At the June 2025 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee, Walk Toronto submitted comments regarding making it easier to establish safe pedestrian crossings, and establishing pedestrian zones on city streets.
For the item “Updates on Vision Zero Road Safety Initiatives: Improving Crossings for Pedestrians, Updated Road Classification Criteria and Other Matters,” Walk Toronto’s Dylan Reid submitted comments supporting making it easier to establish safe pedestrian crossings where there was a long distance to another crossing, or where a pedestrian had been killed or seriously injured. These are changes Walk Toronto has long advocated for. However, we urge the City to establish safe crossing points at locations that local communities identify as dangerous before anyone is killed or seriously injured, rather than after.
Walk Toronto’s Adam Cohoon also submitted comments regarding safe crossing technology, and spoke in person at the meeting.
For the item “Pedestrian Streets Policy and Guidelines Development – Accessibility Feedback,” Walk Toronto’s Michael Black submitted comments supporting the City of Toronto’s initiative to establish more pedestrian streets while ensuring accessible access, but calling on the city to be more ambitious with establishing pedestrian zones than just small sections of individual blocks.
Read Michael Black’s comments regarding pedestrian streets (PDF)
