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Complete streets, an initiative that aims to have roads shared equally among vehicles, bikes and pedestrians, is the most pressing recommendation included in a provincial review on cycling and pedestrian deaths, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown says on Canada AM.
Brown, partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, was involved in initiating the review and provided expert counsel as it was being written.
“Complete streets is the first recommendation that the coroner made, and complete streets means that the roads are to be shared equally among cars, bikes and pedestrians,” Brown says on Canada AM.
Ride in safety
“That means bike lanes, shared bike paths, and other bike routes that allow space and access for cyclists to use the roads and have the space to ride in safety. The complete streets model, if implemented, would make Toronto and all the other cities in Ontario the safest cities in North America.”
Brown says his work as a lawyer led him to push for the review to take place.
“I’ve seen a lot of cases where people have been injured and as well represented the families that have lost a loved one to cycling and we felt it was time for a review,” he says on the broadcast. “There had been a review in 1998 in the city of Toronto and we’d already seen an increase in cycling, the demographics had changed, and it was time to get a new review and the coroner’s office was very receptive and very quick to act on it so we were very pleased with that.”
