🟪 Crossings for cars (17) 🟨 Crossings for pedestrians (2) Also note the bus stop without a pedestrian crossing.

Infuriating for them to talk about "crossing mid-block" when there are literally no crossings and this is the road. Damn it, get out of the cruiser and go see what the actual problem is, then push the city to put some pedestrian signals, or _something_. This is a deadly road and you're not helping.

The only kind of car pedestrian streets were built for -

"where the pedestrian was hit most recently is in a 2,000-foot pedestrian crossing dead zone. Where were they supposed to cross?" - Anneke Smit Exactly. Going down the route of ticketing and blaming pedestrians who have no choice but to risk their life is archaic and wrong www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"They were all on multi-lane roadways with four lanes or more, four lanes plus a turning lane" "The message for any pedestrian would be to be aware of your surroundings" I mean look at this road www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

A year ago tomorrow. Nothing has changed on Wellington Cres. We returned Rob’s ghost bike to Wellington and Cockburn, and we’ll keep pushing for action.

this is how things are set up at this intersection.

This is how close the “reporter” got to mentioning a driver. “Three people in the SUV were assessed for their injuries and were released”. #autowa

I'll bite and take traffic safety seriously. Pedestrians cannot compete with drivers carelessly approaching crosswalks in multi ton vehicles, often speeding. The onus is on drivers, because of the danger they present. "shared responsibility" without unpacking that is dangerous bullshit

at the end of the day, municipalities don't want to do anything other than repeat the mantra "crosswalk safety is a shared responsibility" So the burden is left on the shoulders of children, crosswalk guards and other vulnerable people www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...

I've seen worse www.pedbikeinfo.org/pdf/Webinar_...

Driver struck four including an infant, all hospitalized, "circumstances that led to the incident are unknown" Looks like they simply tried to use a marked crosswalk at an intersection next to a sign saying "STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS" www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

tragic fatal crash, 17 year old. The family don't wish to blame the driver, but pedestrian fatalities in the context of woeful crossing infrastructure must be challenged. Young people should not die for a lack of courage and resolve www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...

Make this finding make sense: " the equipment had raised a bucket full of snow so high he couldn’t see Knight, who was wearing dark clothing and had earbuds in" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

My @thestar.com column this week salutes some real heroes on the streets: crossing guards. Drivers in Ontario are emboldened & dangerous. The guards are precariously employed, disrespected, threatened & a pedestrian’s thin line of defence. It’s absurd we need them yet they’re essential.

"be safe, be seen" bsky.app/profile/mini...

In our cities, cycling should be as easy and casual as walking

everything at the crash scene prioritizes space and speed for vehicles, yet it could so easily be changed with measures like a refuge island And when we read scarce information which minimises the role of the driver, we expect no further action. www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...

"police are urging traffic safety" yet no mention in this report by @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social of any driver involvement, only of vehicles hitting people. Safety starts with operators of dangerous machinery. vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...

Canadian humour is the best 🇨🇦😅🤣😂🇨🇦

"The streets are safe as they are” - local Community Association - do they speak for children, people with disabilities, senior citizens with no vehicle?

"This is the negative feedback loop of risk: Cars create danger → danger discourages walking and biking → more families drive → more cars create more danger...... (1/2) visionzeroottawa.ca/2026/03/06/c...

Combining pedestrian movements with green lights is standard engineering practice. Vehicle movements originate from behind the pedestrian, causing immense risk especially to the most disadvantaged - wheelchair/mobility scooter users, children, people with sight and learning disabilities, seniors

A 5-year-old was struck by a driver outside a school in Barrhaven and is in serious but stable condition at CHEO. Councillor Hill calls for traffic immediate calming - but voted for a budget with no Safer Roads Ottawa capital funding after 2027. #ottcity www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

I do this, everyone should do this

Ultimately these constant tragic crashes are a result of careful planning by the authorities over decades. Vision Zero is an obligation, not an option unpublished.ca/news-feed-it...

