Non-profit group 8 80 Cities to add bike lane, expanded sidewalk on portion of street in experiment that will cater more to cyclists, pedestrians
Amanda O'Rourke, Executive Director of 8 80 Cities, at Woodbine and Danforth on July 19, 2019.On a normal day on Danforth Avenue in Toronto, dozens of cars swerve by busy restaurants and shops. Pedestrians emerge from streetcars and subway stations. Cyclists navigate between moving vehicles and the cars parked along the curb.
The non-profit group 8 80 Cities is planning to reconfigure a block of Danforth Avenue from Woodbine Avenue to Woodmount Avenue to show how the street would look if it were designed to be safer and more friendly, especially for pedestrians and cyclists.
Street safety was a major topic of debate at this week’s city council meeting, in which councillors approved a revised Vision Zero safety plan and an expansion of the city’s cycling network. The debate coincided with the city’s most recent traffic death, a female pedestrian, and some experts are saying the city should be acting faster to increase safety.
The city initially passed Vision Zero in 2016, a year when there were 78 traffic deaths, the highest in the past decade. In 2018, there were 66 traffic collision deaths in Toronto, an increase of three from the previous year. Council approved Vision Zero 2.0 this week, amid news of the most recent traffic fatality in the city, bringing this year’s tally so far to 28.
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