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OC Transpo Route 97 is a major transitway

Ottawa Rapid Transit

In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit service operated by OC Transpo has two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail transit service operated on one line.-Major routes:...

route that serves important areas across the City of Ottawa

City of Ottawa

The City of Ottawa is the corporate entity of municipal government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The corporation is responsible for provision of services to the public as well as enforcement of municipal by-laws...

including the downtown

Downtown Ottawa

Downtown Ottawa is the central area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Like other downtowns it is the commercial and economic centre of the city. It is sometimes referred to as the Central Business District and contains Ottawa's financial district. It is bordered by the Ottawa River to the north, the...

core and the Ottawa International Airport. It starts at Bayshore Station

Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)

Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

near the Bayshore Shopping Centre

Bayshore Shopping Centre

Bayshore Shopping Centre is a major shopping mall located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, more specifically in the former city of Nepean, Ontario. The mall is one of the busiest in the National Capital Region as it attracts about 7 million visitors per year from across the city and the surrounding...

and ends at either South Keys

South Keys Station (OC Transpo)

South Keys is a bus station on Ottawa's transitway system. Operated by OC Transpo, it is located at Bank Street and the Airport Parkway at the south end of the South Keys shopping complex. It is the main terminus of Route 97 .This is the last station on the transitway...

or the Airport. Several trips each day start or end at Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

Tunney's Pasture Station is a stop on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex, on Scott Street at Holland Avenue.The transitway in the area is in a below-grade 'trench' parallel to Scott Street...

. Some rush hours trips also serve Woodridge Crescent after serving Bayshore. It is also used as an alternative to the 96 from Bayshore to Hurdman Station

Hurdman Station (OC Transpo)

Hurdman Transitway Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway. Hurdman is one of the busier stations, perhaps the busiest, as it is the main hub of the transitway network east of downtown. Hurdman is where the main transitway route from downtown to west branches off in two directions: one to the...

and thus provides improved service to the central transitway, the downtown core and Bayshore Shopping Centre

Bayshore Shopping Centre

. This also helps on transfers at Hurdman, Lincoln Fields

Lincoln Fields Station (OC Transpo)

Lincoln Fields Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway located at Carling Avenue and the Ottawa River Parkway. It is adjacent but not connected to nearby Lincoln Heights Galleria Shopping Centre. It is the main western hub of the transitway system and has a ticket sales and information office...

and Bayshore to local routes, some of which in the east end extend to Hurdman.

History

The 97 was created when the transitway gradually expanded in the 1990s especially when the southeastern leg was created all the way to South Keys

South Keys Station (OC Transpo)

. In its early years the route was serving from the Bayshore area until South Keys with occasional evening and Sunday service toward the Airport. During the 1990s, an older route 96 used to follow a similar route to the 97 from Carlingwood Mall

Carlingwood Mall

Carlingwood Mall is a major mall located in the west end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. It is operated by 20 Vic Management Incorporated. The mall opened in 1956 and was one of the city's first major shopping centres.-History:Simpsons-Sears department store was opened in 1955...

to the Ottawa Airport before it was canceled and replaced in parts by Routes 87 through Carlingwood and Hunt Club, 147 through CFB Uplands and the 97. Prior to the 96's cancellation, the 97 ended previously at Billings Bridge and later at South Keys (most trips). It replaced the 96 for the Kanata portion and eventually provided the only rapid transit along the southeast Transitway towards the Airport with more expansion planned towards the west. In 2003, the 97 travelled from Stittsville

Stittsville, Ontario

Stittsville is a suburban community in the western part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A part of the National Capital Region, Stittsville is located immediately to the south-west of Kanata, and about from downtown Ottawa.-History:...

to the Ottawa Airport via Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

, Bayshore

Bayshore Shopping Centre

and downtown.

In 2004, the city suddenly introduced a major change by splitting route 97 into two different routes which included the new route OC Transpo Route 96

OC Transpo Route 96

Route 96 is a major bus-rapid transit route that travels between Terry Fox Station and Hurdman Station via downtown Ottawa and the Transitway. Selected route 96 trips are also extended to serve Stittsville Station and/or Blair Station. It is one of the busiest routes operated by OC Transpo, and...

