Cyclists and pedestrians demand safer roads – through better infrastructure, safety regulations and other measures. It’s time for municipal, provincial and federal governments to act to stop the senseless deaths on our streets. Join Olivia and allies for a rally on June 2nd.
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The Halifax Cycling Coalition, one of Nova Scotia’s premier cycling advocacy groups, is joining forces with organizations across Canada in the push for safer streets through truck sideguards. The Halifax group is endorsing the call for mandatory sideguards in a letter to Transport Minister Lebel.
The prominent Calgary area cycling advocacy group is endorsing Olivia Chow’s push for mandatory truck sideguards in a letter to federal Transport Minister Lebel. The organization is joining the growing number of supporters across Canada.
NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow and allies were joined by 50 community members at the first Safe Trucks town hall, yielding great insights, ideas and new volunteers for the grassroots effort.
Capital region’s largest cycling organization endorses push for mandatory truck sideguards spearheaded by NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow. The advocacy group is urging Minister Lebel to take action in an open letter.
Sideguards on trucks protect cyclists and pedestrians. But they can also save fuel and reduce carbon emissions. Here is an overview of what has been achieved in Europe already in terms of real benefits for the environment – and what Canada stands to gain from aerodynamic sideguards.
The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition with its more than 1,000 members as well as its provincial umbrella organization, the BC Cycling Coalition, have both endorsed Olivia Chow’s push for mandatory sideguards on trucks. The advocacy groups both recognize the life-saving value for cyclists and pedestrians alike, urging Transport Minister Lebel to act immediately and get Canada up to par with other Western countries in road safety.
The families of cyclists and pedestrians killed in truck collisions joined me this morning to call on the minister to mandate side-guards.How many more preventable deaths will it take for the government to act?
November 28, 2011 Today in Toronto, the loved ones of cyclists and pedestrians who have lost their lives in truck collisions gathered today to urge Transport Minister Lebel to mandate safer roads by legislating compulsory side guards on heavy trucks. The group spoke in favour of Olivia Chow’s Bill C-344 – The Cyclists-Pedestrian Protection Act. The family [...]
The loved ones of cyclists and pedestrians who have lost their lives in truck collisions gathered today to urge Transport Minister Denis Lebel to mandate compulsory side guards on heavy trucks.The family members and friends joined together to create http://www.safetrucks.ca/.
In the light of this tragedy it is clear that your ministry has to take action now. I am joined in my call by Jenna’s friends and family as well as by Karen MacNeil Hartmann, Megan Holtz and Jeanette Holman-Price – all of them lost loved ones in grievous accidents involving heavy trucks.
Protecting the lives of pedestrians and cyclists and preventing fatalities: Olivia’s new Bill C-344 calls for mandatory sideguards so that collision victims are not crushed by rear wheels of heavy trucks.
Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, every year, Canadian cyclists and pedestrians die needlessly when they are sucked under the back wheels of large trucks. Twenty-five years ago in Europe, truck side guards were made mandatory. As a result, cyclists’ deaths in Britain were cut by 61%. Having side guards may have saved the [...]
Our citizens deserve a Federal Government that takes action and protects the lives of pedestrians and cyclists. Now is the time to stop the tragic loss of lives on our roads. All it takes is political will.
March 21, 2011 OTTAWA - Olivia Chow calls for a National Cycling Strategy in Parliament: “Thousands of Torontonians cycled to work this morning with their Mayor to kick off Bike to Work Week. There are many more cyclists on the road since Jack Layton, the leader of the New Democratic Party chaired the Cycling Committee in [...]
