The customary introduction post, pinned for now.

I moved here from mstdn.ca partly as a result of the controversy there but also because ottawa.place is where I would have been if I knew about it when I first came to Mastodon.

I also have a blog ( http://the5thc.blogspot.com/ ) and a GPS maps site ( https://gpstrailmaps.blogspot.com/ ) and a youtube channel which is mostly slideshows of my photos ( https://www.youtube.com/@richardwwoodley/videos ).

My bio here reads: Retired Parliamentary Indexer. Socialist, political observer and sometime activist with HBA in Political Science, Laurentian University, 1973. Outdoorsperson, environmentalist, cyclist and former mountain biker. Amateur photographer and mapmaker.
#canpoli #ottbike #ottpoli #ottawa #photography

And I see I have already taken advantage of the over 500 character limit.

Sean Devine, Councillor for our ward, had a good newsletter mostly about driving/parking etc.

https://www.seandevine.ca/march_31_2026_newsletter?utm_campaign=march_31_newsletter_bulletin&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=mastodon

N.B. the changed utm_source lets get Sean on the Fediverse

#Ottawa #Autowa #Ottbike

My #ottbike plan for later today is to examine the main path through the arboretum.

On Tuesday, it looks like the bit by the forest north of Hartwell was still covered, but the rest looked okay.

If you don't hear back from me, there's still snow there and you should send help.

It’s time for bike share in Ottawa!

Our transit system is in crisis and our roads are congested. Bike share can help! A quarter of trips in Ottawa are under 2 km—well within bikeable range. Bike share is affordable, accessible, and efficient.

Learn more and sign our petition with Ecology Ottawa:

#Ottawa #OttCity #OttBike #BikeShare #Accessibility #Mobility #Sustainability #BikeTooter

https://ottawabikeshare.ca

City of #Ottawa councillor Sean Devine in his latest newsletter:

We have created a hierarchy when it comes to planning priorities: 
Keep traffic moving 
Keep parking convenient 
Support safety measures – but be mindful of priorities #1 and #2 
That’s not “balanced”. It’s a value system. And it’s costing us.
Ottawa’s intense commitment to unencumbered, fast‑moving traffic has a twin. A near‑religious commitment to maintaining as much parking as possible, at all costs. 1/2

#ottbike #biketooter

Ottawa River MUP Report:

-Mostly clear but with patches of snow and ice of various sizes from the New Orchard to Churchill underpasses.

-After Churchill, where the pathway goes into a more forested area, it looked all snow covered, but I didn't go that far.

#OttBike #OttRun