Pedestrian dies after being hit by SUV in South Vancouver, Canada
Pedestrian dies after being hit by SUV in South Vancouver, Canada
The Vancouver Police Department says it is investigating after a pedestrian was hit by an SUV in South Vancouver Saturday afternoon.
Very sad. I drive through there (1 block west of 41st and Knight) often. Hopefully the citywide speedlimit reduction on residential streets can help this city implement needed changes to physical infrastructure and traffic law enforcement.
A reduction in speed is a great first start, but it needs to be followed by a dedicated desire for total and systematic roadway redesign. For one the current design is neither a street or a road, it's design as something in between called a "strode".
Lanes widths and counts need to be reduced. Center medians added, raised pedestrian crosswalks to prevent hard right or left turns. Removal of dedicated left or right turn lanes to minimize pedestrain crossing distances at intersections. Tree canopys added to act as traffic calming. Transit corridors moved off the street and into a separate and dedicated route with priority signals.
Once you start to get older and your mobility decreases, or you loose the ability to drive yourself around, you start to notice how North American suburbs are not friendly towards the elderly, or the young for that matter. Places we live in should be enjoyable to walk, cycle and move around independently.
Hopefully the citywide speedlimit reduction on residential streets can help this city implement needed changes to physical infrastructure and traffic law enforcement.
Suburbs are awful for non-drivers, and will be a ton of work to improve, but Culloden(/Knight) and 41st is not a suburb. It's where two major thoroughfares (41st and Knight) pass through a low density residential neighbourhood. We need an investigation with recommendations, but I suspect civil/traffic engineers know what's needed and the problem is really too many carbrained voters to make serious widespread progress.
I mean.....I have no idea which side to take. The article gives me nothing to work with.
In general, I'm very fuck cars. However, what happened? Was she hit on the sidewalk? Was she crossing the road? Was she walking in the street instead of the sidewalk? Was the driver speeding? Did the driver run a red light? Was the driver drunk? Was the driver distracted by a cell phone? Was the woman jaywalking? Were there any visual obscurities?
All I know is that a 78 year old woman died after being hit by an SUV, which tells me nothing, and that the driver stayed on the scene, which tells me it wasn't intentional.
Outside of that, I can't make any logical conclusion on whether this article even belongs here. It might. I just have no way of knowing if the woman was at fault, the driver was at fault, or if the fact that it was an SUV was at fault. I don't know.
Welcome to the car apologia hour!
You realize that this is !fuckcars@lemmy.world and not !fuckcars@lemmynsfw.com right?
Does anyone? I had to check. I always have to check.
A 78-year-old woman, hit by a Range Rover. That intersection is a hell scape, having to cross six lanes of traffic with dedicated left and right turn lanes. The street is designed like a "strode".
At least the driver remained, but places like this should not exist. Cities should be designed for the people that live in them, and not cars traveling "through".
Unrelated, those electrified bus lanes, pretty cool (though implementation could be better with a truly separate line to reduce conflict zones).
FYI, Toronto had those back in the 1920 they were called trolley coaches. You can read about it here and see some old pictures if interested.
https://stevemunro.ca/2021/12/24/a-brand-new-electric-bus-for-the-ttc-9020-on-charter-april-20-1969/
In before car brains defending the driver
ThIs wOuLdn’T hAvE HaPpeNeD iF KnIgHt StrEeT had mOrE lAnES for cArS!!!
Don't forget
The driver did nothing wrong! How else were they supposed to get to work!? Trains cannot work! The pedestrian is to blame, if it didn't want to die it should have been driving its ford F40k FLESHREAPER ™ blood for the car god©!
Knight Street(nearest major steet) and 41st is dangerous. Big intersection.
I'd wager the SUV was speeding through the light at 41st and Knight, then rushing through the intersection at Culloden.
These shitty SUVs...