Greenboro Busway: The Transitway That Ottawa Abandoned
![Greenboro Community Centre, on Lorry Greenberg Dr.](https://www.janeswalkottawa.ca/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaHNiIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e57aaf0b9522d220d2f9fd6418783ad8218730a4/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtCeURBPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--d9825999bc3a7e489c77b6b6a8e48e3a542a802c/GreenboroCommCentre-LorryGreenbergDr.jpg?locale=en)
Greenboro Community Centre, on Lorry Greenberg Dr.
Did you know that the City of Ottawa removed a part of its transitway network after only eight years of operation? When it was first conceived in the 1970s, the Greenboro neighbourhood was envisioned as a dense, mixed-use, transit-oriented community. This walk tells the story of those plans by focusing on one of its key innovations: the Greenboro Busway. We'll discuss the original plans, how they played out in reality, and what this means for imagining future transit-oriented communities in Ottawa and elsewhere.
The walk will bring to life the story told in Matt's original blog post, The Busway that Ottawa Abandoned.