{"id":395,"date":"2014-12-02T13:04:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T18:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/?p=395"},"modified":"2015-04-09T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:25:04","slug":"pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/pedestrians\/","title":{"rendered":"Four days, two deaths: pedestrians question safety after crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Laurene Jardin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 527px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Death-Rojas-Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-408\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Death-Rojas-Picture.jpg\" alt=\"A memorial is placed on Baseline Road and Rockway Crescent.  (Photo \u00a9 Laur\u00e8ne Jardin)\" width=\"517\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Death-Rojas-Picture.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Death-Rojas-Picture-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Death-Rojas-Picture-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">A memorial for a pedestrian killed at the intersection of Baseline Road and Rockway Crescent, in early November. Pedestrians and cyclists are concerned after a chain of collisions killed two people and left others in serious condition, last week. (Photo \u00a9 Laur\u00e8ne Jardin)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Pedestrians and cyclists questioned their safety on Ottawa roads after\u00a0two people were killed and two are in critical condition in a series of motor collisions across the city last week.<\/p>\n<p>Many felt\u00a0their lives were\u00a0in jeopardy when walking along Ottawa\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t feel very safe at all,\u201d said Michael Prince, who walks to the bus stop on Baseline Road and Rockway Crescent every day with his young daughter Abigail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Michael Prince speaks on the dangers of traffic in his area<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-395-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Prince-comment1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Prince-comment1.mp3\">http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Prince-comment1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A male pedestrian, 24, was left in critical condition and a female pedestrian, 21, was left in serious condition after both were struck by a vehicle on Navaho Drive and Baseline Road on Wednesday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A\u00a0male cyclist was struck and killed by a garbage truck on Merivale Road early Thursday morning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">An 80-year-old man, with a walker was hit by a school bus, at a crosswalk. Friday evening. He remains in critical condition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A 20-year-old male pedestrian was killed after being struck by a car at the intersection of Innes Road and Cyrville Road, Saturday.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=zprhCWpkoPW0.kb61etlOh0HI\" width=\"500\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Ottawa Police Const. Marc Soucy said police were not ready to issue a statement because the causes of the collisions were still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tragedy,\u201d said former city council candidate Martin Canning, in response to the deadly accidents last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I hear it every year,\u201d he said.\u00a0Canning is an active pedestrian and cyclist advocate. He does not own a car and travels almost everywhere by foot.<\/p>\n<p>Canning, a runner up in the 2014 municipal election for Somerset Ward, blamed\u00a0\u201cpoor design and poor policy\u201d for last week\u2019s incidents.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the accidents, people\u00a0took to Twitter to express their frustration. Before the onslaught of accidents, Canning posted tweets showing chained stair access of Dundonald Park and Corktown Footbridge.\u00a0In his tweet, he\u00a0said that pedestrians had\u00a0been \u2018closed out\u2019 of their city. And then, last week Canning tweeted at Mathieu Fleury, councillor for Rideau-Vanier Ward, asking him not to \u201clock up\u201d the Corktown Footbridge.<\/p>\n<p>While the pedestrian bridge stair access had been chained, the ramp path was still accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Fleury responded with a tweet saying that he&#8217;d look into it.<\/p>\n<p>In a phone interview Monday, Fleury said there were places in Ottawa that were \u201cMissing safety links, signage or missing lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the infrastructure was done they did not look at it from a pedestrian\u2019s or a cyclist\u2019s point of view,\u201d said Fleury.\u00a0He\u00a0explained that when the city was originally planned, its transportation routes were done from a motorist point of view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not excusable,\u201d Fleury said. \u201cBut now it\u2019s about recognizing when these infrastructures were implemented and looking at how we can improve them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While important, poor infrastructure alone cannot be held responsible for pedestrian deaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to a 2011 report by the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario, 28 per cent of pedestrians who died, had consumed alcohol, drugs or both.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Tyshenko, a new resident to Vanier he said there were specific times that he felt unsafe on the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIn the winter, when it gets dark really early, there are still a lot of people walking. It can pretty be dangerous,\u201d said Tyshenko, who was picking up groceries on Beechwood Avenue and Springfield Road.<\/p>\n<p>Tyshenko\u2019s concerns are legitimate.<\/p>\n<p>The Coroner\u2019s report explained that winter was the most dangerous time for pedestrians and cyclists. According to the report, that 55 per cent of deaths examined in 2010 occurred throughout the darker months of January to March.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa\u2019s 2009-2013 Road Safety Report also indicated that the most dangerous time of the day for pedestrians was during rush-hour, between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just a number or figures,\u201d said Canning.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of health and security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"easel.ly\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/easel.ly\/all_easels\/653883\/1417379833\/image.jpg\" alt=\"websitewer\" width=\"532\" height=\"2282\" \/><br \/>\n<a style=\"text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/easel.ly\">easel.ly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Laurene Jardin &nbsp; A memorial for a pedestrian killed at the intersection of Baseline Road and Rockway Crescent, in early November. 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