CITY of TORONTO ROAD SAFETY PLAN Sheyda Saneinejad, P.Eng

CITY OF TORONTO ROAD SAFETY PLAN Sheyda Saneinejad, P.Eng. Manager, Vision Zero Projects Transportation Services, City of Toronto

NACTO Designing Cities Conference: A Global Perspective: Streets that Save Lives Date: September 10, 2019 QUICK STREET FACTS

2 TORONTO’S VISION ZERO TIMELINES

• City council approved Vision Zero Road Safety Plan (RSP) 2017-2021 2016 • Commitments in over 50 countermeasures

• Work on Vison Zero RSP started 2017

• Vision Zero RSP was significantly accelerated 2018

• Council Approved Vision Zero 2.0 – Updated Road Safety Plan 2019 • More extensive, more proactive and more targeted initiatives

3 HOW WILL WE ACHIEVE VISION ZERO?

Engineering Education Enforcement Engagement Evaluation Safety Measures Safety Measures Activities Activities Safety Measures

THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Toronto Transit Local School Boards Toronto Police Service Toronto Public Health Commission

4 EMPHASIS AREAS

5 TRENDS IN KILLED AND SERIOUS INJURY COLLISIONS

65 66 63 27 63 59 57 12 54 12 15 52 51 18 48 23 18 43 44 41.6* 22 14 40* 22 15 11 35 12.4 20 41 11 40 39 13 44 37 30 29 24 31 23 27 31 22 22.6 20 18 4 4 4 3 2 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 9 7 6 2 6 7 7 6 4.6 4 4 3 1 12 3 4 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD AVERAGE Motorcyclist Cyclist Pedestrian Automobile (5 YEARS)

* As of Sept 9 6 TRENDS IN KILLED AND SERIOUS INJURY COLLISIONS Traffic fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants

7 CITY WIDE ACCOMPLISHMENTS (JUNE 2016 – DECEMBER 2018)

Geometric Safety Improvements Pedestrian Safety Corridor Pavement Marking Improvements School Safety Zones Leading Pedestrian Intervals Installed: 45 Installed: 57 Installed: 929 Installed: 111 Installed: 79 2019 Planned: 38 2019 Planned: 7 2019 Planned: 101 2019 Planned: 100

Accessible Pedestrian Signals Missing Links Sidewalk Program Traffic Calming (Speed Humps) Mobile Watch Your Speed Program LED Blank Out Signs Installed: 156 Installed: 21.341km Installed: 147 Installed: 188 Installed: 68 2019 Planned: 27 2019 Planned: 12.123km 2019 Planned: Rotating same stock

Senior Safety Zones Cycling: Renew Program Red Light Cameras Arterial Speed Limit Reductions Bike Lanes, Cycle Tracks, Installed: 64 Installed: 102 km Installed: 245 Installed: 149 km Multi-Use Trails & Sharrows Installed: 50.9 km 8 WHERE ARE FATAL COLLISIONS HAPPENING?

Fatal Collisions by Road Classification (2013-2018) 3,500 350

3,000 300

2,500 250

2,000 200

1,500 150 Kilometres of Roadway

1,000 100 Number of FatalCollisions

500 50

0 0 Expressway Arterial Collector Local

Kilometers of Roadway Number of Fatal Collisions 9 WHERE AND HOW PEDESTRIANS ARE BEING HIT

10 THE PROBLEM WITH SPEED

10% likelihood of fatality

30% likelihood of fatality

85% likelihood of fatality

95% likelihood of fatality

100% likelihood of fatality

21% of VS. roads 83% of KSIs

11 SPEED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

12 GEOMETRIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

Millwood and Laird Channelized Turn Removal and Before Intersection Narrowing

After 13 GEOMETRIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

Yonge and Richmond Pedestrian Storage Improvement Through Curb Radius Elimination

Before After Before

After 14 RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF GEOMETRIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS INTERIM GEOMETRIC MODIFICATIONS USING PAINT, BOLLARDS AND PLANTERS

