Election 2022

Road Safety Calls to Action

Our coalition of community groups (listed below) believes that a brighter road safety future is possible with a commitment to action by candidates elected to city council. To this end, we are asking you to commit to three specific calls to action that will help make our streets safe, and that are consistent with surveys showing the importance residents across the city place on road safety.

These calls to action are not exhaustive, but simply a baseline upon which candidates may build.

Please email your commitment to our community coalition's calls to action to community.bikeways.toronto@gmail.com.

Toronto City Council Candidate Calls to Action

Reducing speed, saving lives

1.  Reduce posted speed limits to 30 km/h (residential roads) and 40 km/h (arterial roads) by 2024 across the city, as is already in place in much of the central city, with higher speed exceptions to be justified based on an articulated road safety rationale; 

Investing in our safety

2. Increase annual capital funding for the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan in 2023 to at least $75 million (from $24 million in 2022), and reassign staff, as needed, focusing on road re-design that induces lower speed and reduces danger to pedestrians, cyclists, and persons with disabilities, consistent with Toronto’s Vision Zero 2.0, which prioritizes “human life...over all other objectives within all aspects of the transportation system;” and

Righting the space imbalance on public roads (and supporting climate action)

3.  Re-allocate public road space from motor vehicles consistent with Toronto’s Complete Streets Guidelines, and require that all capital investments in road projects measurably advance the TransformTO climate goal of converting 75% of all trips under 5 km to walking, cycling, and transit . To further these goals, fully implement the Near-Term Bike Plan and, by 2026, expand and complete to the city boundary, bike lanes into North York, Etobicoke, and Scarborough on Yonge St. and Bloor-Danforth-Kingston Rd.

For questions or for explanatory notes, email us at: community.bikeways.toronto@gmail.com or visit www.communitybikewaysTO.ca.