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[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

It was the second fatal collision involving pedestrians in Ottawa in less than 24 hours. On Tuesday afternoon, one adult pedestrian was killed and another was critically injured when they were struck by a vehicle on Innes Road.

A woman in her 50s died last month after being struck by a truck on Smyth Road, less than two kilometres from the site of Wednesday's collision.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

@sbv @ottawa @dwazou Just remember that Jim Watson didn't want #visionzero. He preferred to keep the status quo death rate of 20 to 25 pedestrians / people on bikes per year and to try to slowly reduce that by 5% a year.

A 5% reduction is one fewer death.

These deaths are the price we pay for voting in awful #Ottawa mayors who prioritize cars over people and austerity over improving the city. It's our fault.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

@human3500 @sbv @ottawa @dwazou

no, i don't think it was "the surburbs". who made the suburbs that powerful? who amalgamated the cities?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

@human3500 @sbv @ottawa @dwazou

Mike Harris is also playing the same game as Stephen Harper, pulling strings from behind a curtain while they're no longer officially politicians. guess who owns all of those long-term care homes where most covid deaths have happened, and who got Doug Ford to deregulate LTC inspections.

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