. The 97 lost the section between Kanata and Stittsville which is now served by the 96 which also travels via Highway 417

Highway 417 (Ontario)

King's Highway 417, also known as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa is a 400-series highways in the Canadian province of Ontario which connects Montreal with Ottawa. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it forms part of the Queensway along with...

between Queensway Station

Queensway Station (OC Transpo)

Queensway Transitway Station is located around and under the Queensway along the southwest transitway leg. The upper platforms provide access to the crosstown Route 101 while the lower platforms are for transitway routes such as the 95 and eastbound trips of Route 96.Despite its seemingly isolated...

and Bayshore. The 97 also lost its early morning service to Pinecrest Garage to the 96, since the latter one was traveling much closer to it then the 97 - in the late 1990s the early morning trips were running from Kanata to Pinecrest while travelling on the southwest Transitway from Lincoln Fields Station

Lincoln Fields Station (OC Transpo)

until Iris Station

Iris Station (OC Transpo)

Iris Transitway Station is located at a grade-level crossing at the southwest transitway and Iris Street...

before travelling on Iris Street and Pinecrest Road before serving the Garage ending/starting the trip. http://web.archive.org/web/19970421204625/www.octranspo.com/octranspo/scheddir2/97map.html By staying on Carling and Richmond only, it sped up the early morning trips by several minutes. Local Routes 154 and 172 provides additional service on Pinecrest Road while the 96 served the area at the 417 (the future Pinecrest Station part of the western Transitway expansion).

Also, when the route was changed, the route's schedule configuration changed in some periods. In the past, numerous trips that started at the Airport were doing a longer trip to Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

with some extending to Stittsville. Today, many trips that start from the Airport end at Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture is an area within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, that is exclusively developed for Canada's federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Ottawa River Parkway to the north and Northwestern Avenue to the west...

. Many trips that end at Bayshore now start at South Keys, which in the past terminated at Lebreton

Lebreton Station (OC Transpo)

Lebreton Station is a stop on the transitway in Ottawa. It is located in the Lebreton Flats area, near the intersection of Wellington Street and Booth Street...

. This occasionally forces some riders west of Tunney's Pasture to transfer

Transfer (public transit)

A transfer allows the rider of a public transportation vehicle who pays for a single-trip fare to continue the trip on another bus or train. Depending on the network, there may or may not be an additional fee for the transfer...

to the 97 Airport from the 97X South Keys.

In the past two years, weekday service has increased for most of the route.

Future changes

In their transit realignment plan for 2009, the city planned two modification

Modification

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s with the 97. First, they planned on extending route 97 to Bells Corners via Richmond Road

Richmond Road (Ottawa)

Richmond Road is a major road in Eastern Ontario, Canada.Richmond Road begins as a western continuation of Wellington Street West in Ottawa, beyond the intersection at Island Park Drive, a division point moved west a few blocks from Western Avenue, the historical township boundary, in 2005. It...

. It would terminate in an undetermined hub location in the community. The change is intended to facilitate transfers for some Kanata routes as well as a future east-west rapid transit link from Kanata to Orleans

Orléans, Ontario

Orleans , also written Orléans, is a suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about from downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2006 Census gave Orleans a population of 95,491. It became a ward of the City of Ottawa in 2001...

. However as of 2009, the proposal was never made nor proposed during the Transplan consultations

Also, there was a possibility that a shuttle service would replace the 97's coverage to the Airport, based on the likelihood of service by the future north-south light-rail project directly to the Airport. However, City Council have cancelled the light-rail project on December 14, 2006 which leads to a reduced likelihood of change to service to the Airport by the 97. If the light-rail project would have been done, there would have been a shuttle service from a proposed Lester Station to the Airport replacing the 97. The 97 would have ended at the Hunt Club

Hunt Club Road (Ottawa)

Hunt Club Road also known as Ottawa Road #32, is a major east-west route in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Hunt Club originally ran from Albion Road to Riverside Drive, but was extended east to Hawthorne Road in the late 1980s. The section between Bank Street and Riverside Drive, originally only one lane...

Loop.

