Car-free camping beckons in Algonquin Park NEW BUS SERVICE GETS A TRYOUT BY KATHLEEN WILKER
For any fan of public transportation, it was good news that the Toronto-Algonquin Park “Parkbus” service that started in 2010 expanded into Ottawa this summer and fall with three pilot weekends. When booking my seat for August 9-11, I asked if I could bring my bike. Turns out, yes, if you book early. So I biked from my house to the bus stop at Mountain Equipment Co-op on Richmond Road with everything I needed for a weekend of camping. The other Ottawa stop is at the Rideau Centre. Parkbus is a project of Transportation Options, a non-profit group dedicated to sustainable transportation and tourism. It works in partnership with Hammond Transportation (the bus company) with money from Ontario’s Ministry of Tourism and a Trillium grant.
