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RSS FeedsNearly two years since Toronto announced Vision Zero, pedestrian and cyclist deaths are not declining
(The Star Food)

 
 

17 may 2018 06:40:04

 
Nearly two years since Toronto announced Vision Zero, pedestrian and cyclist deaths are not declining
(The Star Food)
 


Within 24 hours of announcing the Vision Zero Challenge on Tuesday, a call for ideas on how Toronto can reach its target of eliminating traffic deaths, one cyclist was dead in the city and two were injured.The deceased cyclist — a man believed to be in his 50s who has not been identified by police — is the 89th pedestrian or cyclist to die on Toronto streets since June 13, 2016, the day Mayor John Tory announced the initiative that would become Vision Zero — a plan to reduce traffic deaths to zero by 2021.But the rate of deaths on city streets is not declining. Including Wednesday’s fatal accident, 17 pedestrians or cyclists have been killed in Toronto so far this year, according to data compiled by Toronto Police and the Star. That pace matches or exceeds the number killed by May 16 in both 2013 and 2016, the two worst years in the data, which goes back to 2007. “We can’t let this continue to happen,” said Jessica Spieker, a cycling safety advocate with Friends and Families for Safe Streets who was T-boned by a driver turning left in 2015. Her spine was broken and she suffered a traumatic brain injury. “It’s the only way that I can make anything meaningful come out of what happened to me, is to make it stop,” she said.In an email to the Star, Mayor John Tory said the fatality Wednesday was “a tragic death.” “The number of deaths on our roads continues to be unacceptable,” he said, pointing to progress on some of the city’s Vision Zero initiatives, like senior safety zones, reduced speed limits and safer bike lines. “But clearly more must be done.”The cyclist killed Wednesday morning was hit by a truck attempting to make a right turn onto Jones Ave. from Dundas St. E. That intersection has painted bike lanes.Another cyclist, a man in his 30s, was seriously injured after a collision with a vehicle near Lake Shore Blvd. and Colborne Lodge Dr. Tuesday afternoon. He ...


 
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