The unmarked crosswalk across 355 at High Point Dr looks like this now. The new building has 111 income-restricted apartments for people age 62+. The bus stop has a new bench. The crossing is just as #DeadlyByDesign as before. MD SHA could have predicted - and prevented - Dominique Mwepu's death.
This morning we visited the site of yesterday's awful crash on Avenue Rd. Somehow, 3 drivers crashed into each other at speeds high enough to launch this heavy, deadly SUV onto the sidewalk and into an innocent human being, inflicting serious injuries. #TODeadlyStreets#DeadlyByDesign
The county spent $24+ million to widen Snouffer School Rd to its current #DeadlyByDesignwww.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-PedSafet...
A crash this morning, involving a school bus, at the #DeadlyByDesign intersection of Frederick Rd/355 & Gunners Branch Rd/Scenery Dr in Germantown. Where SHA recommended a traffic signal in March 2024, but it takes *years* for them to actually approve & install. Base image: Tim Pruss/MyDronePro
Moreover, why is Queen St E designed with wide, straight car lanes to make speeding comfortable when the limit is 40km/h, there is a streetcar, and it is densely populated and busy with people walking and biking? #DeadlyByDesign#TODeadlyStreets#WalkTO#BikeTO
ICYMI: Our spox Jess recently featured in this CTV News story with Jon Woodward about mortgage broker Jason Georgopoulos who slammed his Lamborghini into parked cars at 112km/h, trying to pass a streetcar. #TODeadlyStreets#DeadlyByDesign#WalkTO#BikeTOtoronto.ctvnews.ca/reckless-in-...
A Lamborghini driver who tried to pass a Toronto streetcar at three times the speed limit, striking several parked cars and totalling his own vehicle, has been found guilty of dangerous driving causin...
Ours: "Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident" www.theonion.com/conscientiou...#TODeadlyStreets#DeadlyByDesign#WalkTO#BikeTO
TOMORROW!! May 15, 6:30pm, Matt Cohen Park. Join in the Ride of Silence to honour all people on bikes who have been killed by drivers. They are not forgotten. @respectTO #RideOfSilence#YouNeverRideAlone#TODeadlyStreets#DeadlyByDesign#BikeTOwww.facebook.com/events/85387...
Event in Toronto by Geoffrey Bercarich on Wednesday, May 15 2024
Our safety regulators are asleep at the switch on the ongoing ever-escalating arms race of increasing vehicle size that is causing more #RoadViolence#TODeadlyStreets#BikeTO#WalkTO#DeadlyByDesign
"An arms race on our streets." Oversized SUVs and pickups are bad for all of us: pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and drivers. It's not fair that safety testing in Canada is only for those on the inside of the vehicle. Sign the federal petition: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...#DeadlyByDesign
