I don't really have a problem with red light cameras, safety zones for seniors or the reduction of speed limits on certain roads. But I question if reduced speed limits will actually have an effect on pedestrian fatalities. It will be interesting to see the numbers after they've been in place for a few years.
Kennedy Road & Highway 401 East Kennedy Road Off Ramp / William Kitchen Road
University Avenue & Richmond Street West
Adelaide Street East & Parliament Street
University Avenue & Adelaide Street West
Dixon Road & Martin Grove Road
University Avenue & Queen Street West
Keele Street & Wilson Avenue
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Spadina Avenue / Lower Spadina Avenue
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Park Lawn Road / Marine Parade Drive
Sheppard Avenue East & Bayview Avenue
Steeles Avenue West & Weston Road
Lawrence Avenue East & Greencedar Circuit / Greenbrae Circuit
Finch Avenue East & Birchmount Road
Finch Avenue West & Sentinel Road
Bloor Street West & The East Mall
Albion Road & Finch Avenue West
Wilson Avenue & Jane Street
Warden Avenue & McNicoll Avenue
Finch Avenue West & Martin Grove Road
Steeles Avenue West & Keele Street
University Avenue & Wellington Street West
Albion Road & Kipling Avenue
King Street West & York Street
Finch Avenue East & Highway 404 North Finch Avenue East Off Ramp / Gordon Baker Road
Jarvis Street & Isabella Street
Danforth Road & Brimley Road
Dundas Street East & River Street
McCowan Road & McNicoll Avenue
St. Clair Avenue West & Gunns Road / Old Stock Yards Road
Spadina Avenue & King Street West
Sheppard Avenue East & McCowan Road
King Street East & Parliament Street
Rexdale Boulevard & Martin Grove Road
The Queensway & The East Mall
St. Clair Avenue West & Spadina Road
Dufferin Street & Finch Avenue West
Islington Avenue & Evans Avenue
Eglinton Avenue West & Martin Grove Road
Finch Avenue East & Brimley Road
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Jameson Avenue
Eglinton Avenue East & Danforth Road
Neilson Road & McLevin Avenue
Simcoe Street & Wellington Street West
Jane Street & Strong Court / York Gate Boulevard
Ellesmere Road & Bellamy Road
Lawrence Avenue East & Kennedy Road
Warden Avenue & Comstock Road
Sheppard Avenue East & Malvern Street / Progress Avenue
Rexdale Boulevard & Kipling Avenue
Weston Road & Lawrence Avenue West
Islington Avenue & Albion Road
Bathurst Street & Dupont Street
Yonge Street & Steeles Avenue
St. Clair Avenue West & Runnymede Road
Warden Avenue & Ashtonbee Road
Finch Avenue West & Signet Drive / Arrow Road
Keele Street & Lawrence Avenue West
Birchmount Road & McNicoll Avenue
Finch Avenue East & Middlefield Road
Dufferin Street & Eglinton Avenue West
Spadina Ave. & Bremner Boulevard / Fort York Boulevard
The Queensway & Royal York Road
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Strachan Avenue
Lawrence Avenue East & Markham Road
Jane Street & Falstaff Avenue
Avenue Road & Lawrence Avenue West
Highway 27 & Finch Avenue West
Pharmacy Avenue & McNicoll Avenue
Markham Road & Progress Avenue
Markham Road & Sheppard Avenue East
Don Mills Road & Van Horne Avenue
Sheppard Avenue East & Morningside Avenue
Morningside Avenue & Milner Avenue
Finch Avenue West & Norfinch Drive / Oakdale Road
Richmond Street East & Parliament Street
Lake Shore Boulevard West & York Street
The Queensway & The West Mall
Bathurst Street & Davenport Road
Eglinton Avenue East & Victoria Park Avenue
Speed Limit Reductions:
Reduced from 70km/h to 60 km/h:
Eglinton Ave W from Etobicoke Creek to Renforth Drive
Reduced from 60km/h to 50 km/h:
Jane Street from Lambton Avenue to Pinehill Crescent
Jane Street from Wilson Avenue to Steeles Ave West
Yonge Street from Donwoods Drive to Franklin Avenue
Bayview Avenue from Post Road to Cummer Avenue
Bayview Avenue from River Street to Pottery Road
Mount Pleasant Avenue from Crescent Road to Inglewood Drive
Progress Avenue from Kennedy Road to Brimley Road
Progress Avenue from Grangeway Ave to Markham Road
Midland Avenue from Lawrence Avenue East to Sheppard Avenue East
Midland Avenue from Finch Avenue East to Steeles Avenue East
Dixon Road from Highway 427 to Royal York Road
Belfield Road from Highway 27 to Kipling Avenue
The East Mall from West Deane Park Drive to Eglinton Avenue West
Bellamy Road North from Grace Street to Burnview Crescent
Bellamy Road North from Lawrence Avenue East to Progress Avenue
Reduced from 50km/h to 40 km/h:
Bay Street from Queens Quay West to Bloor Street West
Queen Street East/Queen Street West from Roncesvalles Avenue to Parliament Street
Queen Street East from River Street to Coxwell Avenue
Spadina Avenue/Spadina Road from Queens Quay West to Davenport Road
King Street West from Strachan Avenue to Queen Street East
College St/Carlton Street from Dufferin Street to Parliament Street
Gerrard Street East from Broadview Avenue to Coxwell Avenue
Gerrard Street East from Main Street to Clonmore Drive
University Avenue from Front Street West to Gerrard Street West
Church Street from Conger Coal Lane to Davenport Road
Jarvis Street/Ted Rogers Way from Queens Quay East to Bloor Street East
York Street from Queens Quay West to Queen Street West
Front Street West/Front Street East from Bathurst Street to 340m East of Cherry Street
Pape Avenue from Danforth Avenue to Donlands Avenue
Main Street from 120m North of Danforth Avenue to Gerrard Street
Rogers Road from Weston Road to Old Weston Road
New Locations of Red Light Cameras:Following the release of statistics that showed an overwhelming majority of pedestrians killed on Toronto’s streets last year were older adults, the city has announced details of its plans to create “seniors safety zones” at 12 intersections.