• Planned civil improvements can typically take between 3-5 years through the construction coordination process before being implemented • Pilot program launched in 2018 for rapid deployment of civil improvements via the use of paint,

bollards and planters at 5 locations around the City 15 SPEED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

1) Revised speed limit setting practices 2) Road design improvements 3) Enhanced police enforcement 4) Proactive deployment of Watch Your Speed signs 5) Speed limit reductions 6) Public education Evaluation results: 7) Automated speed enforcement • decreased the number of vehicles travelling over the speed limit by up to 39% • decreased the number of vehicles speeding excessively (greater than 10 km/h over the speed limit) by up to 18%

16 SPEED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

17 43 to 37 mph 37 to 31 mph 31 to 24 mph

SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS 18 SPEED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

19 WHERE AND HOW PEDESTRIANS ARE BEING HIT

20 ADDRESSING HIGH-RISK MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS • Updated traffic control warrants 40% Top 2 • TTC stop consolidations of Ped Pedestrian KSIs KSI • Systematic review of high-risk mid-block segments

Eglinton Avenue East, Scarborough District 21 Image source: Walkability in Toronto’s High-Rise Neighbourhood (2010), Paul Hess and Jane Farrow ADDRESSING LEFT-TURN COLLISIONS AT SIGNALS • Leading Pedestrian Intervals – A Network Wide Application 18% Top 2 of Ped Pedestrian KSIs KSI

22 SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE: GATEWAY FEATURES

Flashing Beacon New Rapid Flashing Watch Your Speed Speed Reductions Prohibited Turn Movements with Timer Beacons at Crosswalks Driver Feedback Signs (Optional) (Optional) (Optional)

School Stencil Enhanced Pedestrian Increased Pedestrian Walk Designation as Community Flexible In-Road Warning Signs Pavement Markings Crosswalk Markings Times and Advanced Green for Safety Zones (Optional) Speed Markings (Optional) Pedestrians (Optional) (Optional)

23 ACTIVE AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM • Increase student participation in walking and cycling to school • Increase safety along designated walking/biking routes to school

5 min 10 min 15 min

300 m 600 m 900 m 24 CAMPAIGNS, EDUCATION MATERIAL & COMMUNICATION

ART OF DISTRACTION CAMPAIGN (Nov 2018 – Dec 2018) The City of Toronto’s Art of Distraction public awareness campaign is intended to advance the education component of Toronto’s Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. The objective of the campaign is to bring attention to road safety and to influence safer – less distracted – behaviour while on the road, among all key stakeholders – cyclists, vehicle drivers, and pedestrians.

The Art of Distraction campaign focuses on the severe consequences of distracted driving based on the tragic stories of those who have been victims or have lost loved ones on city streets. The campaign is mounted in partnership with the Friends and Family for Safe Streets, an organization composed of survivors of traffic collisions and friends and families whose loved ones have been killed or severely injured in street collisions.

Promoted through: Transit Shelter Space, Media, Radio Ads, Print, Online Ads, Social Media and the Web.

25 DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING Frequency of near-miss conflicts between pedestrians and right-turning vehicles before and after geometric safety modifications

26 DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING Most Effective Vision Zero Countermeasures in Toronto

% of Killed and Serious Injury collisions potentially Countermeasure prevented

Effective speed reductions 19% Road design modifications 12%

Signalized mid-block crossings 11% Cycling corridor enhancements 8% Pedestrian head start signals 6%

27 Twitter: @TO_Transport Hashtag: #VisionZeroTO Web: toronto.ca/VisionZeroTO [email protected]

28 NEW MISSION, VISION AND PRINCIPLES

Mission Vision Principles Build and maintain a resilient To keep people moving safely in our diverse Safe, healthy communities transportation network so that people and changing city. Quality service connect with the places, activities and Access for everyone communities they value. Resilient solutions

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30 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

31 OUR ASSETS

$12B in Assets $20B Replacement Cost $451M Capital Budget $388M Operating Budget

5,600 km 6,960 km 2,360 of streets of sidewalk traffic signals

900 600 938 km bridges and culverts pedestrian crossovers of bike lanes, trails and routes

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