#VisionZero Canada

Hi ppl. VZC founder Graham Larkin here. Yes, I've been off Twitter, which was becoming enervating even before EM took over. Plus I moved to Cali 🇺🇸. Popping in to say how much I ❤️following NotJustBikes (another 🇨🇦 expat & extwit) on YouTube. Peace, G youtube.com/watch?v=ymcBC7…

@rawsalerts No accident. Distraction meets physics. #crashnotaccident

🚨#WATCH: As Wild video shows a woman gets distracted while driving as her car flys through the air after launching off the ramp of a tow truck 
📌#Lowndes | #Georgia

Watch as Wild Jaw-dropping Body cam footage captured by Georgia Police shows the moment as a distracted woman drove and launched her vehicle off a parked tow truck ramp in Lowndes County, Georgia last week. Amazingly nobody was killed in the accident only the driver got injured

2016 Tesla video promoting #selfdriving was staged, engineer testifies. Musk's tweet (“Tesla drives itself ... thru urban streets to highway to streets, then finds a parking spot") & video tagline ("The car is driving itself.") are maninfestly false. reuters.com/technology/tes…

"... a difficult lesson learned by a number of 🇺🇲 [& now 🇨🇦] cities that have simply run out of money to pay for crucial infrastructure repairs." #SuburbsDontPay Tremendous story from @don_pittis @CBCNews. ✊ www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbc.ca… @notjustbikes @StrongTowns

RIP Michael Pertschuk (1933-2022), saver of countless lives. Obit via NY Times >> nytimes.com/2022/11/29/us/…

More bikes than cars on the streets of Vancouver 1907. youtu.be/YTE0OTVOnZU #streetsareforpeople #betterbybike #dialitback #bikeYVR

But let's keep talking about that time a cyclist injured a pedestrian. #roadviolence @waroncars

Happy to see that our @cityofguelph has started implementing leading Pedestrian Interval intersection signals. However we need to ramp up implementation of this low cost but highly effective pedestrian safety measure @VisionZeroCA . @lirazfridman1 @JennieJuste @ParticipACTION

I’ve seen a lot of victim-blaming by police and media when drivers kill pedestrians. A LOT. But I don’t think I’ve ever read ANYTHING quite this stupid, infuriating and irresponsible. From Calgary police and media.

#Montreal's new #VisionZero plan tackles unforeseen behavior, vehicle blind spots, poor signage, visual obstruction at intersections & cognitive impairment. Improvements include advanced ped lights, right-sized emergency vehicles & improved 🚲 network. thesaxon.org/montreal-conti…

Good to see @Penalosa_G addressing weakness of @JohnTory's #VisionZero efforts. ✊ It's time to step up efforts, with calming measures including STREET REDESIGN. globalnews.ca/video/9112828/… #TOdeadlystreets #visionzeroTO

☠️ Roadside warning about turns on the Cahuenga Pass, Hollywood Hills, 1937. #roadsafety #signage #dialitback

I'm very pleased to see @Saanich taking these rapid-build measures to improve #RoadSafety in the District. We need to respond quickly when dangers are identified! #Saanich #YYJ @VisionZeroCA timescolonist.com/local-news/eig…

"Rather than telling [motorists] to be extra careful when driving their (increasingly large) vehicle, the Service de police de la ville de Montréal has [targeted] the most vulnerable." Not that finger-wagging matters. We need to DESIGN OUT THE CONFLICT! oicanadian.com/straight-to-th…

🤳 #DistractedDriving responsible for ~20% of #HamOnt collisions. 💥 hamilton.ca/government-inf… #VisionZero

Almost every major thoroughfare I came across in Montreal had a separated two-way bike track, most with a curb separator, some with flex posts. I saw no painted-line only bike lanes. Also, I saw no sidewalks closed for construction that didn’t include a bypass.

♥️#DutchDifference 🇳🇱

The core of our argument is that 'active travel' is generally framed & treated too narrowly - as just walking and cycling. There are a whole range of other modes that could be brought into the scope of active travel and we suggest there are significant benefits to doing so 🧵2/

#HamOnt Main St "lane reduction is part of the beginning stages to convert the road from a one-way into a two-way street, which was approved by city council in May." Latter would be real progress, for safety & liveability. No time to waste! cbc.ca/news/canada/ha… #visionzero