According to police data released last week, 37 of the 43 pedestrians killed last year were 55 or older. It was the deadliest year for pedestriansin more than a decade, and also the worst year for older pedestrian deaths over that time.
“We must do more to prevent these deaths and to protect residents across the city. The number of people killed on our roads, pedestrians, every year, should be zero,” said Mayor John Tory at a Tuesday morning at press conference at the intersection of Bloor St. W. and Dundas St. W.
The intersection will be the first location where the city establishes a seniors zone, which was one of the measures approved by council last July as part of the new $80-million road safety plan.
Public works chair Councillor Jaye Robinson said the locations were chosen based on where city data shows there have been a high number of seniors involved in traffic collisions, and there is a concentrated population of older residents.
Dundas and Bloor is close to medical offices and seniors housing, and according to Robinson, four pedestrians have been killed and five more seriously injured at the intersection in the past six years, all of them older adults.
The package of safety measures coming to Dundas and Bloor include speed limits reduced to 40 km/h from 50 km/h, eight seniors safety signs warning drivers to slow down, four “watch your speed signs,” enhanced pavement markings, and longer pedestrian crossing times. Red light cameras are also being installed.
The other zones will get a similar package of improvements. Robinson said the goal is to implement all 12 in the first quarter of this year.
Kasia Briegmann-Samson, a co-founder of Friends and Families for Safe Streets, said she was encouraged by the action the city has taken since council approved the road safety plan last summer. But said the measures like the seniors zones need to be expanded. She noted that seniors live in communities across the city, not just at 12 locations.
“The whole city should be seniors safety zone, should be a community zone, should be a kid zone, should be a family zone,” she said.
“There’s going to be pockets that are left out. There’s going to be neighbourhoods that don’t have resources to advocate for themselves that are going to be left out, unless we include the whole city. So that eventually needs to happen.”
In response to reporters’ questions, Robinson (Ward 25 Don Valley West) stressed that the city’s road safety plan is “data-driven.”
“We want to do things in a strategic way,” she said. “The strategy looks at the data.”
Robinson also announced on Tuesday the creation of a new website for the road safety plan, which will allow residents to track its progress and view data on traffic collisions.
The road safety plan, which is the city’s first such strategy, will be executed over five years.
