I can tell you from experience that the 97 runs every 20 minutes -
if there more than 6 people are waiting with bikes to go downtown from
Kanata, any after the six would be faster to ride in than wait the hour for
their turn.
This plan only works for the casual Rack'nRoller.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Trottier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [obc] Tour departure points & Rack'n'Roll
>
> As a peripatic (peripathetic?) tourer, I'd like to suggest, for next
> year, some departure points for some of the Tuesday, Saturday, and
> Sunday tours which match up with the end points of OC Transpo
> Rack'n'Roll.
>
> This way,
> - Cyclists who want to take the bus there or back could be
> accomodated.
> - Cyclists can start further out of the city than, say, Billings
> Bridge or Brittania Beach
> - Cyclists without a car won't have to cycle 20-50k each way to
> reach remote starts like Fitzroy Harbour.or Stanley Corners
>
> Bicycles are accomodated on the O-train, 2, 95 and 97. Possible tour
> starts could be:
> - Greenboro station (transit train, 97)
> - Woodroffe & Fallowfield (95 SouthWest end)
> - Place d'Orleans (95 East end)
> - South Keys (97 South end, every bus; further stops lack free
> parking)
> - Kanata Town Centre (97 West end)
> I think there is free parking near each of these.
> The 2 goes East to Blair or West to Bayshore, but the 97 goes further
> West and the 95 goes further East.
> Tours to Quebec could start anywhere along the transitway where there
> is parking and bridge proximity.
>
> One limit is that each bus is limited to 2 bikes, but the 95 and 97
> run very frequently, as often as every 3.5 minutes.
>
> Another problem is how to divide tours by speed when we are lacking
> our usual lampposts.
>
> Comments, anyone?
>
> Tom
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