u/Recyart

Given the Ford government's disdain for vulnerable road users and Brad Bradford' similar rhetoric leading up the fall election, I've been digging into some statistics on traffic KSIs and the city's Vision Zero efforts.

I've realized that these statistics do not support any conclusions as far as fault determination. That is, while we can robustly classify the types of road users hurt or killed, the numbers do not imply who was deemed to be at fault (or rather, most at fault). To quote this case study:

> Determining fault - A pedestrian crossing at mid-block is hit by a motorcyclist and deemed to be at fault. However, the collision report indicates there was little to no traffic and that the motorcyclist ran a red light.

> The number of KSI collisions with a pedestrian at fault declines significantly when excluding those incidents which involve driver error, such as failure to obey traffic signals and speed limits.

The thing is, I recall somebody in this sub posting some statistics describing how often a driver was deemed most at fault vs any other VRU (or if it was a solo incident with no second-party involvement). I've scrolled through the past five years of my favourited Reddit posts and comments, and have come up empty-handed.

Anyone know what I'm talking about and could forward a link or two with this inforation?

The park officially opens this Saturday, July 25.

How many myths have you heard about Toronto's High Park Movement Strategy (HPMS) expanding the ban on cars from weekends to 7 days a week? Am I missing any from the list below?

On May 9, I visited High Park to see if those opposed to the HPMS sincerely believe some of the arguments often repeated online, or if there is some nuance lost on social media. It seems that they really do believe much of the disinformation and lies, and they have only doubled down on their misleading and disingenuous tactics over the past few years.

🤦‍♂️ Families will no longer be able to have picnics in the park.

🤦‍♂️ Parents and coaches will be unable to bring sporting equipment to their Little League games.

🤦‍♂️ The elderly and infirm will have no way to visit the park.

🤦‍♂️ Banning cars will mean the park is only for the young and fit.

🤦‍♂️ Everyone eventually will need a car to get around.

🤦‍♂️ The Allotment Gardens will wither and die with nobody to care for them.

🤦‍♂️ The number of visitors to the park will collapse.

🤦‍♂️ The businesses inside High Park will suffer from the lack of patrons.

🤦‍♂️ Cyclists are more dangerous than cars inside the park.

🤦‍♂️ Cycling is actually safer when cars are allowed, because pedestrians know to stay on the sidewalk.

🤦‍♂️ More people have been hurt by cyclists than drivers in the park.

🤦‍♂️ There has never been a collision between a car and a pedestrian, but many between a bike and a pedestrian.

🤦‍♂️ Cars never speed in the park. Cyclists always race through the park.

🤦‍♂️ Drivers always stop at stop signs. Cyclists never stop at stop signs.

🤦‍♂️ The number of assaults on park visitors will rise.

🤦‍♂️ If TTC buses are allowed in the park, then so should cars.

🤦‍♂️ Buses sometimes only carry a few people, and are thus no more efficient than cars, while taking up more room and polluting more than cars.

🤦‍♂️ The city has a legal obligation to the Howard family, the donors of the park, to allow cars into the park.

🤦‍♂️ Not allowing cars into the park is a Charter violation, as well as a criminal act under the OHRC, the ACA, and the AODA.