In 2018, we introduced a plan to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on London’s roads. It’s already made our roads safer, but we must go further and faster to eliminate this heartbreak across the capital.

We have a decades-long backlog of installing flashing beacons at intersections. It feels like we care more about overpasses than human beings.

⬇️ reliance on fossil fuels ⬇️ transport-related costs ⬇️ GHG emissions ⬇️ cars on the road ⬇️ car crashes ⬆️ physical activity ⬆️ local connections ⬆️ equity 🤏amount of investment required, which quickly pays for itself in health & climate benefits Time for BC to bring back the e-bike rebate!

What if we just prioritize everything but then also defer everything and do nothing. We can tell everyone that their personal concern is a priority and were keeping taxes low. Meanwhile we go bankrupt and everything deteriorates until the cost has quadrupled

We recently shared the high societal cost of collisions, but the cost of congestion is also significant. This 2012 report outlines them clearly, but our elected officials continue to ignore the obvious & most cost-effective alternatives in favour of #CarDependency cutaactu.ca/wp-content/u...

SUVs pose a much higher danger to pedestrians than smaller vehicles with a lower hood height, “with children at particular risk of fatal injuries from collisions”, specifically children are “77% more likely” to die. London is considering charges for drivers of these larger vehicles.

"Sara Gabriel lost her mother, son and partner in the crash. Her son, Ace Gabriel-Killen, was two months old at the time of the crash." Nova Scotia has no formal road safety strategy. Would we accept this in any other context of avoidable human harm & deaths www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This 2024 TCAT #VisionZero report is clear - cities reduce road deaths when safety is treated as a political priority. Halifax has the plan, but we are still waiting for the action. We are ready & willing to help @hfxgov.bsky.social tcat.ca/wp-content/u... #VisionZero

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 Vision Zero is an obligation, not an option unpublished.ca/news-feed-it...

“[The number of collisions are] not going in the right direction, and that’s not going to measurably change, unless we start to put more investment in this,” Austin said. Thank you @samaustind5.bsky.social & every councillor who voted for #RoadSafety last week 🙏 #VisionZero

"i see, so we should prioritize paving gravel rural roads" -HRM City Council

It feels like a really good time for BC to revive their e-bike rebate visionzerovancouver.ca/2024/09/22/b...

This photo shows the danger so many mobility scooters face - hoods that are taller than they are. And this car isn't even that large compared to some of the cars on our roads. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/03/09/v...

It's too early for this Collision on Wyse Road near the Macdonald Bridge entrance on the Dartmouth Side. #HFXTraffic

Another collision reported this morning. Even a “minor” crash isn’t minor. The average property-damage-only collision costs tens of thousands of dollars. Multiply that by the thousands of crashes reported each year. Car dependency is expensive #VisionZero #RoadSafety

Fatal crashes have happened across HRM — urban, suburban, rural. This isn’t a downtown issue. It’s a community safety issue. Every district deserves safer streets. Everyone deserves #VisionZero as a default

and these are only direct costs. They don't include the cost from opportunity loss dues to services attending to them. A fire truck responding to a crash means a crew not being able to respond as fast to a fire, etc.

The "Rollback Report": ABC's austerity budget is pausing, terminating, or rolling back several of the road safety wins we (and so many of you) fought so hard to achieve. This is beyond disappointing. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/03/06/r...

I made a short video explainer of the Allen-Oak diverter debacle. A case study of #CarBrain & driver entitlement. Of political pussyfooting. If infrastructure only works when drivers choose to follow the rules, it’s not safe infrastructure #ZeroVisionHFX #SafeStreets urbanists.video/w/jSp8sSpyiX...

So much money, that faces so little scrutiny before it’s spent. Meanwhile we focus so much on transit feasibility studies and making sure the buses and ferries are electric, and spend eons debating bike lane that cost pocket change in comparison

This tree-clearing is for the twinning of Highway 107 between Burnside and Lake Loon, which requires two new bridges over Highway 118 and the Shubenacadie Canal/Waverley Road. This is one of those big, costly highway projects that sails along attracting little public attention.

I went to take photos of a couple of big projects in outer Dartmouth. This is phase 13-1 of Burnside Industrial Park, developed by the municipality, where 120 acres of serviced land is being prepared for development.

Despite the driver having an open liquor bottle beside him, the only consequences were summary offence tickets for failing to yield to a pedestrian, and for illegally possessing liquor. The LPIs have been basically the only change to this dangerous intersection since then.

Agree, not enough. Every single regular pedestrian experiences frequent close calls due to infrastructure enabled left turns on green during the walk sign, also right on green and red. Many are struck. This is an unacceptable hazard and normality that must be addressed, system-wide.

