Toronto Mayor John Tory has pledged to lower speed limits and crack down on scofflaw motorists in an effort to cut down on the number of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the city.
Speaking at a business lunch on Wednesday, the mayor called last year's 41 pedestrian deaths unacceptable and frequently preventable.
In outlining his "Vision Zero 2.0" to curb pedestrian deaths, Tory cited examples of outrageous driving uncovered during tests of speed cameras that began last year. In one case, a driver was found doing 127 kilometres an hour on part of the key Queen Street thoroughfare that has a 40-kilometre speed limit. Another driver was doing 202 kilometres an hour in a 40 zone in the northwest of the city.
For example, a recent study found the longest walking distance between protected crossings in Scarborough is 870 metres on average -- almost double that in the city core. That adds as much as six walking minutes just to get to a safe cross-walk.
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