For the fall service change in 2010, route 97 will operate 24 hours a day during weekdays only. Service to Bayshore

Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)

Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

will terminate around 3 am nightly and will resume at around 4:45 am, meaning overnight route 97 only runs between Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

and Airport

Airport Station (OC Transpo)

Airport Station is a OC Transpo bus stop in Ottawa that serves the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. It is located in the south end of Ottawa.-Service:Route 97 is the only bus that services this station...

. Route 97 will continue to not run overnight on Saturday and Sunday.

Safety Concerns

There are two areas along this route that had been sources of security concerns over the past few years. The first section is between Bayshore Station

Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)

Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

and Lincoln Fields where there have been incidents of swarming and other incidents mostly at transit stations. The second area of concern is located in South Keys Station

South Keys Station (OC Transpo)

, where numerous similar incidents have occurred at the transitway station and more recently at Billings Bridge Station

Billings Bridge Station (OC Transpo)

The Billings Bridge Transitway Station is a station on the OC Transpo transitway, adjacent to the Billings Bridge Plaza. It is named for, not only the plaza, but after Billings Bridge itself which is both a nearby bridge and neighbourhood...

. Bayshore, South Keys, Billings Bridge and Lincoln Fields are all equipped with night-time stops in which every route is serving that particular stop and where all passengers wait at that one after 9 PM on evenings.

Ottawa's former mayor, Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli

Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

had introduced a unit of officers that would patrol buses, most especially at routes that are more problematic and have a history of incidents. It is possible that the 97 would be of those routes.

Purpose

The 97 is considered the main commuter route for most residents living in the south end of the city in areas such as South Keys, Walkley Station

Walkley Station (OC Transpo)

Walkley Transitway Station is a bus-stop on Ottawa's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the south-eastern transitway section at Walkley Road....

and Billings Bridge

Billings Bridge

Billings Bridge is a bridge over the Rideau River in Ottawa. Bank Street passes over the river by way of this bridge. The bridge was named after Braddish Billings, who settled in this area and established a farm nearby in 1812. The first bridge, originally called Farmers Bridge, was built over the...

, as well as areas towards downtown and Tunney's Pasture. One major park and ride

Park and ride

Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...

facility is served by the 97 which is at the Greenboro

Greenboro Station (OC Transpo)

Greenboro Station in Ottawa, Ontario is a stop on the transitway, and is the current southern terminus of the O-Train. It was expected to extend towards the south by 2009 , and the proposed East-West Line would have intersected at this station...

Park and Ride

Park and ride

in the South Keys Shopping Centre area.

It is also useful for residents in the Bayshore community during rush hours as it avoids a transfer from route 85 to the 96 or 97 at Lincoln Fields or Bayshore. Additional service between Lincoln Fields and Bayshore is also provided by routes 2, 85, 96, 152, 154, 172 and 182 that travels via the 417, Carling Avenue, Richmond Road or various neighborhoods such as Craig Henry (Route 172), Foster Farm (Route 154) or Iris (Route 152).

Like the 95 and 96, it serves all major downtown touristic areas such as the Canadian War Museum

Canadian War Museum

The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military history. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the museum covers all facets of Canada’s military past, from the first recorded instances of death by armed violence in Canadian history several thousand years ago to the country’s most recent...

, the Byward Market

Byward Market

ByWard Market is a district in Lower Town located east of the government & business district, surrounding the market buildings and open-air market on George, York, ByWard and William Streets.The district is bordered on the west by Sussex Drive, on the...

, the Rideau Canal

Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal , also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its...

and Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill , colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildingsthe parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural...

. Students are also using this route to get to the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

while travellers from the Ottawa Airport can use it as a direct link towards downtown.

The 97's route is located among several major shopping districts. It serves 3 major malls such as Bayshore Shopping Centre

Bayshore Shopping Centre

, Billings Bridge Plaza

Billings Bridge Plaza

The Billings Bridge Plaza is a shopping centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Originally built in 1954, it was the first shopping centre built in the city. It did not become enclosed until 1972. It is located immediately south of the Rideau River on the corner of Bank Street and Riverside Drive,...

and the Rideau Centre

Rideau Centre

Rideau Centre is a three-level shopping centre on Rideau Street in Downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It borders on Rideau Street , the Rideau Canal, the Mackenzie King Bridge, and Nicholas Street....

