Avenue Road Walkabout – February 15, 2022
On a chilly Tuesday afternoon in February, the Avenue Road Safety Coalition walked the walk. We were pleased that Councillors Matlow and Layton and staff braved the cold to join …
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Make Avenue Road safer in 2022
We are happy to report some progress since our September 2021 public meeting in achieving our vision for a safe, vibrant, climate-friendly Avenue Road: The city has hired a consultant …
Avenue Road Pedestrian Safety Improvement Pilot Project
On October 15, 2020, Toronto and East York Community Council approved a motion by Councillors Matlow and Layton to study the feasibility of a pedestrian safety improvement pilot project. The …
Avenue Road Safety Press Conference
On September 29, 2020, local residents gathered for a (socially distanced) press conference in Jay Macpherson Green to bring to light concerns about the safety of Avenue Road for pedestrians …
Toronto’s measures to prevent pedestrian deaths have fallen short
Last month, 17-year-old Nadia Mozumder was crossing the street outside her Scarborough school during her lunch break when she was hit and killed by a driver in a minivan making a left turn.
Seven years ago, at another Scarborough intersection, 42-year-old Erica Stark was standing on the sidewalk with her dog, waiting for the light to turn green, when a minivan jumped the curb, hit and killed her./
Two women were killed on two separate clear fall days by two different drivers of a Dodge Caravan, in the same neighbourhood of the same city – a city that has vowed to eliminate pedestrian fatalities entirely.
The Liberation of Paris from Cars is Working
Over the past six years, Paris has done more than almost any city in the world to take space back from cars. Mayor Anne Hidalgo has opened linear parks in …
New linear park for Avenue road
A group of concerned citizens and an architecture firm are proposing to create a new linear park along Avenue Road to improve walkability and safety.
The proposal calls for the stretch of Avenue between Bloor Avenue West and St. Clair Avenue West to be reduced from six lanes of traffic down to four, which would allow for sidewalks to be widened 240 per cent from their current width and accommodate 500 new trees.
Cyclist death renews calls for improved road safety
Albert Koehl, Avenue Road Safety Coalition, is calling for a redesign of Avenue Road to improve safety.
City News reporter Melissa Nakhavoly speaks to the investments some would like the city to make to prevent deadly incidents from occurring.
New proposal would turn part of high-speed Toronto road into a linear park
A group of concerned citizens and an architecture firm are proposing to create a new linear park along Avenue Road to improve walkability and safety.
The proposal calls for the stretch of Avenue between Bloor Avenue West and St. Clair Avenue West to be reduced from six lanes of traffic down to four, which would allow for sidewalks to be widened 240 per cent from their current width and accommodate 500 new trees.
Too fast, too furious? Local residents want the city to slow speeding traffic on Avenue Road by turning part of it into a park
After years of pushing the city to make Avenue Road safer and getting few results, a group of local residents have unveiled their own designs they say would transform the street from an urban speedway cutting through their neighbourhood into a tree-lined pedestrian-friendly boulevard.
Local group wants city to act now and change Avenue Road
According to a traffic study that was conducted before the pandemic, the 2.1-kilometre stretch of Avenue Road carries 30,000 vehicles per day, and 85 per cent of drivers exceed the 50 km/h speed limit. Compounding the problem is that the sidewalks are less than two metres wide.
The only stretch of Avenue Road that hasn’t been altered is the part the Avenue Road Safety Coalition is representing.
Plan to widen sidewalks on Avenue Road is set for community council
NowToronto.com: Avenue Road says a lot about our city, even if it’s no longer what we want to hear. The hilly, six-lane stretch between St. Clair West and Bloor literally …