Working for Safe Sidewalks on Avenue Road between Bloor St. & St. Clair Ave.
TheGlobeAndMail.com: “An economic rebound in commercial retail amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic may be right under our feet – in the sidewalks we walk on. The key, however, depends on how …
TheStar.com: “Its current highway nature is ironic, considering it was once an elegant, tree-lined road and how, it’s said, it got the name Avenue. Whatever trees manage to exist on …
Toronto – CTVnews.ca: A Toronto city committee has voted to demand more information about how fast city vehicles are going and whether they’re paying their traffic fines after a CTV …
Avenue Road is known for high-end shopping, posh hotels, and multiple private schools. It’s also known, some residents say, for having dangerously-narrow sidewalks alongside heavy traffic.
“It’s unsafe right now,” said Albert Koehl, a member of the Avenue Road Safety Coalition. “This street is no longer consistent with a modern downtown area.” Koehl, a 25-year resident of midtown Toronto, is among those calling on the city to consider widening the sidewalks alongside the busy six-lane arterial road.
Today was World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. As per the tradition for the past several years, Friends and Families for Safe Streets organized a memorial gathering and …
CBC.ca: Toronto is looking to roll out 25 new photo radar cameras around the city to help curb the number of fatalities and serious injuries, but critics say much more …
A portion of Avenue Road was closed off after a vehicle struck a gas line that was located outside of a retirement home in Yorkville on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, two vehicles were involved in a collision on Avenue Road, near Davenport Road shortly after 4 p.m.
Surveillance video of the incident sent to CP24 showed one vehicle trying to make a left turn off of Avenue Road, when another vehicle swerved to avoid it.
TheStar.com: It doesn’t take a radar gun to see that plenty of drivers on Avenue Rd. are speeding. Albert Koehl says all you have to do is stand on a …
Toronto.CityNews.ca: “Paramedics told CityNews the pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two people who were in the car were also taken to hospital. …
Toronto.CTVnews.ca: Adam Excell was riding his bike on Avenue Road, near Davenport Road, when he was struck and killed by a car that did not remain on scene. Read more …