TRANSIT: A Personal First Yesterday
Dec. 8th, 2019 08:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineI rode the O-Train all the way between Blair and Tunney's Pasture, both ways. The first, westward leg of the trip was interrupted by a stop at Rideau Station to pick up my preferred out-of-town newspapers. But even so, a round trip by way of Line 1 was achieved. Line 2 was already taken care of due to previous errands to the South Keys Mall in the years before Line 1 was ready to roll. I might upload some of the pix I took at Tunney's to my Flickr account later today as evidence, whether that evidence is needed or not.
I do get a sense of Transitway stations becoming more...fortress-like when they get converted to add O-Train service to their repertoire. Particularly at Blair, St. Laurent, Hurdman and Tunney's is where this effect kicks in. The extra cameras, the staff on duty trying to guide passengers in the newer-to-us ways of using light passenger rail, and the longer walks required to get between buses and trains in whichever directions we need to be going. And if I want to keep musing like this, I should probably write a purpose-built essay for Spacing Ottawa on the subject.
I do get a sense of Transitway stations becoming more...fortress-like when they get converted to add O-Train service to their repertoire. Particularly at Blair, St. Laurent, Hurdman and Tunney's is where this effect kicks in. The extra cameras, the staff on duty trying to guide passengers in the newer-to-us ways of using light passenger rail, and the longer walks required to get between buses and trains in whichever directions we need to be going. And if I want to keep musing like this, I should probably write a purpose-built essay for Spacing Ottawa on the subject.