. In addition it serves smaller shopping centres such as South Keys Shopping Centre on Bank Street

Bank Street (Ottawa)

Bank Street is the major north-south road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown, The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Alta Vista, Hunt Club, and then through the villages of Blossom Park, Leitrim, South...

and Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre located on Carling Avenue as well as the Sparks Street Mall, World Exchange Plaza

World Exchange Plaza

The World Exchange Plaza is a building in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The first phase of the project was completed in 1991. It covers an entire city block between Metcalfe and O'Connor south of Queen Street. The twenty-storey building was unusual in Ottawa for its visual flair. The eastern...

, L'Esplanade Laurier and the Bank Street

Bank Street (Ottawa)

Promenade all located downtown.

Buses

Despite its long coverage, regular buses were used for many years on this route instead of articulated buses. When the Rack-and-Roll program started in the early 2000s, some MCI's

Motor Coach Industries

Motor Coach Industries International Inc. is an American bus manufacturer based in Schaumburg, Illinois, and is a leading participant in the North American coach bus industry. It has various operating subsidiaries:...

89 and 91 models along with some Orion V's

Orion Bus Industries

Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...

97 and 98 models were used during the bike season. Starting in the winter of 2001, they've introduced the New Flyer's

New Flyer Industries

New Flyer Industries Inc. is a bus manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It also has factories in Crookston and St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.-History:...

D60LF articulated buses on certain trips weekdays and Sundays. Those buses were introduced in 2002 on the Saturday Service. Today, the D60LF models are used for the vast majority of the trips with occasional Invero and Orion V models on certain trips. Some trips are served by a double decker bus, the Enviro500, made by British bus firm Alexander Dennis

Alexander Dennis

Alexander Dennis Limited is the largest bus builder in the United Kingdom. It incorporated the three last surviving bus manufacturers which started bus production before World War II: Dennis, Alexander and Plaxton.- History :Alexander Dennis was formed as TransBus on 1 January 2001, after the...

OC Transpo Route 98

Since September 2008, many of the 97 trips that departs from Tunney's Pasture were replaced by new OC Transpo Route 98, an extension of the former Route E84 route that runs from Greenboro Station to the Greenboro community east of Conroy Road. Every 1 out of 2 weekday trips and all weekend trips where the 97 starts at Tunney's Pasture were replaced by the 98. All 97 weekends trips as well as all weekday evening trips runs the entire route while midday trips still consists of half of trips running from Bayshore to South Keys and the other half from the Airport to Tunney's Pasture. The purpose of the change was to provide a direct connection from the Greenboro community towards downtown. There is no eastbound morning rush hour and westbound afternoon rush hour service between Greenboro and downtown although westbound 98s during the afternoon peak continue as Route 97. http://www.octranspo.com/mapscheds/Service_Changes/TransPlan/Transit_Approved.pdf

Local service in Greenboro is balanced and alternating between OC Transpo Route 114 which replaced C84 along the route during non-peak times. Service in the community is every 5 minutes during peak periods, 15 minutes middays during the week and most of Saturdays, 30 minutes on evenings from Monday to Saturday as well as in the peak period in the opposite main commuting direction and mostly every hour on Sundays except every 20 minutes during Sunday afternoons.

OC Transpo Route 99

Previously used as the Highway 417 crosstown route from Orleans to Bayshore (and Kanata at peak periods) until 2007. Route 99 was re-introduced in 2009 as a rapid-transit route during the TransPlan consultation process. Plans are for a new rapid transit corridor designated to connect Riverside South with the southeast transitway at South Keys Station. Route 99 runs from the new Riverview Station to Greenboro Station via Spratt, Limebank, Leitrim, Albion, Lester and the Airport Parkway. The route replaces route 145 (which remains exclusively in Riverside South) as local route all day to Greenboro and Rural Express Route 45 towards downtown during the rush hour (the two Route 245 trips provided as extensions without transfer). Route 189 was also introduced to replace extra route 145 trips along River Road during rush hour - those trips are extensions of downtown route 99 trips. The route generally runs every 30 minutes from Monday to Saturdays except every 10 to 15 minutes during rush hour towards downtown. Sunday service is every 60 minutes. http://www.octranspo.com/mapscheds/Service_Changes/2009/2009_SeptChange_menuE.htm.

