OC Transpo cancels 4,000 bus trips over 17 days due to bus availability [Video]

OC Transpo is anticipating bus availability to improve in the “coming weeks” after more than 4,000 bus trips were cancelled over the past three weeks due to a lack of available buses.

Ottawa’s transit service first warned commuters on Oct. 21 that it was “seeing an increase in the number of buses missing their trips,” citing a backlog in bus maintenance and traffic congestion.

Statistics provided to CTV News Ottawa show between Oct. 21 and Nov. 6, 4,107 of 121,931 planned bus trips were cancelled by OC Transpo, with the majority of bus trips cancelled on weekdays.

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OC Transpo says approximately 96.7 per cent of scheduled bus trips were delivered during the Oct. 21 to Nov. 6 period.

“A contributing factor to recent undelivered trips has been the increased demands placed on our bus fleet …