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The 2.1 billion investment
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Light Rail is forecast to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 38,000 tonnes per year by 2031.
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LRT will reduce downtown traffic
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The Downtown Ottawa Transit Tunnel will be 2.5 kilometres long.
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The downtown portion of the LRT system will span 12.5 kilometres from Tunney’s Pasture to Blair Station and includes 13 stations.
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Without the LRT tunnel we would need to send an articulated bus down through the downtown at the impossible rate of 1 every 18 seconds in order to meet the demand expected by 2031.
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15 minutes per day
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Ottawa commuters currently make about 93 million trips per year. By 2031 that number will reach 166 million.
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Ottawa residents take transit, on average, 125 times annually more than residents in any city of comparable size in North America.
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The Transitway conversion to rail will mean that Ottawa will use approximately 5600 fewer tonnes of salt during the winter months, improving our environment and saving an estimated $420,000 per year.
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