OC Transpo Route 106

Since September 2008, OC Transpo Route 106 replaces portions of Route 85 which now runs only between Bayshore Station and Hurdman Station. Route 106 runs between Hurdman and Elmvale Shopping Centre via the Ottawa General Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is a major children's hospital and university teaching hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, serving Eastern Ontario and western Quebec. It is affiliated with The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, and is funded by the provincial Government of Ontario...

. It is designated as a Rapid Transit Route. The purpose of the changes was to improve reliability on Route 85 which was often criticized for being too long and often behind schedule by several minutes. Service is similar to the 85 with mostly 15 minute service during off-peak periods except every 20 minutes on Sundays and 30 minutes on early weekend mornings and late-evenings. Eastbound morning rush hour service and westbound afternoon rush hour service is running every 7–8 minutes between Hurdman and the Hospitals. http://www.octranspo.com/mapscheds/Service_Changes/TransPlan/Transit_Approved.pdf

OC Transpo Route 40

Starting in Blossom Park, Route 40 provides additional service during peak hours to downtown. It continues to Gatineau after exiting the Transitway in downtown, going to major employment centres such as Place du Portage

Place du Portage

right|thumb|250px|The Place du Portage complex facing the Ottawa River.Place du Portage is a large office complex in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, situated along Boulevard Maisonneuve and facing the Ottawa River...

and the Terrasses de la Chaudière

Terrasses de la Chaudière

Terrasses de la Chaudière is a complex of government office buildings in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The complex was built in 1978 as part of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's initiative to see more federal workers based in the Quebec side of the Ottawa River. It was built by developer Robert Campeau...

. Some trips also continue to Lebreton. It travells northbound in the morning and southbound in the evening with a frequency of 5-20min. Routes 142 and 144 provide additional service in Blossom Park.

Westbound

97X DOWNTOWN/TUNNEY'S PASTURE
Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)
Tunney's Pasture Station is a stop on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex, on Scott Street at Holland Avenue.The transitway in the area is in a below-grade 'trench' parallel to Scott Street...

: Several trips during the day terminate at Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

. Previously, these trips ended at Lebreton

Lebreton Station (OC Transpo)

Lebreton Station is a stop on the transitway in Ottawa. It is located in the Lebreton Flats area, near the intersection of Wellington Street and Booth Street...

, but to avoid forcing passengers to transfer in order to access the O-Train at Bayview Station

Bayview Station (OC Transpo)

Bayview Station is a transitway and O-Train station in Ottawa, Ontario. The bus stop is at the eastern end of Scott Street when it becomes Wellington Street. The O-Train station, the northern terminus of the current line, is located on a stub-end track branching off from the railway line,...

or Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

, they extended the trips further west. After the route changes were made in 2004, most trips that end at Tunney's

Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

start at the Airport

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport

Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport or Macdonald-Cartier International Airport , in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is named after Sirs John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier...

.

97 BAYSHORE
Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)
Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

: Most trips end at Bayshore Station. All weekday midday trips that start from South Keys Station

South Keys Station (OC Transpo)

, as well as weekday evening, weekday early morning, and all weekend trips end at Bayshore Station

Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)

Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

.

97 BELLS CORNERS VIA BAYSHORE : These trips are extended via Richmond to serve Bells Corners after serving Bayshore Station. They operate at 30 minute frequencies seven days a week for most of the day, replacing route 166.

Trips that are diverted on Sunday mornings during the summer due to the Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...

Sunday Bikedays on the Ottawa River Parkway
Ottawa River Parkway
The Ottawa River Parkway is a four-lane scenic parkway along the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Carling Avenue near Connaught Avenue, to Booth Street at the Canadian War Museum. It is maintained by the National Capital Commission. The speed limit is , enforced by the Royal...

are still signed 97 BAYSHORE
Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)
Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

or 97 BELLS CORNERS VIA BAYSHORE.

Eastbound

97X SOUTH KEYS
South Keys Station (OC Transpo)
South Keys is a bus station on Ottawa's transitway system. Operated by OC Transpo, it is located at Bank Street and the Airport Parkway at the south end of the South Keys shopping complex. It is the main terminus of Route 97 .This is the last station on the transitway...

. All trips that end at South Keys Station start at Bayshore Station

Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)

Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

. They do not serve the Airport.

