IanO
Superstar
As a pedestrian first this is incredible work and very encouraging to see.
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BrettB
Active Member
It is. One downside is that serious injuries and deaths among cyclists is up 17%, the only mode showing an increase and now behind motorcycles in this safety metric.
jason403
Active Member
I'd be curious if you took out the homeless population downtown that chooses to dart out into the middle of the street, with zero concerns for getting hit, what if any impact that would have on the figures. I don't drive a lot downtown, but have definitely had a relatively high proportion of close calls.
Garneau2Go
Active Member
Can a Canadian city be a model for Dallas when it comes to road safety?
To find out how to make streets safer in Dallas, NBC 5 Investigates traveled to Canada to a city where, on most weeks, no one dies in a car crash.
www.nbcdfw.com
Our Vision Zero success getting attention in Dallas lately
TAS
Senior Member
ChazYEG
Senior Member
_urbanite
Senior Member
Uhhh no thanks. Restrict right turns on red at trouble intersections, but a blanket ban on right on red at every intersection is a bad idea.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Challenge is that a lot of variance is what causes confusion. Hence the Valley line troubles and my weekly experience as a biker. Even though all those intersections have signs about no turning.
fromyeg
Active Member
Positive news!
I wonder if we’ll see a move toward 30km/hr speed limits in neighbourhoods at some point.
Barnaby
Senior Member
I'm hoping the DT core and neighbourhoods see this change soon.
TAS
Senior Member
Pedestrian hit by vehicle in a hit and run.
globalnews.ca
On my way to work today along 100 Ave heading east, I had just crossed 109 st and noticed a rider in the bike lane heading west toward 109 st and as he was approaching 109 he slowed right down. I thought that was strange because the light had to be green still. So when I looked back to the intersection a City Of Edmonton van was covering up the bike lane while waiting for pedestrians before he could turn right. But it's No Right Turn on Red. So annoying.
Edmonton police investigate 82nd Avenue hit and run that seriously injured pedestrian - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
A pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by an SUV that then left the scene.
globalnews.ca
On my way to work today along 100 Ave heading east, I had just crossed 109 st and noticed a rider in the bike lane heading west toward 109 st and as he was approaching 109 he slowed right down. I thought that was strange because the light had to be green still. So when I looked back to the intersection a City Of Edmonton van was covering up the bike lane while waiting for pedestrians before he could turn right. But it's No Right Turn on Red. So annoying.
TAS
Senior Member
Edmonton's 149st and 87Ave was part of this.
A national study of busy intersections found that one in every 770 pedestrians and one in every 500 cyclists were involved in “critical or high-risk near-miss incidents.”
Most of the intersections were monitored via video over seven months. A total of 616,854 near misses were recorded.
More than half of the incidents involved right-turning vehicles, while a third involved left-turning vehicles.
edmontonjournal.com
A national study of busy intersections found that one in every 770 pedestrians and one in every 500 cyclists were involved in “critical or high-risk near-miss incidents.”
Most of the intersections were monitored via video over seven months. A total of 616,854 near misses were recorded.
More than half of the incidents involved right-turning vehicles, while a third involved left-turning vehicles.
How to fix our most dangerous intersections?
AMA suggests dedicated turn lanes, advance lights for pedestrians
edmontonjournal.com
BrettB
Active Member
It's an interesting study, but I'm not sure how dedicated turn lanes help, unless I'm missing something.
Dedicated turn lights, I can see being part of the solution.
Dedicated turn lights, I can see being part of the solution.
ADob
Active Member
I've lived in many places in my life and one thing I found to be true across the board - cities that had dedicated turning lights flowed much, much better. We certainly have numerous intersections that bafflingly don't have them and then some bizarre random places that do, like, say, the intersection on 125 St/102 Ave.
Seamusmuldrew
Active Member
Are you telling me you don’t love one of the most needlessly confusing intersections in the city featuring the quintuple signal?