City Hall has found $54 million in financial efficiencies for this year’s Draft Budget. A large chunk of these potential savings might be coming from the 2023 Transit Budget, ranging from a reduction in transit capital costs to a potential reduction in bus routes. Laura Shantz from Ottawa Transit Riders says these sacrifices might be too great for residents to deal with. She joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.

<p>City Hall has found $54 million in financial efficiencies for this year’s Draft Budget. A large chunk of these potential savings might be coming from the 2023 Transit Budget, ranging from a reduction in transit capital costs to a potential reduction in bus routes. Laura Shantz from Ottawa Transit Riders says these sacrifices might be too great for residents to deal with. She joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.</p>

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Ottawa Now – ‘We often see our buses packed to the gills’: With potential city savings coming from Ottawa’s Transit Budget, critics don’t want bus routes to become the sacrificial lamb

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