Natalie Halff, Resident asked the following question(s):
The goal of Vision Zero is no injuries or fatalities, is the City tracking the number of
injuries and fatalities and what does the data show since 2018 when Vision Zero was
adopted in Mississauga?
Laura Zeglen, Project Leader, Vision Zero responded that the City is tracking collisions
on City and Regional roads, since Vision Zero was adopted we've drastically improved
our procedures for being able to process the collision reports from Peel Regional Police
to implement safety measures across the City. Ms. Zeglen noted that staff would be
bring a report to General Committee with a more wholesome overview of the progress of
Vision Zero which will include collision stats.
Rahul Metha, Resident asked the following question(s):
1. Clarity on why the Tour de Mississauga is not on this agenda although the Action Item
List states it will be coming back to the September meeting and if it is coming back will
there be an effort to engage the local community cycle groups?
Matthew Sweet, Manager, Active Transportation responded that a discussion regarding
the Tour de Mississauga will be discussed at the October meeting.
2. Regarding items 6.3, 9.2 and 9.3: we continue to build sharrows and bike lanes,
despite internal and increasingly documented external studies that few feel safe in this
type of infrastructure, drivers are often confused, cyclists feel neglected and in some
cases roads become more dangerous. This consideration, and the lack of most cycling
issues to be reported on the PingStreet app (such as the ability to report lack of curb
cuts, faded bike lanes, gaps in infrastructure, street-sweeping/winter plowing required for
trails/bike lanes, damaged bollards, litter/glass on a bike lane, etc) begs the question -
why not redirect sharrow/signed route funds to increased Pingstreet features and more
by-law monitoring and enforcement?
Matthew Sweet, Manager, Active Transportation responded that sharrows are now being
utilized as more of a way-finding device and shared routes are used where and when we
can doing the best they can and coordinating that with traffic calming measures.