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Speeding Up to Slow Down - Reducing the Speed Limits in Wards 15 and 17

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2023-09-07 · North York Community Council · adopted

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North York Community Council: 1. Directed the General Manager, Transportation Services to explore options to accelerate the reduction of speed limits on local roads in Wards 15 and 17 to 30 kilometres per hour, consistent with City Council's 2019 decision (IE6.8), and to report back before the end of 2023 with an update.

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In 2019, City Council committed to reducing the speed limit on all local roads in Toronto to 30 kilometres per hour through the introduction of Reduced Speed Areas (RSAs), as part of the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. The first Reduced Speed Areas were approved by North York Community Council in May 2021 for Wards 6 and 18 (NY24.20), followed by Wards 8 and 16 in May 2022 (NY32.22). City staff have indicated that the report for Wards 15 and 17 is not expected until 2024 - five years after City Council approved the speed limit reductions in principle.

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Excessive speeds have been identified as a key contributing factor to traffic-related injuries and fatalities. A collision at 60 kilometres per hour has a 95 percent likelihood of causing death compared to one at 40 kilometres per hour with a 30 percent likelihood. At 30 kilometres per hour, the rate of survival is over 90 percent. Slowing down traffic saves lives.

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Councillor Jaye Robinson and Councillor Shelley Carroll recommend that North York Community Council: 1. Direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to explore options to accelerate the reduction of speed limits on local roads in Wards 15 and 17 to 30 kilometres per hour, consistent with City Council's 2019 decision (IE6.8), and to report back before the end of 2023 with an update.

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