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RSS FeedsMayor Tory announced Vision Zero two years ago Wednesday. 93 pedestrians or cyclists have since died on Toronto streets
(The Star Environment)

 
 

13 june 2018 18:47:21

 
Mayor Tory announced Vision Zero two years ago Wednesday. 93 pedestrians or cyclists have since died on Toronto streets
(The Star Environment)
 


In the two years since Vision Zero was announced, 93 pedestrians or cyclists have died on the streets of Toronto.The 93rd victim died yesterday, just one day before the second anniversary of Vision Zero’s unveiling. At around noon Tuesday, a 58-year-old woman was killed in a collision with a flatbed truck while riding her bike in the Annex. That same day, police announced that a 36-year-old cyclist, who collided with a vehicle at Colborne Lodge Dr. and Lake Shore Boul. W. on May 15, had died of his injuries.Two years ago Wednesday, Mayor John Tory announced the initiative that would become Vision Zero — a plan to reduce traffic deaths to zero by 2021.Since that announcement, the rate of pedestrian and cyclist deaths has not dropped. Twenty-one pedestrians or cyclists have been killed in Toronto so far this year, according to data compiled by Toronto Police and the Star. That exceeds the number killed by this date in 2017 and 2016.In the last 10 years, only 2015 saw more pedestrians and cyclists killed by this date, at 23.Read more: Cyclist, 36, hit in May on Lake Shore Blvd. has died in hospital, police sayCyclist struck and killed in MarkhamEditorial | Toronto’s ‘Vision Zero’ plan to reduce traffic deaths has had zero impact so farIt’s a statistic that haunts the mayor. “It’s obvious we are not yet doing enough,” he said Tuesday after learning of the cyclist’s death in the Annex. “I am devastated personally and it is something that is deeply troubling to me that we’ve had the number of fatalities involving both pedestrians and cyclists this year.” TOP STORIES. IN YOUR INBOX: For the day’s top news from the Star’s award-winning journalists, sign up for our daily headlines newsletter.The mayor was speaking to reporters following an earlier Tuesday morning meeting of public works and infrastructure committee. The committee was debating adding bike lanes and cycle tracks in th ...


 
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