Planning a Trip

Riding the Bus

O-Train & 
Other Services

Find out how to get to Ottawa's major destinations and events, including Scotiabank Place events and Senators hockey games, museums, shopping centres, schools, Winterlude, and more.

Use the Travel Planner to create a personalized trip to your destination, which includes an itinerary and map.

Find out how the bus route network is organized: use the system maps, route maps and bus stop maps all available here on the web.

The Transitway is a big part of the Ottawa bus system. It provides rapid transit service across the entire city on bus-only roadways and intersects with the O-Train.

Park & Ride lots offer free parking (except Jeanne d'Arc, Telesat & Baseline). You can then hop on Transitway route 95 , 96 or  97 for a quick trip to downtown. Buy a Gold Park & Ride permit and reserve your parking space at one of the selected Park & Ride lots.

Trip planning is only a click, phone-call or email away. Contact our service centre for assistance.

Things to know in advance:

Bus Schedules
• by phone
• by mail
• at your bus stop
• on the web

Fares & Transfers
• Cash and Tickets
• DayPasses
• Monthly Passes

The DayPass provides visitors and residents with unlimited travel in a day, and it's economical.

You can pre-purchase one or several DayPass vouchers at an OC Transpo Sales and Information Centre or hundreds of vendors thoughout the area.

Rider's Guide to Light Rail - all you need to know about the O-Train.

Rack & Roll - program to put bike racks on buses, so now transit riders can bring their bicycles with them. 

Accessible Bus Service
• low-floor buses

ParaTranspo

School Routes

Sales and Information Centres
• visit us

Transecure

Night Stops

Charters