Walk Toronto has joined Cycle Toronto, Friends and Families for Safe Streets, and The Centre for Active Transportation to create a campaign to bring safe and active streets to the heart of the discussion in the 2022 Toronto municipal election.
The Safe and Active Streets for All initiative identifies 10 priority actions and asks election candidates whether they support these actions to make Toronto’s streets safer and more accessible.
The 10 priorities are:
- Building Complete Streets across every ward in Toronto
- Establishing and Implementing a Vision Zero Safety Checklist
- Streamlining the traffic calming process equitably across the city
- Reducing traffic speed on our streets to 30 km/h and 40 km/h on all arterial roads city-wide
- Improving the safety and accessibility for people walking and using mobility devices
- Accelerating the Cycling Network Plan to provide safe and connected bike lanes in every ward
- Funding & supporting Active School Travel programs to ensure young people can safely walk and bike to school
- Investing in equitable methods to manage traffic enforcement by reallocating resources away from on-the-ground police enforcement
- Reallocating road space to provide regular and recurring car-free spaces for active transportation
- Supporting the multi-modal future of Toronto’s transportation system
