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yes and no. I provided an example of some features Volvo offers which are designed specifically for pedestrians. Most of the features benefit both pedestrians and vehicle owners though as both have an interest in an avoided or reduced severity collision. The vast majority of the SUV trend comes...

People absolutely buy safer cars. Believe it or not, people don't want to get in collisions, and safety features are huge, huge sellers of vehicles. There is a reason Automakers splatter "IIHS Top Safety Pick" over all their car ads. I mean have you ever looked at a car brochure or watched a car...

That's 427 fatalities a year, correct. But that's only if all SUVs were replaced with cars. SUVs and trucks aren't new though. they have increased as a percentage of the vehicle fleet substantially, but have always existed. They have gone from about 10% of the total fleet to 30% since the SUV...

I mean look at my post above. Pedestrian fatality rates have been halved in 25 years. A lot of that is attributable to efforts greater than "free market capitalism" - but the automotive markets safety features are a massive, massive reason (much of which is in response to legislation, much of...

I don't disagree with this. Full size pickup trucks front hoods are absolutely ridiculous these days and are absolutely a threat to pedestrian safety. That said - Canada isn't really seeing substantial increases in pedestrian or road deaths. At all. It's actually going the other way pretty...

The trend has definitely slowed - but it's still declining. We broke below 300 pedestrian deaths for the first time in 2020, and that was repeated in 2022 with only 294 pedestrian deaths...

Whole bunch of factors. Road safety improvements definitely help and probably the biggest contributor to the pedestrian death rates. Most of the improvements are more likely from improved vehicle safety standards. The problem south of the border is that the US has been counteracting safety...

perhaps, but ancedotes are not evidence. Canada's road fatality rate in absolute numbers continues to drop quite substantially. Fatalities have dropped 38% and injuries have dropped a whopping 51% since 2002 in gross numbers, and per capita by even larger amounts. And this trend is continuing.

studies have shown that while SUVs are worse for pedestrian safety, it's only a marginal contributing factor. IIRC the shift to SUVs in the US market has resulted in something like "only" 20-50 additional pedestrian deaths a year. The theory is that there are other contributing factors to...

I doubt it. MTO just built a roundabout on 140 just north of this site and it wasn't designed as a 4-lane roundabout, which tells me that MTO has no significant plans to upgrade 140 any time soon. Which is honestly kind of surprising as AADT on the highway is in the 10-14,000 range.. which while...

Ironically, I know Metrus (sorry, "DeGasperis Group") owns a bunch of land down in Hagersville.. Perhaps that's why 6 south is happening so relatively quickly? Or maybe Empire homes has a bigger pocket in the PCs than we realized? they are running a housing production line in Caledonia right...

lol nothing like a 0-m setback for 56 storeys next to another 50-storey building with a 0-m setback..

in terms of road wear, 95% of wear will still come from large work vehicles as damage works on a exponential, not linear scale from weight. EVs are heavier, but will still cause very little road damage. It's the 15-20,000lb dump trucks which are really causing damage. Also - as others have...

Doesn’t want to release it until the political higher ups bless the number. Funny enough the 413 was assigned a number earlier in the process as it had become colloquially called that. The media didn’t like the “GTA West Corridor” name so just started calling it the 413 based off a name rumour...

And OVG breaks ground here on Thursday: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/05/13/firstontario-centre-oak-view-group-renovation#:~:text=Oak%20View%20Group%20is%20officially,in%20the%20fall%20of%202025.

My solution would probably be to increase the number of units before a Type G is triggered - likely to 50-60 units. If you want, you can require a Type C below that (moving van), which are much smaller and easier to accommodate. I will admit that garbage pickup will have to be figured out -...

So really it's more in Welland than Port Colborne. Good to see. Especially since this land has already been disturbed and isn't productive agricultural area.

or... *gasp* we let trucks back onto low traffic streets. Which honestly, most do already anyway as the turnaround spaces provided within developments are often very tight. Many other municipalities, and indeed most of the world, let this happen. It's not the end of the world.

It's not nearly as big an offender as the Winona project, but it's a lot of density in a location which doesn't exactly have great walkability or transit. It would be better to focus density down along Highway 8, closer to the LRT and amenities within walking distance.

so nice to have this hole finally filled.