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Human life shall not be traded as a by product of mobility. Sustainable safety. Community safety planning. Evidence based safety delivery.

Toronto, Canada
Joined November 2014
Large private vehicles offer minimal safety benefits for their occupants while causing a tenfold increase in fatalities for occupants of other vehicles, and for pedestrians and cyclists. In less than 6 years, large vehicles & excessive speeds have undone four decades of progress.
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.@JohnTory will be remembered as the bloodiest mayor in #Toronto history. Under his watch, highest number of pedestrian was killed by car drivers or bad people who decided to use car as a weapon to kill people. – at Toronto, Ontario
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It takes only 30-50 nanoseconds for a collision to occur, not 2sec quoted by judge to dismiss a traffic violence thestar.com/news/gta/2017/11… – at Toronto, Ontario
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Durham Region approach to @VisionZero : Design 50km road as 90km & then stuck a "magic sign" to be obeyed by all "stupid" drivers. – at Toronto, Ontario
Smart, wider, efficient separation saves all ages of cyclists/pedestrians from cars. Design that slows down cars is equally important – at Ontario, Canada
When you send your staff to review 5-yr boy death, use this chart to identify deadly designs recommended by safety manual via @Com_Mobility – at Toronto, Ontario
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Among the deadly traffic designs, you can find 2 outdated features - high-speed right-turn lane & wider lane - root cause of this fatality. – at Toronto, Ontario
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Replying to @jen_keesmaat
It's here already but information is not evenly distributed.
Deadly traffic design & oversized sts are root cause of #dealystreetsTO & deaths will rise unless we break vicious cycle v @Com_Mobility – at Toronto, Ontario
When I see pedestrian shaming I wonder they r same people tell women how to dress instead of prevention @SlutWalkTO – at Toronto, Ontario
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