Gil Penalosa joins Toronto mayoral race
Penalosa, 65, says he’s running in part because no high-profile left-wing candidate has emerged, and the problems Toronto is facing around issues like housing and climate change are so urgent …
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Reinventing Avenue Road
2021 was another busy one for the Avenue Road Safety Coalition. With the support of our members and the help of Councillor Matlow and Councillor Layton our goal for a …
Cars: We can no longer afford to give them so much public space.
thestar.com: “Cars rank lowest in efficiency, and therefore get the most public space….The traffic jam, easily created, is itself a scream for attention, dutifully answered by city hall. The purchase …
Making Avenue Road humane and efficient
thestar.com: Avenue Road is currently “an urban speedway cutting through the neighbourhood.” It is basically a six-lane highway, and the design encourages fast traffic, speeding. The sidewalk is too narrow, …
ActiveTO has been a brilliant success. So of course the ‘War on the Car’ knives are out
The problem with Toronto’s ActiveTO program is its popularity. And the problem with the most prominent part of ActiveTO – the reason Toronto City Council is under pressure to kill …
Have Your Say: Avenue Road Study
Get InvolvedThe participation of road users, local community members and other stakeholders in the study is essential to identifying appropriate and effective improvements for Avenue Road. Phase Two Public Meeing in …
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 …
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 …