Unsafe at any speed revisited I’m a horrible driver; I’ve always been a horrible driver. This deficiency is in my DNA: behind the proverbial wheel, my father was unsafe at any speed and my mother was beyond a shadow of a doubt the worst driver in history. (Various friends and relatives wanted to sue the..
OC Transpo inaction has real life consequences: Letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the June 24, 2026 article by Randall Denley: https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/i-worry-about-the-competence-of-people-running-oc-transpo-opinion As a carless senior, I have to rely on the OC Transpo public transit system. My wife and I have lived in a..
Alternatives to Ottawa Public Transit (Part Two): Bring back hitchhiking Given the abysmal service offered by OC Transpo, hereafter known as Octopus Transit, and the 19% hike in the cost of a monthly pass for seniors (albeit down from the 120% increase originally floated by the Octopi commission), it is high time to seek alternatives..
The Ottawa public transit blues A letter to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper My wife and I are newcomers to Ottawa, both of us are seniors with disabilities, and we are appalled by the abysmal bus service offered in our newly adopted city. We rely on public transit to move about as neither of us..