OC Transpo says it’s working to address maintenance backlog blamed for bus cancellations [Video]

OC Transpo says maintenance work is being “triaged as effectively as possible” to increase bus availability over the next few weeks, after nearly 2,000 bus trips were cancelled over eight days due to a backlog in bus maintenance and traffic congestion.

And Ottawa’s transit service says it is working to implement “long-term solutions” with its bus maintenance action plan and hiring more mechanics to keep buses on the road and transit riders moving this fall and winter.

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OC Transpo first warned commuters on Oct. 21 that it was “seeing an increase in the number of buses missing their trips.”

Statistics provided to CTV News Ottawa show 1,877 bus trips were cancelled between Monday, Oct. 21 and Monday, Oct. 28, with over 250 bus trips cancelled a day on weekdays.

OC Transpo Public Information Officer Katrina …