The Central Transitway is the downtown section of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway. This section of the transitway uses dedicated lanes on existing streets, namely Albert Street for westbound routes and Slater Street for eastbound routes. These lanes are dedicated to buses only on weekdays from the start of morning rush hour (6:00AM) to the end of evening rush hour (6:00PM); they are otherwise open to regular traffic. Even during rush hour, regular traffic needs to cross the dedicated lanes to access right turning lanes. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit sevices operated by OC Transpo have two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail line. ... Rush hour in a city A rush hour is a part of the day with busy traffic and hence traffic congestion on the roads and crowded public transport; normally the two periods in a day when people are travelling to or from work or school. ...

This section of the transitway has four nominal stops: Bay, Kent, Bank and Metcalfe. The eastbound and westbound halves of the stops are not co-located and are not necessarily aligned to each other. For scheduling convenience, identical routes stop at all stations. Bay Transitway Station is a bus-stop on Ottawa, Ontario, Canadas transitway served by OC Transpo buses. ... Bank Street station on Slater Street (eastbound) Bank Transitway Station or Bank Street Station is a bus-stop on Ottawa, Canadas transitway served by OC Transpo buses. ... Westbound (north) Station Eastbound (south) Station Metcalfe Station is a bus station on Ottawa, Canadas transitway. ...

The central transitway gets very congested during rush hour due to the number of express routes, which provide door-to-door service to those who work downtown and live in farflung suburbs. Almost all express routes pass through the central transitway. Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ...

Initial plans for the transitway included a bus-only tunnel in this section but the cost of a ventilated tunnel for conventional buses was deemed too expensive and was not warranted at the time. The latest proposal for bringing the O-Train downtown over the same streets while keeping existing bus and car traffic is being met with objections from businesses along those streets as normal access to these businesses would be impeded. Some pressure is being applied to reconsider the idea of a tunnel but for electrified trains, relaxing ventilation requirements. Another suggested option would be to adapt a hub-and-spoke system to remove most bus routes out of the central transitway. However, there is concern that existing transit users would not be keen on transferring between routes, especially those used to door-to-door express services. The O-Train at Carleton University. ... The Spoke-hub distribution paradigm derives its name from a bicycle wheel, which consists of a number of spokes jutting outward from a central hub. ...