Discovering the O-Train Multi-Use Path
There are few opportunities to build create new green space within our urban boundaries, but the O-Train path is such a place. The path runs beside the O-train through Ottawa’s Little Italy neighbourhood, an area that has one of the lowest amounts of park space per capita in the city. That shortage is only going to become more pronounced as the area experiences dramatic intensification.
The first part of the pathway was opened in 2013, but few people know it exists or its unique value to local residents and people passing through. It could be so much more… a proper linear park, a route to Gatineau and an important link in the cycling network. This walk will have frequent stops to explain some of the infrastructure new to the city, some of the good and some of the bad.