To stem the carnage of pedestrians hit by motorists, Piétons Québec will again urge Quebec to implement a national road safety strategy when 15 people were killed or seriously injured on foot in December alone.
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Sandrine Cabana Degan
Pedestrians Quebec
“It’s tragic,” says Sandrine Cabana-Degani, director of Piétons Québec. The death of little Mariia, the Ukrainian girl fatally caught in Montreal’s Centre-Sud sector, sparked a wave of outrage, but the organization argues last month was a “hecatomb” of pedestrians who took place with 15 dead or seriously injured.
“It’s not just a problem in Montreal, there have been serious and deadly clashes in Laval and Matane. Anywhere in Quebec,” explains Ms. Cabana-Degani.
Therefore, a number of partners will hold a press conference this morning to commemorate the Quebec government’s broken promise in 2018 to adopt a road safety strategy based on the zero-collision approach.
“We’re still waiting,” laments Ms. Cabana-Degani.
zero collision
The vision of zero serious and fatal collisions is a strategy born in Sweden and adopted in Montreal that aims to expand Piéton’s Québec.
The idea is to intervene in the road system, especially to secure it with street furniture or pedestrian crossings, so that the consequences of these collisions never lead to death.
Currently, “the standards for the development of the road network are set at the level of the Ministry of Transport and promote the fluidity of motorized transport,” explains the director.
“We can’t wait any longer, the carnage of the last few weeks shows it,” argues Piétons Québec.
Mayor Plante intervenes
Valérie Plante didn’t wait for the Piéton’s Québec press conference.
The city of Montreal has announced that in 2023 it will secure the vicinity of around fifty facilities frequented by children.
The mayor said she is “determined to accelerate the transformation of living environments across Montreal.”
On the sidelines of this announcement, several gathered in the neighborhood where Mariialegenkovska, 7, was killed Tuesday morning to keep up the pressure for more safety in the area.
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