Category Archives: Toll roads

CAA calls for safer drivers, safer vehicles, safer roads

Posted on December 17, 1999 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 17, 1999) Toronto: Ontario is the third most dangerous province in which to drive, based on injury statistics from Transportation Canada, says CAA Ontario. Transport Canada’s recently released 1998 Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics show that drivers face the greatest risk of injury in Manitoba, followed by British Columbia and then Ontario. Continue reading →

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CAA calls for safer drivers, safer vehicles, safer roads

Posted on December 17, 1999 by Other News Sources

(December 17, 1999) Ontario motorists face third highest traffic injury rate in Canada. Continue reading →

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Planners from hell – Food not politics

Posted on March 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(March 21, 1998) In 1988, a group of civic-minded San Franciscans cooked up a plan to address the city’s hunger problem. They convinced supermarkets and bakeries to donate surplus food destined for the trash, stirred up a storm, and served vegetarian fare for free public parks and plazas. Continue reading →

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Fatalities on freeways vs. secondary roads

Posted on August 19, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(1997) The following IRTAD (International Road Traffic and Accident Database) data show the number killed per 1 000 000 000 vehicle kilometres for selected countries for the year 1997, according to road location. Continue reading →

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Toll roads safer, better-maintained, expert Says

Posted on November 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(November 21, 1996) Huge construction and maintenance costs may make tolls inevitable, not only on new highways but on those already in use, a Toronto conference has heard. Continue reading →

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