[HOT] Ottawa logistics

Tue Aug 1 14:42:34 UTC 2017

John, thanks for the helpful info on logistics in Ottawa.

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:28 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 7 Bayview Road looks like a government owned building so accessibility is
> good.
>
> It has one small cafe, sandwich $8, that does not have free wifi but free
> wifi is available within the building using a guest account but you'll need
> a password.
>
> Limited parking is available at 7 Bayview, $2 per hour or $10 max per
> day.  Local street parking is three hours max, and $2 per hour.  All roads
> in Ottawa have a maximum parking of three hours between the hours of 7 am
> and 7 pm.  This applies even in the suburbs.
>
> I'd recommend Ottawa's excellent bus service www.octranspo.com, Bayview
> Transit stop is serviced by a dozen routes during the day that go down
> town.  The frequency varies from five minute service to twenty minute
> service.  Translated there is a bus roughly every two to three minutes down
> town during the day and even in the late evening its a ten minute service.
> During the rush hour there are another twenty or so bus routes servicing
> the stop.  It is also the termination of the Trillium train line.
>
> It's eleven minutes walk from Bayview station to the conference.  The
> station is on a level with the light rail that is being built.  Bayview
> Road runs under the light rail so there is a bit of slope. There is no
> slope from the Trillium line.
>
> Stats Canada has a canteen in the Jean Talon building sixteen minutes walk
> away on the left as you enter, but it closes around 3 pm.  There is no wifi
> but the coffee and breakfasts are excellent and reasonably priced.  Buy
> five coffees and you get one free but you have to ask for a card and get it
> stamped.
>
> Wellington street has a variety of pubs and cafes twelve minutes walk away
> at the other end of Bayview road, to the south.
>
> Ottawa Hotels are used to government rates so if you have suitable id you
> may find some savings.  Check the OC transpo site, their route planner
> gives walking distances as well as bus times.  I'm not aware of any hotels
> within walking distance of the conference.
>
> If you arrive via the airport catch a 97 bus and change at Greenboro
> station to the Trillium train line which terminates at Bayview station.
> The 97 does continue to down town.  OC transpo tickets are available at the
> airport.
>
> If you are flying from the other side of the Atlantic check the flights
> into XDS as well as YOW.  Air France and KLM fly into Montreal and have a
> coach that picks up and drops off at the Ottawa train station (XDS) which
> happens to be on the transitway on the east side of town.  Not all travel
> agents are familiar with it.
>
> Ottawa has excellent multi-use paths for cyclists and 7 Bayview is well
> connected to the Ottawa multi-use path network and down town.  Whilst
> pedestrians have right of way on these paths many cyclists travel at quite
> high speeds.  Mountain Equipment Coop 372 Richmond road rents out bikes
> besides having good waterproof jackets.  It's surrounded by an old
> fashioned high street.  There are other bikes for rent in Ottawa.
>
> Whilst I won't be attending the conference itself I'll be in the
> Bridgehead cafe 319 McRae at six pm on September 13th this is roughly five
> minutes walk north from Westboro station which is the second stop west of
> Bayview station if anyone wants to gossip.  The Bridgehead cafe has
> relocated recently and it is a fairly large cafe with wifi, plenty of power
> sockets and good coffee.
>
> Cheerio John
>
>
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