City launches new study on road safety

Municipalinfonet.com
Dec. 15, 2021

The City of Vaughan is undertaking a Traffic and Speed Management Study in the Athabasca community and wants to hear from you. Participate in an online survey to help inform the traffic and speed mitigation options for this area at vaughan.ca/TrafficSpeedStudy. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes and is open until Jan. 14, 2022.

This Traffic and Speed Management Study is being undertaken in response to resident concerns about parking, road safety and speeding. It will investigate these issues and recommend a strategy to move forward, with the final report anticipated to be completed in 2022. Any recommended improvements will be considered a pilot project that could potentially benefit other subdivisions in the future.

At the June 22, 2021 Council meeting, Council directed staff to undertake a full neighbourhood traffic and speed management study for the Athabasca area, aligned with the directions, programs and plans outlined in the City’s MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy (MoveSmart) and Speed Limit Policy.

The Speed Limit Policy sets and adjusts appropriate speed limits throughout the City’s street network to continue to ensure a safe community for all road users and address growing urbanization. An initiative in the City’s MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy, the new five-year city-wide traffic and mobility plan, the Speed Limit Policy is exclusive to municipal roads and focuses on four areas within Vaughan’s road network: rural roadways, built-up/urban areas (including school zones), public laneways and select neighbourhoods.

Below are areas where the City has reduced speed limits to date:

• Public laneways will be reduced to 30 kilometres per hour by Dec. 1, 2021.
• School zones were reduced from 50 to 40 kilometres per hour on Sept. 8, 2021.

 

For more information and updates on the City’s Speed Limit Policy, visit vaughan.ca/SpeedPolicy.

To encourage drivers to obey speed limits, the City has launched a new campaign, #SlowDownVaughan, part of the Speed Limit Policy. Vaughan residents can post a #SlowDownVaughan sign on their lawn, in their windows or on their social media profiles to encourage the public to slow down while driving on City roads. Lawn signs are available to pick up at Vaughan Public Libraries and community centres, excluding Garnet A. Williams Community Centre. Citizens can also download print-at-home window signs or social media graphics at vaughan.ca/SlowDownVaughan. Signs are produced by the City and are free to Vaughan residents.