Working for Safe Sidewalks on Avenue Road between Bloor St. & St. Clair Ave.
StCatharineStandard.ca: “Avenue Road, a six-lane, high-speed motorway running through the heart of Toronto, no longer fits with contemporary ideas about road safety or with the schools, parks, residential towers and …
thestar.com : “Toronto saw its fourth pedestrian death of the year Friday morning. The police say an 80-year-old woman was killed by a female driver, also 80, while she was …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Globe and Mail “Pedestrian fatalities are tragedies. Lives are lost and other lives – including those of the drivers – are destroyed.” Read more at theglobeandmail.com
SLATE.com: 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 …
trnto.com: 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 …
Toronto.CityNews.ca: Albert Koehl, Avenue Road Safety Coalition, is calling for a redesign of Avenue Road to improve safety. Melissa Nakhavoly speaks to the investments some would like the city to …
Spacing.ca: Council will need to decide if Sam Cass and Fred Gardiner’s 1950s vision should rule the Toronto of today or if it’s time to heed the call of residents …
Toronto Urbanized: A major Toronto road that’s prone to speeding cars is in need of a transformation that would widen sidewalks, improve safety, and create a linear park, The Avenue …
thestar.com: 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 …