Nine pedestrians have died this year
Nine pedestrians have been killed crossing the street on the island of Montreal in the first half of 2019.
And we’ve only had six homicides.
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JP 22:38 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
That’s incredible…
As a person who doesn’t drive and ends up walking a lot, I’m acutely aware that I’m literally risking my life at many of Montreal’s intersections. It may not contribute to a productive discussion, but drivers are extremely aggressive; also, many of the walking-person signals don’t last long enough, and I’m an able-bodied person.
qatzelok 08:01 on 2019-07-04 Permalink
To see real danger, leave the city of Montreal and go off to small towns. Kids as young as 8 are forced to cross highway-level traffic boulevards alone. This happens in Kirkland, Laval, and virtually all small towns with commercial suburban strips.
We let car companies design child-killing public spaces. And now seniors are dying iin record numbers…. crossing the street.
Jack 11:10 on 2019-07-04 Permalink
i’ve mentioned that stat before and it will get worse. I have to cross Rene Levesque a couple of times a day and it literally means taking your life into a car or truck drivers hands, well one of them because they have to text.
Ephraim 12:03 on 2019-07-04 Permalink
It’s not simply those killed, it’s also the accidents that land people in hospital.
Faiz Imam 18:04 on 2019-07-04 Permalink
The only way to really stop this is for the Vision zero plans to actually have bite.We know what to do, and the plans are in the hands of the people with the power to do it.
We are starting to push though the reductions in speed limits, and that will have concrete results, but its not enough on its own, not to mention each step is like putting teeth.
At the end of the day, this is basic door to door politics. We have an administration that’s more inclined to push this stuff through than ever before, but we need citizens to give it social acceptability.
dwgs 07:58 on 2019-07-05 Permalink
I’m gonna climb back on the horse and say it again, until the cops start enforcing traffic regulations things will not change. Every neighbourhood should have a couple of cars dedicated to enforcing moving violations. Set up at a corner for a few hours every day and ticket people who run red lights, make illegal turns etc. Ding a few pedestrians and cyclists for crossing against the lights just to keep it fair.
Ian 10:37 on 2019-07-05 Permalink
What dwgs said – ESPECIALLY for big trucks. There is no reason we should have as many trucks in the city as we do. I’d like to see a full ban on any truck with more than 6 wheels in the city centre, and even then anything bigger than a cube van only under heavy restrictions as to what areas they can be in, i.e.; by permit ONLY.