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Originally Posted by kermitology
You may not agree with this, but there are a lot of people especially in inner city wards, who want to see alternatives to car infrastructure and street design available. Many people in Farrell’s ward bike and walk to work downtown, and want to be able to do so safely. I’m sorry, but that is not a BS project in my mind.
I ask you to take a moment to think about this from the perspective of someone like that.
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How many driver at fault pedestrian deaths or serious injuries where the vehicle was travelling above 30kph have there been in those wards? And no, cyclists can't be included in this statistic UNLESS they were unmounted and walking at the time of the collision.
If there are streets in these areas that are a problem based on real statistics, then they should be trying to fix these specific roads. But instead, she wants a blanket "solution" that will affect a lot of areas where there is no issue at all.
Also, what is Druh's plan to address all the collisions where the pedestrian is at fault? Would she, or you for that matter, support putting measures such as hard barriers along roads so pedestrians are prevented from crossing except at designated crosswalks? Remember, the goal of vision zero is get rid of fatalities and serious incident regardless of fault.