SAFER ROAD DESIGNS ARE BETTER ROADS THAT LAST LONGER
Earlier this summer, Vancouver, following Victoria's actions, established a comprehensive urban speed maximum of 30km/h as part of this fast growing global trend. In all, over 60 BC municipalities have adopted a 30km/h speed limit. Ontario municipalities such as Toronto, Waterloo, and Kingston have also done so. The Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals have long advocated for a maximum 30km/h urban speed limit, noting that it “is internationally recognized that t
The PCI Score: A Tool that Promotes Urban Decay and Tax Increases
A 2025 Capital Road Construction Program report from staff to council has argued for a considerable increase in funding for local capital road projects. The report notes that the average pavement condition index (PCI) score shows that our roads are in “fair” condition overall, with most (two thirds) of our roads in “fair” to “excellent” condition. Many factors determine the PCI score. The key variables that affect and are affected by the PCI are the volume and type of traffic
Highway Safety or Road User Safety? The discussion left the road due to distraction
It's Time to Change the Conversation Road user safety on our Northern highways is an important concern, and watching the conversations unfold in recent months has been very instructive...and deeply disturbing. With a complete absence of any future vision that would be healthy, sustainable, equitable, far less costly to drivers and taxpayers, and safe the entire conversation has become distracted and veered off topic. With a total length for highways 11 and 17 of 3600 km, and
Truckloads of Hopes and Prayers: the Persistent Lack of Road User Safety in Road Design in the Sault
Citizens don't need truckloads of hopes and prayers from the city in response to the predictable and avoidable death of a pedestrian on Dacey road. Every death and serious injury from collisions is100% preventable, and the city knows how. They simply prioritise drivers and motor vehicles over people and lives. Citizens are demanding change . Again , and again and again and again and again . Yet the problem persists . It's not, as staff correspondence in this sootoday artic
The Ugly Reality of Renewables
We need to break our fossil fuel addiction quickly. The global temperature spiked 1.7 above baseline in June 2023. That blasts through...
Most of what Doctors Treat is Failed Prevention
Residents of the Sault have a lot of challenges, not the least a failing, perhaps even collapsing, healthcare system, and substance abuse...
The slower I go the more time I have
Why Sault Ste. Marie urgently needs a maximum speed limit of 30 kph within the city as part of a comprehensive Vision Zero Strategy....
We hear environmental assessment; We need to hear Impact Assessment Act
Media articles and proponent social media posts about the potential for a proposed smelter in our community give a clear impression that...
Ontario Stands up for Health Care by Increasing Pollution
Perhaps it is some distorted sense of humour, but it appears the Ontario government is working very hard to raise taxes, damage...
You Say Tomehto; I say Tomahto
There have been claims that the federal carbon pricing backstop will harm small business, among others. Nothing could be further from...
