Dinah Robinson

Protecting pollinators, greenspaces & our food supply.
🐝 the change you want to see!!
More Kindness, Less Judgement
I own my posts
Facts ALL public info

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

And the residents of Ottawa will be paying all those lawyers soooo much money that not budgeted

[Alex Cullen @Alex_S_Cullen]

@grahamctv @rail613 Clearly the overhead wires need to be upgraded. But in this P3 who pays? The consortium? The consortium's insurers? The City? While the courts will sort this out, citizens lose service. #ottLRT #ottcity #Ottawa #ottnews

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

@Alex_S_Cullen @grahamctv @rail613 They're crossing their fingers and hoping it's not the city...

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

@ABetterOttawa Happy car drivers & lots of funding for roads are top priorities for the new mayor, just like the old one...
@_MarkSutcliffe
@JimWatsonOttawa

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

@BrilouCanada @IT_Spook @grahamctv I wonder how many city staffers ride the rails or backup buses?? They all have free parking don't they??

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Another satisfied #octranspo #LRT customer??

If 67% satisfied was the starting point, that means passengers are 33% unsatisfied on a good day.

Bad days are ??
@glengower
@_MarkSutcliffe
@JimWatsonOttawa

Does anyone have a calculator??

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

@IT_Spook @grahamctv @_MarkSutcliffe will be investing big money in road because no one can reasonably predict when #LRT will be running. It's more affordable for people to drive instead of paying for transit and then calling @Uber from the transit station

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Wouldn't it be great if #LRT passengers had music to listen to while waiting for #TrainyMcTrainFace ??

https://t.co/qgRsggTigr

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

@JimWatsonOttawa

🎶 🎵 🪕 One more promise I couldn't keep... 🎶 🎵 🪕

https://t.co/qgRsggTigr

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

@TweetsCoffman @JCHIANELLO https://t.co/qgRsggTigr

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Imagine if Ottawa had invested in electric buses instead of #LRT

We'd have a fully electrified system now. We might even have better charging infrastructure if city councillors had not decided to dust off a cancelled project.

Trainy-McTrain Face
@JimWatsonOttawa Legacy!!

[Paul Champ @PaulChampLaw]

It would have been better if Ottawa had never built an LRT system. To persuade people to take public transit, it must be RELIABLE. Buses were at least reliable. Its unforgiveable corners were cut so @JimWatsonOttawa could check some boxes. LRT has put our city back 25 years.

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Remember how OC transpo decided it was OK to conduct only some of 12 continuous days of testing? Summer conditions & still multiple problems

If your standard of excellence is only Mediocre when you fall below that you've failed.

Tech excellence is 67% just C+ on a good day

[Jay Thom @jaytcanada]

@grahamctv @catherinekitts They ran trains all night to try and stop the ice??? There was no freezing rain overnight….it started in the morning?

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

They experts all went back to France and Austria.

[Edison Stewart @EXS2124]

@grahamctv Always happens in that stretch of path. Never anywhere else. Why can’t the experts supervising the experts who supervise RTM get this stretch of line fixed?

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

The city likes to have #LRT updates In Camera so the public can't attend and no minutes are available

[ac @Sens191165]

@grahamctv Every 20 minutes in this weather pathetic

Also I think it’s more then 5 trains

The point is it keeps happening no one literally cares

Have they even talked about the lrt report at council

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

It's the new GHG reduction strategy. Diesel buses every 20 minutes will kill the planet at a slower rate

[Jay @ottcentertown]

@grahamctv 20 mins is no where frequent enough. I bet not one OC exec or city councilor took the train/bus today, if they are even in the office.

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

I wonder how much the OCTranspo comms team costs taxpayers?? If they were all fired maybe we could afford more buses.

[Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith]

All the crisis comms in the world can’t fix a system that doesn’t work.

Imagine being reliant on transit because you work in a job where you don’t have the luxury of work from home and can’t afford to drive.

Today was horrendous for you. And who was there for you?
#ottnews

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Glen Gower says they run every 3-4 minutes most of the time...while crossing his fingers and hoping

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Isn't it easier to Cross your fingers and hope for the best??

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

#LRT needs Jaws of Life to extract passengers from stopped train...

[bikeyknit @BikeyKnit]

Next up: pedestrian access to the bridge is blocked for a month because there’s a hole in the fence now.

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Our transit system is a worldwide joke.
"Never before have 5 trains been down at the same time!!"
At least CBC is providing some updates.

[Dinah Robinson @bytownbees]

Chair of Transit commission was crossing his fingers & hoping #LRT would have a good day yesterday.
Is that a new Best Practice for transportation management?
Is that a sustainable solution? Forecasting full ridership in 2022? Were finance staff crossing fingers too?