Canada Ministry of Pedestrians

#WalkPerspective. Here because we need safe walking, wheeling & cycling in Canadian cities. Tweets by Martyn of Kjipuktuk/Halifax, also at @minpedca.bsky.social

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Canadian signalized intersections continue to be where vulnerable road user safety is traded for vehicular traffic flow benefits.
Conflicts can be prevented with new traffic signal types or changed phasing and no right on red, but are simply not.
Thread, using incident data

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

"no immediate word whether the 48-year-old man driving the truck would face charges" after he struck and killed a 21 year old who was crossing legally at the time.

And we may not hear any update on this again.

https://t.co/CvBlSnHgrS

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

tell your local traffic engineer

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

Your ability to bike or cross the street safely is absolutely a matter of infrastructure.

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

top contributing factors impacting pedestrian safety = driver distraction, driver failing to yield right of way.
But @rcmpbc are resolutely focused on pedestrian behaviour and clothing
https://t.co/MdrZzVNM4L

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

ready for next level victim blaming? Remember the "car" turned into you because you were wearing universally-worn dark clothing. And if struck on the sidewalk, maybe you weren't far enough from the road
https://t.co/uec2voNWyq

[Steve Kooner MLA @SteveKooner]

A 35 year old suffered life altering injuries including a fractured skull after a vehicle smashed into a bus stop. Recent ICBC changes have stripped victims’ rights so she has lost her right to seek fair compensation. The NDP must stop taking advantage of injured British Columbians and restore their right to justice in the face of tragedy. #BCpoli

[Martyn Schmoll @martynschmoll]

“A 35 year old suffered life altering injuries including a fractured skull after a ̶v̶e̶h̶i̶c̶l̶e̶ driver smashed into a bus stop.”

Part of the compensation problem is the language ICBC, media, police, and elected officials use to describe these incidents. Drivers have agency.

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

"how we make decisions come down to reporting, reports to 311, messages to our offices....if it’s not elevated in the right way, it’s hard for us to act on it" - Councillor Penner.
Unacceptable to offload responsibility for safe infra. to residents
https://t.co/ESOn3Oqcil

[Jay Pitter @Jay_Pitter]

This is extremely disturbing; it’s the third time a pedestrian in Scarborough has been hit by a driver this week. The other two were killed & one case was a hit & run. In 2022, right around the time a high school friend’s younger sister was killed by a driver, a report found…

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

ESSENTIAL viewing for politicians, applies I am sure Canada-wide
https://t.co/0qKP9kzyEM

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Engineers could not have done more here to make this intersection more dangerous to cross for pedestrians

https://t.co/aC794sXplS

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Four highway wide lanes, no actual pedestrian infrastructure.
This is how pedestrians die in Canada - because decision-makers and engineers support it.
https://t.co/y7Z7JLFEKK

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Particularly apt that the cars are struck in congestion caused by cars - and the cyclist shown looks to be a youth.
Right wing extremists would prefer that child to cycle in traffic instead and suffer with them.

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Drivers detest cyclists because we can move past them easily in cities.
This hateful smirking poke at cyclists sums up how and why so much right wing political mileage can be gained from a non-issue.
Michael Taube: Bye-bye, bike lanes https://t.co/VcfRMYyYpa

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

The number of cyclists in Toronto is triple what Doug Ford claims, latest transportation study reveals #onpoli https://t.co/fvqvvH5G4L

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Notice how a "vehicle collided with a pedestrian" yet "smashed into a bus shelter"
Actually the driver smashed into both
https://t.co/sNXudfWhWz

[Mark Critch @markcritch]

New 22 Minutes tonight on CBC. Mississauga City Council upheld its street hockey ban so we bring you Law And Order SHU: street hockey unit

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Postcard from London to Toronto: We wish we'd done this, but we were just too woke

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

Ontario's plan for more driving, more gridlock, more congestion. This is no future anyone should welcome

[Prabmeet Sarkaria @PrabSarkaria]

The Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act has received Royal Assent! 🚗💨 This bill will:

🦺 Speed up construction of highways like Highway 413 & the Bradford Bypass

🚦 Tackle gridlock by removing poorly planned bike lanes

🥶 Freeze drive test fees

🛣️ Improve towing services and boost road safety

A better commute for tomorrow starts today!

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

If he really cared about access by emergency services, he would propose a law requiring dedicated lanes for buses, cyclists and emergency vehicles only, along every city arterial

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

absolutely despicable

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

#ONpoli

Doug Ford proves yet again that he is the worst person in Ontario

[Canada Ministry of Pedestrians @MinPedCA]

he clearly identifies the problem here as too many drivers who cause the congestion, yet rants about cyclists anyway
https://t.co/Rwu5rBci9a

[Jack Hauen @jackhauen]

A well-crafted question here from @lanesharrison.

"How do you explain the amendment that protects the province from lawsuits around injuries or deaths after you remove bike lanes to the families of those dead cyclists?"

#onpoli #topoli