In addition to the seniors safety zones, other measures the city plans for 2017 include erecting red light cameras at 76 new locations, installing accessible pedestrian signals at 20 intersections, making geometric safety improvements at 13 locations, performing 14 road safety audits, speed reductions on 32 corridors, and expanding the “watch your speed” program.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/01/10/city-to-create-seniors-safety-zones-to-protect-older-pedestrians.html
Kennedy Road & Highway 401 East Kennedy Road Off Ramp / William Kitchen Road
University Avenue & Richmond Street West
Adelaide Street East & Parliament Street
University Avenue & Adelaide Street West
Dixon Road & Martin Grove Road
University Avenue & Queen Street West
Keele Street & Wilson Avenue
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Spadina Avenue / Lower Spadina Avenue
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Park Lawn Road / Marine Parade Drive
Sheppard Avenue East & Bayview Avenue
Steeles Avenue West & Weston Road
Lawrence Avenue East & Greencedar Circuit / Greenbrae Circuit
Finch Avenue East & Birchmount Road
Finch Avenue West & Sentinel Road
Bloor Street West & The East Mall
Albion Road & Finch Avenue West
Wilson Avenue & Jane Street
Warden Avenue & McNicoll Avenue
Finch Avenue West & Martin Grove Road
Steeles Avenue West & Keele Street
University Avenue & Wellington Street West
Albion Road & Kipling Avenue
King Street West & York Street
Finch Avenue East & Highway 404 North Finch Avenue East Off Ramp / Gordon Baker Road
Jarvis Street & Isabella Street
Danforth Road & Brimley Road
Dundas Street East & River Street
McCowan Road & McNicoll Avenue
St. Clair Avenue West & Gunns Road / Old Stock Yards Road
Spadina Avenue & King Street West
Sheppard Avenue East & McCowan Road
King Street East & Parliament Street
Rexdale Boulevard & Martin Grove Road
The Queensway & The East Mall
St. Clair Avenue West & Spadina Road
Dufferin Street & Finch Avenue West
Islington Avenue & Evans Avenue
Eglinton Avenue West & Martin Grove Road
Finch Avenue East & Brimley Road
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Jameson Avenue
Eglinton Avenue East & Danforth Road
Neilson Road & McLevin Avenue
Simcoe Street & Wellington Street West
Jane Street & Strong Court / York Gate Boulevard
Ellesmere Road & Bellamy Road
Lawrence Avenue East & Kennedy Road
Warden Avenue & Comstock Road
Sheppard Avenue East & Malvern Street / Progress Avenue
Rexdale Boulevard & Kipling Avenue
Weston Road & Lawrence Avenue West
Islington Avenue & Albion Road
Bathurst Street & Dupont Street
Yonge Street & Steeles Avenue
St. Clair Avenue West & Runnymede Road
Warden Avenue & Ashtonbee Road
Finch Avenue West & Signet Drive / Arrow Road
Keele Street & Lawrence Avenue West
Birchmount Road & McNicoll Avenue
Finch Avenue East & Middlefield Road
Dufferin Street & Eglinton Avenue West
Spadina Ave. & Bremner Boulevard / Fort York Boulevard
The Queensway & Royal York Road
Lake Shore Boulevard West & Strachan Avenue
Lawrence Avenue East & Markham Road
Jane Street & Falstaff Avenue
Avenue Road & Lawrence Avenue West
Highway 27 & Finch Avenue West
Pharmacy Avenue & McNicoll Avenue
Markham Road & Progress Avenue
Markham Road & Sheppard Avenue East
Don Mills Road & Van Horne Avenue
Sheppard Avenue East & Morningside Avenue
Morningside Avenue & Milner Avenue
Finch Avenue West & Norfinch Drive / Oakdale Road
Richmond Street East & Parliament Street
Lake Shore Boulevard West & York Street
The Queensway & The West Mall
Bathurst Street & Davenport Road
Eglinton Avenue East & Victoria Park Avenue
Speed Limit Reductions:
Reduced from 70km/h to 60 km/h:
Eglinton Ave W from Etobicoke Creek to Renforth Drive
Reduced from 60km/h to 50 km/h:
Jane Street from Lambton Avenue to Pinehill Crescent
Jane Street from Wilson Avenue to Steeles Ave West
Yonge Street from Donwoods Drive to Franklin Avenue
Bayview Avenue from Post Road to Cummer Avenue
Bayview Avenue from River Street to Pottery Road
Mount Pleasant Avenue from Crescent Road to Inglewood Drive
Progress Avenue from Kennedy Road to Brimley Road
Progress Avenue from Grangeway Ave to Markham Road
Midland Avenue from Lawrence Avenue East to Sheppard Avenue East
Midland Avenue from Finch Avenue East to Steeles Avenue East
Dixon Road from Highway 427 to Royal York Road
Belfield Road from Highway 27 to Kipling Avenue
The East Mall from West Deane Park Drive to Eglinton Avenue West
Bellamy Road North from Grace Street to Burnview Crescent
Bellamy Road North from Lawrence Avenue East to Progress Avenue
Reduced from 50km/h to 40 km/h:
Bay Street from Queens Quay West to Bloor Street West
Queen Street East/Queen Street West from Roncesvalles Avenue to Parliament Street
Queen Street East from River Street to Coxwell Avenue
Spadina Avenue/Spadina Road from Queens Quay West to Davenport Road
King Street West from Strachan Avenue to Queen Street East
College St/Carlton Street from Dufferin Street to Parliament Street
Gerrard Street East from Broadview Avenue to Coxwell Avenue
Gerrard Street East from Main Street to Clonmore Drive
University Avenue from Front Street West to Gerrard Street West
Church Street from Conger Coal Lane to Davenport Road
Jarvis Street/Ted Rogers Way from Queens Quay East to Bloor Street East
York Street from Queens Quay West to Queen Street West
Front Street West/Front Street East from Bathurst Street to 340m East of Cherry Street
Pape Avenue from Danforth Avenue to Donlands Avenue
Main Street from 120m North of Danforth Avenue to Gerrard Street
Rogers Road from Weston Road to Old Weston Road