Traffic Safety

• Sidewalk for West Vancouver school scrapped amid neighbours’ opposition

  The work was proposed for Irwin Park Elementary, after a municipal study identified a gravel shoulder bordering one side of the school as a high priority for a safety upgrade.

  Canada

  Sep 20
  
• School zones back in effect, Winnipeg police warn drivers

  Police say it's easy for drivers to forget about the back-in-force 30 km/h limit after not having to worry about it through the summer.

  Traffic

  Sep 7
  
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• Tesla faces U.S. safety probe over steering control issues

  The document says investigators will look into how often the problem happens, manufacturing processes and the severity of the problem.

  Consumer

  Aug 1
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• Signal, traffic flow changes improve road safety in Hamilton

  With the number of fatal pedestrian collisions so far in 2023 below that of 2022, recent improvements from a safety review of Hamilton's roadways appear to be working.

  Traffic

  Jul 28
• Short-term improvements to three high-risk Hamilton intersections completed

  The short-term changes have been made to parts of Main Street and King Street in an effort to reduce a high frequency of collisions.

  Traffic

  May 29
• Main Street’s two-way conversion in Hamilton expected to slow 403 traffic

  Hamilton's director of transportation insists adding a westbound lane to Main Street from the Delta to Dundurn will 'slow' traffic not create 'gridlock.'

  Traffic

  May 24
• City seeks feedback to convert Hamilton’s Main Street to two way traffic

  City staff are hoping to finalize plans this summer on a prefered method of converting Main Street from a one-way to a two-way road at the delta on the east side.

  Traffic

  May 12
• More red light cameras, new photo radar locations coming soon in Hamilton

  Hamilton will soon see expanded use of automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras and 10 more photo radar units this coming year.

  Traffic

  May 1
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• Driver sentenced to 3 years, 9 months in prison for fatal crash in Scarborough in 2019

  Robert Guppy's sister Paula said the family is disappointed and assumed the sentence would be longer.

  Crime

  Apr 14
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• Calgary researcher hoping to drive change for people with dementia

  New developments will combine novel technologies like GPS and video with machine learning to detect subtle changes in driving behaviour.

  Health

  Apr 5