Transportation Master Plan Update

On January 16, Councillor Johnson hosted a webinar to share information about the Baseline Transitway project. Slides from the webinar are now available. As discussed in the webinar, the City expects the Baseline Transitway to remain a high priority in the Transportation Master Plan Update. Further information will be provided as part of the next phase of consultation, in March.

Thank you to all participants who took part in the Phase 4 public information session, provided comments to the TMPupdate@ottawa.ca(External link) project inbox, and responded to the Mapping transportation issues and Transportation Investment Priorities surveys from June 12 to August 30, 2024.

An As We Heard It Report will be posted in the coming months to summarize input received.

To kick-off consultation for Part 2 of the Transportation Master Plan Update, there was a virtual city-wide virtual information session on Wednesday June 26 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

This session gave an overview of the Transportation Trends Report and the Needs, Opportunities and Uncertainty Report and the implications on how the City plans its future transit and road networks.

To view the French version of this blog post, please click here(External link).

The City began consultation on the Transportation Master Plan Part 2 following the approval of the Transportation Master Plan Part 1 in 2023. The Transportation Master Plan Part 2 will identify the transit and road projects that are needed to accommodate growth and achieve the City’s objectives for a healthy, livable city. It will also identify a subset of projects that are affordable within the City’s long-range financial plans, along with the corresponding timelines for implementation.

As part of this phase of consultation, residents were invited to tell the City about the transportation issues they experience when travelling by car or transit using the survey below. Residents also gave feedback on their transportation investment priorities.

Residents were invited to review the Transportation Trends Report presenting the results of the 2022 Origin-Destination household travel survey. This survey provides a snapshot of residents’ daily travel, including trip origins and destinations, modes of travel, and trip purposes. Key findings are summarized in the Transportation Trends Highlights document. Finally, the Needs, Opportunities and Uncertainty Report discusses the implications of the Origin-Destination survey results on how the City plans its future transit and road networks. It also provides a summary of the approach that will be used for forecasting future travel activity in the next phase of the study. All three reports can be found in the Document Library on this page.

The City hosted an online virtual engagement on Wednesday, June 26 from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Survey #1: Mapping transportation issues - Surveys are closed.

• English survey
• French Survey(External link)
• Spanish survey
• Simplified Chinese survey
• Arabic survey

Survey #2: Transportation Investment Priorities - Surveys are closed.

• English survey
• French Survey(External link)
• Spanish survey
• Simplified Chinese survey
• Arabic survey

In the coming months, work will continue on the Transportation Master Plan Part 2. This will include finalizing the travel forecasting model and identifying locations where transportation improvements are needed to support growth. The Transportation Master Plan team will then identify and evaluate transit and road projects; update the City’s future transportation networks; prioritize projects; and develop an implementation plan.

For more information, please email tmpupdate@ottawa.ca(External link)

To view the French version of this blog post, please click here(External link).

If a resident does not have access to the internet to complete the survey, or would like additional support filling out the survey, please contact 3-1-1 for assistance.

The Transportation Master Plan – Part 1 was approved at the City Council meeting of April 26, 2023. The staff report, supporting materials and recordings of the Transportation Committee and Council meetings can be found on the City’s website(External link).

Part 1 included the Transportation Master Plan's policies, active transportation projects and networks, and Transit and Road Project Prioritization Frameworks for the Transportation Master Plan Part 2, development of the Capital Infrastructure. The document library on this website contains these documents.

The next step is the development of the Transportation Master Plan's Capital Infrastructure Plan, including additional public engagement on travel patterns and trends, transit and road projects, and network investment scenarios. Please continue to watch this project website and subscribe to the newsletter for updates.

To view the French version of this blog post, please click here(External link).