How Anthony Perruzza voted at council

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1. 2023.TE4.66ADOPTED

   Pedestrian Safety on Avenue Road, Bloor Street to St. Clair Avenue West

   I request reduction of the speed limit on Avenue Road, between Bloor Street and St. Clair Avenue West from 50km/h to 40km/h. This proposed measure responds to six years of respectful and urgent requests from the Avenue Road Safety Coalition, in consultation with residents and Transportation Services. Excessive speed, street racing and other forms of reckless driver behavior that endanger pedestrians are chronic features of this particular stretch of roadway, which has been the site of a multiple collisions causing death or serious injury. While this 2.1 km segment of Avenue Road is designated a Community Safety Zone, it does not conform with the safe design objectives of Toronto’s Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. Instead, it is a high-speed roadway that is unsafe, intimidating, and hostile to vulnerable road users and incompatible with the residential nature of the area. In the entire length of Avenue Road from Bloor Street to the 401, this is the only section with a speed limit in excess of 40 km/h. A major contributing factor to reckless driver behaviour is that, while the rest of Avenue Road has four lanes, this section has six. As a result, most drivers travel over the spee…

   City Council · 2023-05-12 16:23 PM

   Adopt Item

   Anthony Perruzza's vote: Yes

   Majority required - TEY.66 - Adopt the item

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   20-2

   Source outcome