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Road Safety & Vision Zero Plan
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tiffer24
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Here's the city's fix for that dangerous stretch of Parkside Drive where two people died a few months back. A speed indicator signal... that's broken.
AlvinofDiaspar
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From the Star:
www.thestar.com
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Teen killed in ‘senseless’ Yonge-Richmond pedestrian crash identified as Kean McKenzie, 18
“We not only mourn the loss of a wonderful young man, cut down at the prime of his life, but the many contributions he would have made to this world with his kindness, generous spirit, and intellect,” his mother wrote in a statement.
www.thestar.com
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tiffer24
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A tractor trailer hauling gasoline slammed into a home in North York on Monday night.
No one was badly injured in the crash, firefighters say, but the house appears to have sustained considerable damage. The incident happened around 11:25 p.m. at a home on O'Connor Drive.
It's not clear what preceded the transport truck smashing into the residence. One person was home at the time, said Toronto Fire District Chief Stephan Powell. The driver had to be extricated from the truck. He suffered only minor cuts and abrasions, Powell said, while no one inside the house was hurt.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/truck-gas-tanker-oconnor-east-york-1.6303439
No one was badly injured in the crash, firefighters say, but the house appears to have sustained considerable damage. The incident happened around 11:25 p.m. at a home on O'Connor Drive.
It's not clear what preceded the transport truck smashing into the residence. One person was home at the time, said Toronto Fire District Chief Stephan Powell. The driver had to be extricated from the truck. He suffered only minor cuts and abrasions, Powell said, while no one inside the house was hurt.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/truck-gas-tanker-oconnor-east-york-1.6303439
leopetr
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Yikes! (O'Connor is East York, not North York)
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Northern Light
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Edit to add the original picture from the article to which I am making a comparison. Credit is included in the screenshot:
That is/was this house:
And.........oddly, I know.........but this would have been North York prior to amalgamation.
O'Connor changed from East York to North York at Bermondsey (eastward to Victoria Park)
Based on the picture in the article above, it looks like the garages were wiped out in the crash, along with that brick column between them.
Tough to tell, for certain, seeing as the truck is in the way, but it looks like the home may have lost a good chunk of its structural support.
Terrible as this is for all involved, it almost certainly could have been a good deal worse!
Northern Light
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I dug up a couple of renders of the possible changes to Kensington Market's streetscape; which also happen to be scheduled in TO Inview for 2023
To my understanding, these are only conceptual and not necessarily what we will get:
From: https://kensingtonmarket.to/initiatives/kensington-market-streetscaping-committee/
I, for one, really like the look of these and hope the actual project resembles them.
Northern Light
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One of our own here at UT had something to say about that truck crash into the home on O'Connor........ I rather enjoyed it! 
The building was not wearing a reflective yellow safety vest! Tsk Tsk!
The building was not wearing a reflective yellow safety vest! Tsk Tsk!
W. K. Lis
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There would always be people who insist that streets are for cars, only...
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MisterF
Senior Member
Hydro wires up the air, standard suburban style streetlights, and still open to cars. This is is the perfect area for pedestrian only streets. The shared streets are an improvement but these streets should be fully pedestrianised where possible. Even Ottawa is ahead of Toronto in this area - the recently pedestrianized block of Nicholas Street looks great there.
tiffer24
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tiffer24
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A pedestrian has died after being struck by a driver in Scarborough on Thursday.
Toronto police say they were called to Lawrence Avenue East and Midland Avenue at approximately 7:42 p.m. When officers arrived, they located a pedestrian without vital signs.
Paramedics said the person was rushed to a trauma centre and was pronounced dead. Police say the driver of the vehicle fled the scene. No description has been released.
Motorists should expect road closures in the area for a few hours, police warn.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pedestrian-dead-scarborough-hit-and-run-1.6306903
Toronto police say they were called to Lawrence Avenue East and Midland Avenue at approximately 7:42 p.m. When officers arrived, they located a pedestrian without vital signs.
Paramedics said the person was rushed to a trauma centre and was pronounced dead. Police say the driver of the vehicle fled the scene. No description has been released.
Motorists should expect road closures in the area for a few hours, police warn.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pedestrian-dead-scarborough-hit-and-run-1.6306903
tiffer24
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tiffer24
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Towered
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"be aware of your surroundings"