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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: Why are Toronto’s roads so dangerous?
Description: Guests: Shawn Micallef, columnist, and Gilbert Ngabo, reporter Toronto is one of the major Canadian cities where collisions with pedestrians are at a dangerous high. More than a hundred pedestrians were killed on Toronto roads between 2018 and 2020. Among those, 69 per cent were age 55 years or older, according to the Toronto Police Service. It’s been nearly five years since the launch of Toronto’s $123-million Vision Zero plan with aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries. The city hasn’t come close to that target even with an unprecedented decline in car use last year. There have b...