97 AIRPORT
Airport Station (OC Transpo)
Airport Station is a OC Transpo bus stop in Ottawa that serves the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. It is located in the south end of Ottawa.-Service:Route 97 is the only bus that services this station...

VIA SOUTH KEYS
South Keys Station (OC Transpo)
South Keys is a bus station on Ottawa's transitway system. Operated by OC Transpo, it is located at Bank Street and the Airport Parkway at the south end of the South Keys shopping complex. It is the main terminus of Route 97 .This is the last station on the transitway...

. Represents the southern terminus of the route. All trips that start from Tunney's Pasture Station

Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

, some trips from Bayshore Station

Bayshore Station (OC Transpo)

Bayshore Transitway Station is a transit station on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the western transitway section at the Bayshore Shopping Centre...

, and some trips from Bells Corners end at the Airport

Airport Station (OC Transpo)

Trips that travels via the former RCAF Station Uplands
RCAF Station Uplands
Canadian Forces Base Uplands was a Canadian Forces Base located in Ottawa, Ontario.-History:The Royal Canadian Air Force established RCAF Station Uplands as a wartime training station of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in 1942. The "No...

or via Uplands Drive are still signed 97 AIRPORT
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport or Macdonald-Cartier International Airport , in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is named after Sirs John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier...

VIA SOUTH KEYS
South Keys Station (OC Transpo)
South Keys is a bus station on Ottawa's transitway system. Operated by OC Transpo, it is located at Bank Street and the Airport Parkway at the south end of the South Keys shopping complex. It is the main terminus of Route 97 .This is the last station on the transitway...

.

Frequencies

Frequent service from South Keys to Hurdman Station

Hurdman Station (OC Transpo)

and then to Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture

is provided by both the 97 and 98. Route 99 and 40 also provide rush hour service downtown. Westbound morning rush hour trips and eastbound afternoon trips on the 97 have service every 5–7 minutes between Tunney's and the Airport with 15 minutes from Bayshore. Rush hour service on the 98 is provided every 5–10 minutes on the main community direction although does not run north of Greenboro on the opposite direction (AM southbound and PM northbound). Midday service in both directions is every 6 minutes from Tunney's Pasture and South Keys with service to Bayshore and the Airport every 15 minutes. Rush hour trips that serve Woodridge are every 10 minutes through the whole length of the trip during the morning and even 7–10 minutes in the afternoon. Evening service is about 7–15 minutes in the Tunney's Pasture-South Keys stretch with 15 minute-service elsewhere.

Similar service is provided for most of Saturdays except 15-minute early morning service for the entire route. Evening service is every 10 minute for the busiest portion with 20 minutes for Bayshore and the Airport.

Sunday service is mostly every 15 minutes for all the route with the exception of midday service in which there is 10-minute frequencies on the busiest portion with 20 minute service for Bayshore and the Airport.

Communities

Bayshore
Michelle Heights
Foster Farm
Britannia
Britannia (Ottawa)
Britannia is a neighbourhood and also a street in the west end of Ottawa, on the Ottawa River across from Aylmer.It was once a small cottage town to the west of Ottawa, but rapid growth in all directions during the 20th century meant that it was soon surrounded by the western suburb of Nepean. ...
Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Heights (Ottawa)
Lincoln Heights is a neighbourhood in western Ottawa, bounded to the south by Carling Avenue, to the north by the Ottawa River, to the west by Pinecrest Avenue, and to the east by Woodroffe Avenue....
Westboro
Mechanicsville
Mechanicsville (Ottawa)
Mechanicsville is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the west of downtown and bordered by the Ottawa River to the north, the transitway railway to the east, Scott Street to the south, and Parkdale Avenue to the west...
Lebreton Flats
Lebreton Flats
LeBreton Flats is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. It lies to the west of Centretown neighbourhood, and to the north of Centretown West with "Nanny Goat Hill" as the dividing line...

