Please join us for this virtual lecture and report launch.
The event will mark the virtual launch of the report “The Lethal Danger of Pickups and Large SUVs to Pedestrians and Cyclists”.
Prof. Justin Tyndall (University of Hawai’i at Mãnoa) will present the lecture, “The Effect of Front-end Vehicle Height on Pedestrian Death Risk”, followed by Q and A.
The report is authored by the Coalition to Reduce Auto Size Hazards (C.R.A.S.H.), an initiative launched in August 2022 by an Ontario-wide coalition of 16 road safety and other community groups. The coalition is led by Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists (ARC), Bike Law Canada, Bike Windsor Essex, Community Bikeways (TCBC), Friends and Families for Safe Streets (FFSS), and Walk Toronto. The report and online lecture and discussion are supported by the Centre for Cities (University of Windsor) and the Mobility Network (University of Toronto).
We believe everyone should be and should feel safe as they move about on public roads, whether for work, school, shopping, or recreation. In the context of today’s urgent problems—beginning with the climate crisis—this means ensuring people who travel on foot, bicycles, or mass transit can do so safely.
Based on current research, the report outlines the safety problems posed by the proliferating number of pickups and large SUVs on our roads and canvasses lessons and approaches from other jurisdictions in dealing with these over-sized and under-regulated dangers. Our panellists will set out recommendations to federal, provincial, and municipal governments for effective measures to address the dangers posed by pickups and large SUVs to people walking and cycling.
Our recommendations for action are premised on an approach that prioritizes the safety of pedestrians, which includes virtually everyone at some point, and cyclists on public roads.
This discussion will be of interest to policy-makers, advocates, the media, academics, and all who care about safe streets.
Read the report here.
