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People exit the train at Tunney\u2019s Pasture station on the new LRT line on Nov. 15. Photo by Eden Suh.<\/p>\n
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With daily delays and frequent overcrowding, LRT riders are getting frustrated with each other as well as the City and OC Transpo.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe number one annoying thing is that everyone wants to rush to get on the train, nobody wants to wait.\u201d Mohamed Miguil said Friday as he waited at Tunney\u2019s Pasture on his regular LRT trip to work near the Lyon station.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Miguil claims that people pushing through the train doors at once are not allowing people to leave the train in peace (and in one piece). \u201cI would say that\u2019s the number one thing I hate about the LRT. The fact that people are not patient enough to get on the train,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n The LRT was supposed to alleviate the pressures of commuting for people in Ottawa. Back in 2017, it was advertised on the <\/span>OC Transpo website<\/span><\/a> as a quicker, more reliable route for commuters. However, ever since its debut in September 2019, the system has suffered for unreliability, delays and overcrowding.<\/span><\/p>\n Commuters from the outskirts of the city have experienced crowded stations that have added time to their already-long commute. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve definitely waited at Tunney\u2019s Pasture for a lot longer than I would have in the past. It\u2019s definitely added time. About 15-20 minutes,\u201d said Joseph Auge, a student at Algonquin College.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cQuite often people will crowd the train doors,\u201d he said. \u201cIt ends up being a big mash of people trying to get by one another. That ends up taking the most time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPatrons can cause a great deal of issues by forcing themselves on to an overly crowded train instead of waiting for the next,\u201d said Christopher Grossi, a law student at the University of Ottawa. \u201cIt\u2019s an anxiety brought by the fact that the system is inherently unreliable,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Stephanie Poncos is a student at the University of Ottawa who commutes from Kanata. Before the LRT was established, there were regularly scheduled buses that would take commuters of Kanata straight to downtown Ottawa via bus 61 and 62. Now the two buses will only take commuters to Tunney\u2019s Pasture, which is where most commuters experience difficulty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI wish they could have kept some (buses) that still go straight to downtown. Not just drop everybody off at one point. It just gets too crowded at one stop,\u201d Poncos said.<\/span><\/p>\n In an interview on the CBC Friday morning, the chair of the City\u2019s transport committee said the City is reaching out to other municipalities to see whether they have buses to spare that could help Ottawa cope with its problems.<\/span><\/p>\n Employees of OC Transpo declined to comment for this story. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.6″][et_pb_blog fullwidth=”off” posts_number=”3″ include_categories=”83″ show_categories=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ header_font=”News Cycle|700|||||||” body_font=”Source Sans Pro||||||||” custom_margin=”41px|||||” hover_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_blog][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As LRT frustrations mount, Ottawa residents are considering a class action lawsuit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n People exit the train at Tunney\u2019s Pasture station on the new LRT line. Photo by Eden Suh<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ottawa commuters are considering a class-action lawsuit against OC Transpo, according to a report by CTV news<\/a>. This lawsuit is a result of built-up commuter frustrations over long train delays and over-crowded stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe number one annoying thing is that everyone wants to rush to get on the train, nobody wants to wait.\u201d Mohamed Miguil said as he regularly takes the LRT to his workplace between Lyon and Kent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Miguil claims that people pushing through the train doors at once are not allowing people to leave the train in peace (and in one piece). \u201cI would say that\u2019s the number one thing I hate about the LRT. The fact that people are not patient enough to get on the train,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n