(future)
Sandy Hill
Alta Vista
Alta Vista (Ottawa)
Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries can be broadly described as: Smyth Road in the north, St. Laurent Boulevard in the east, Walkley Road and Heron Road in the south, and Bank Street and Riverside Drive in the west...
Billings Bridge
Billings Bridge
Billings Bridge is a bridge over the Rideau River in Ottawa. Bank Street passes over the river by way of this bridge. The bridge was named after Braddish Billings, who settled in this area and established a farm nearby in 1812. The first bridge, originally called Farmers Bridge, was built over the...
South Keys
Uplands (early morning and late evening)

Major Attractions/Locations along the route

Bayshore Shopping Centre
Bayshore Shopping Centre
Bayshore Shopping Centre is a major shopping mall located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, more specifically in the former city of Nepean, Ontario. The mall is one of the busiest in the National Capital Region as it attracts about 7 million visitors per year from across the city and the surrounding...

Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre

Deschenes Rapids/Westboro Beach

Westboro Village

Tunney's Pasture
Tunney's Pasture
Tunney's Pasture is an area within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, that is exclusively developed for Canada's federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Ottawa River Parkway to the north and Northwestern Avenue to the west...

government complex

Canadian War Museum
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military history. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the museum covers all facets of Canada’s military past, from the first recorded instances of death by armed violence in Canadian history several thousand years ago to the country’s most recent...

(north of Lebreton Station)

National Library
National library
A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that country. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books...

Bank Street
Bank Street (Ottawa)
Bank Street is the major north-south road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown, The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Alta Vista, Hunt Club, and then through the villages of Blossom Park, Leitrim, South...

Promenade

Sparks Street Mall

World Exchange Plaza
World Exchange Plaza
The World Exchange Plaza is a building in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The first phase of the project was completed in 1991. It covers an entire city block between Metcalfe and O'Connor south of Queen Street. The twenty-storey building was unusual in Ottawa for its visual flair. The eastern...

Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill , colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildingsthe parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural...

(north of Metcalfe Station
Metcalfe Station (OC Transpo)
Metcalfe Station is a bus station on OC Transpo's Central Transitway. There are two parts of the station, as the Transitway runs on two parallel streets. The north station serves westbound traffic, and is found on Albert Street, and the south station serves eastbound traffic, and is found on...

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Chateau Laurier
Château Laurier
The Fairmont Château Laurier is a landmark hotel in Downtown Ottawa, Ontario located near the intersection of Rideau Street and Sussex Drive designed in the Châteauesque style.-History:...

National Arts Centre
National Arts Centre
The National Arts Centre is a centre for the performing arts located in Ottawa, Ontario, between Elgin Street and the Rideau Canal...

Major's Hill Park
Major's Hill Park
Major's Hill Park is one of the most notable parks in downtown Ottawa. The park stands above the Rideau Canal at the point where it enters the Ottawa River. Across the canal to the west are the parliament buildings, to the north of the park is the National Gallery of Canada, and to the east are...

United States Embassy

National Gallery of Canada
National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada , located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries.The Gallery is now housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was...

(a short 5 minute walk from Metcalfe Station)

Rideau Centre
Rideau Centre
Rideau Centre is a three-level shopping centre on Rideau Street in Downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It borders on Rideau Street , the Rideau Canal, the Mackenzie King Bridge, and Nicholas Street....

/Byward Market
Byward Market
ByWard Market is a district in Lower Town located east of the government & business district, surrounding the market buildings and open-air market on George, York, ByWard and William Streets.The district is bordered on the west by Sussex Drive, on the...

Rideau Canal
Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal , also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its...

& Rideau Canal Locks

University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

Riverside Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital or L'Hôpital d'Ottawa is a major, non-profit, public, university teaching hospital in Ottawa made up of the former Grace Hospital, Riverside Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital and Ottawa Civic Hospital. It is a 1,195-bed academic health sciences centre...

Billings Bridge Plaza
Billings Bridge Plaza
The Billings Bridge Plaza is a shopping centre located in Ottawa, Canada. Originally built in 1954, it was the first shopping centre built in the city. It did not become enclosed until 1972. It is located immediately south of the Rideau River on the corner of Bank Street and Riverside Drive,...

Taxation Centre (federal building) & Canada Post (on Heron Road
Heron Road (Ottawa)
Heron Road is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Walkley Road at an angle to the Rideau River, where it turns into Baseline Road. Heron is home to the Public Works and Government Services Canada headquarters, as well as the Canada Post headquarters and the Edward Drake Building...

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South Keys Shopping Centre

Ottawa International Airport

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