amilcar was hired in September 2021 and started in her new job the following month. At the time, the city said she was selected following "an extensive, international executive search." She replaced John Manconi, who left after a 32-year career with the city amid continuing fallout from Ottawa's problem-plagued LRT launch. Amilcar is an industrial engineer who worked at Pratt & Whitney Canada, Nortel Networks and Montreal's Société de Transport de Montréal (STM), where she became executive director of bus services in 2014.