Lack of safety for those who need it the most and the horrific outcomes are often understated or obscured by media & police. Not @citynewscalgary.bsky.social, reporting here how an elderly pedestrian was "struck by a motorist", not a "collision with a vehicle" www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQIw...

today we can add our "demon of the streets" person crossing the road, terrifying distracted and obscured-vision drivers

Perhaps media, here @globalnews.ca, should centre key wording around witness and local resident statements - "a tragedy" - vs police statements which incorrectly use the English language to obscure the role of drivers, one of whom fled the scene globalnews.ca/video/117203...

Horrific incident in Ottawa last week resulting in one fatality, multiple severe injuries How often do we hear of an investigation, yet no news of charges City speed limits should be 30km/h www.youtube.com/watch?v=03K4...

Right. "War on Cars" in Calgary. sigh. A toddler in a stroller killed in a marked crosswalk. A 70-year old man killed in a marked crosswalk. Reframing as "attack on cars" doesn't make it any more real. Just effin' disgusting and irresponsible. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ok but also let's bring the death of street hockey into the conversation. Cars cost us the gold medal.

A whopping and hugely disturbing 56% of pedestrian crashes occurred at Ottawa's signalized intersections since 2017: 1,021 of 1,831 crashes. There is an obligation to assess an implement safe traffic signals used widely elsewhere in Canada, e.g. Montreal and QC www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

But did it remember to press the beg button bsky.app/profile/esmc...

A toddler is dead in Calgary because we allow these jacked up SUVs with very minimal forward visibility. The drivers of these can’t see people in the crosswalk. When will these be banned? #Calgary

"“Of course, people go, ‘Wow, a ticket for killing somebody.’ It’s like, ‘Yeah, but it’s not murder. So quit clutching your pearls.’ ” - a retired police officer. Wow. signalhfx.ca/halifax-pede...

Elderly person using mobility scooter struck and killed while using a crosswalk. Nothing noted from the police about an investigation, charges laid, or anything at all regarding the need to slow, look for and yield to vulnerable people using crosswalks www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Driver found 100% responsible. But how often do we hear this argument about "shared responsibility" from police and authorities? www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Alberta pedestrians might want to contact their councillor and request this incorrect, highly dangerous advice is removed asap: "When pedestrians are crossing the intersection, you may proceed only when there is a safe gap between your vehicle and the pedestrians" no such thing as a "safe gap"

This from Victoria Police is how it should be put. Yes, it's a shared responsibility, BUT between a pedestrian and a car, only one of those has the capability to harm or kill the other

Questions raised after two female pedestrians struck and killed by Surrey Police last month vancouversun.com/news/surrey-...

Horrific. RIP. No mention of any driver involvement until some way through this article. Vehicles do not hit and kill pedestrians then flee the scene. Drivers do. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tragic incident, truck driver striking a skateboarder on a crosswalk - yet police would not say if they are recommending charges. Excellent journalism from Michael John Lo who interviews a witness also city engineering staff - who admit the design is dangerous www.timescolonist.com/local-news/s...

Four people struck, one killed. Driver not arrested, only comment is that he "remained at the scene" Police and media never fail to construe the driver as an inactive participant who did the right thing globalnews.ca/news/1159069...

And then there were 15…😔 #Calgary www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"I know in that area that it happened there isn’t really a very good way to cross the street" A safe place to cross the road is not optional. RIP www.google.com/maps/@43.255...

"they're like 2 feet tall" Chilling

Municipalities in Canada are butchering Vision Zero to create watered down versions which use the lingo but not the methodology. In HRM, the current per capita targets support overall increases in injury + fatal crashes.

TODAY! Join us in front of Queen's Park. Gather at 4:30pm for a 5:00pm start. Show our leaders that the loved ones killed in car crashes are not forgotten and we will not stop fighting until our streets are safe. #WDoR2025

"Videos posted online show a police vehicle roll towards a Tasered woman before running over her with the front wheels and then reversing back over her. Officers then remove the car and appear to detain her"