These authors reviewed 73 previous studies examining car touchscreens. Conclusion: They're awful "Touchscreens tended to have negative effects on driving performance, visual attention, and secondary task performance compared with voice control and physical controls." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

check out our recent project mapping street space allocation in Toronto we find that more than 80% of transportation infrastructure in Toronto is designed for cars, far more than how people actually travel w/ @lanrickbennett.bsky.social & Mia Wang schoolofcities.github.io/who-are-stre...

“Travelling five times a year, maxing out her TFSA, building an emergency fund, and having the freedom to see her friends when and how she wants: Those are just a few ways Deeksha Singh [of Calgary] said she can use the estimated $14,000 a year she saves by not owning a car.”

“Shaw Street was busy with bikes, but it wasn’t working for everyone. There were too many motor vehicles using the street for riding to be comfortable…But in 2020, the City of Toronto undertook a project that decreased vehicle volumes by up to 60% and tripled the # of people biking in some places…”

NEW: “We’ve let the lies be far too successful, and that’s significantly hurt our cities. No more.” The brand-new @urbantruth.bsky.social has a blunt op-ed in @usa.streetsblog.org written by Canadians @brenttoderian.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social, & American in Paris @grantennis.bsky.social.

Let's talk about the cost of collisions. A fender bender isn’t minor. A crash with injuries isn’t rare. A fatal collision costs society ~$8 million. In Canada, road crashes cost ~$36 billion every year, about $99 million every day. Safer street design isn’t expensive, crashes are #VisionZero 1/2

Halifax teen pushes to save student transit pass program www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

“This budget will disable all of us. Austerity always does. It erodes public systems until precarity becomes the norm. The only people insulated are those with private buffers and political friendships.”

Alderney Ferry service is running on a 30 min schedule until further notice, due to maintenance. Ferries will depart Alderney at XX:00 & XX:30. Ferries will depart Halifax at xx:15 & xx:45. Woodside Ferry service is not impacted at this time. Shuttles will be provided

Looks like a collision on the Ramp to the Mackay, Dartmouth Bound. Starting to see back-ups forming - but you MIGHT be able to sneak by if you take Massachusetts Ave #HFXTraffic

Language matters. @hfxgov.bsky.social has a plan of 'towards zero' deaths on our roads. But behind every statistic is a person, so who lives & who dies in that scenario? Who would you be willing to sacrifice? #RoadSafety #VisionZero youtu.be/GAZ7sI-LDvo?...

I want to stop killing people on our streets, but not right away because that would be too costly and it might upset drivers

Several previously passed road safety motions are recommended to be postponed or scaled back at the March 10th Vancouver Council mtg, "with the objective of freeing up staff capacity in order to better implement Council’s priorities" This is what happens when you starve the city budget. (1/5)

From BAL today: “We are going in the wrong direction. We are hurting and maiming and killing more people on our roads than we should be,” argued Coun. Sam Austin. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Thanks to @jentaplin.bsky.social for the shout-out & to Cllr. @samaustind5.bsky.social for recognizing the urgent need for action. More funding is needed but it's a start. Ask for help @hfxgov.bsky.social, we can work with you to shape a strategy & identify priorities #VisionZero #RoadSafety

That was wild.

but it also shows how low a priority not killing people is to them. Compare this with "paving gravel roads" with is getting $20M no questions asked

HRM will hire a project manager dedicated to road safety with this funding. Before road safety was just something PW fit in between working on road projects. So while this year won’t be a huge change, some RRFBs, some intersection design, it does set things up for more in future years.

"“I want to stop killing people on our streets and so I would rather do a more thoughtful plan than accelerate something we don’t have the capacity to do at the moment” - Cleary. Our vague outline plan with an unambitious goal needs a VZ overhaul www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

ICYMI, here's @visionzerokh.bsky.social spokesperson, Dr. Catherine Chervin speaking on the Todd Veinotte show today about our goals & concerns. From 0:35 halifax.citynews.ca/podcasts/the...

There's at least one collision on HWY 102 inbound near the Airport right now #HFXTraffic

There's a collision on HWY 107 near Musquodoboit Harbour. That's over Lake Petpeswick Seeing delays in both directions #HFXTraffic

Looks like we could have a collision in Fall River - on Hwy 118 (after the merge with the 102, near Miller Lake). #HFXTraffic

We have various collisions in BOTH DIRECTIONS on HWY 102 near the Airport. I'd avoid that stretch completely if you can #HFXTraffic

Drivers complaining about having to pay for public and active transport is like ordering all the most expensive items on the menu, refusing to share it, splitting the bill and then complaining about having to pay for everyone else's meal of one serving of breadsticks.

Says with the rise in e-bikes 15km bike commutes are becoming more common CDG has a question. Asks if 100 cyclists hit in 2025 is correct It is.