PETITION ISSUES

• No Pedestrian "Right of Ways" at natural crossing points
  
• Free-flow traffic configuration highly pedestrian unfriendly
  
• Pedestrians risk serious injury when crossing Oxton at Oriole
• Oxton Avenue is now a 20,000 vehicle a day, non-stop traffic corridor (or highway 11A) in the middle of a residential neighbourhood

OXTON AVENUE - BEFORE TRAFFIC MODIFICATIONS

• Pedestrian "Right of Way" located at Oxton-Oriole intersection
  
• Pedestrians crossed in relative safety
  
• STOP sign on the south-east corner of Oxton-Oriole slowed vehicle speeds
  
• Traffic volumes and vehicle speeds less intimidating to pedestrians

OXTON AVENUE - AFTER TRAFFIC MODIFICATIONS

• Pedestrian "Right of Ways" Gone - Now it's "cross at own risk"
  
• "Pedestrians Wait For The Gap Signs" posted - What gap!
  
• No STOP signs anymore - Look out for cell phone drivers!
  
• Vehicle speeds now even more intimidating - Did you know it's 50km?
  
• 20,000 cars a day - It's now the Oxton "Freeway"

The Result: You have to stop, wait, then run across or dodge traffic. No elderly, ill person or child let alone healthy adult can do it safety!


WHAT DO PEDESTRIANS SAY ABOUT CROSSING OXTON AVENUE?

• They are fearful and uneasy at the thought of crossing Oxton-Oriole
  
• They feel forced into challenging traffic in order to cross
  
• They go out of their way to avoid the Oxton-Oriole intersection
  
• That the Oxton cross walk is out-of-the-way and seldom used

THE CITY SAYS...

• "..[We've tried] to keep traffic on the arterial roadway flowing so as to cut down non-resident traffic infiltration into [nearby] residential communities, while enhancing safety for pedestrians." (see letters) - Unfortunately, we get all the cars while pedestrian safety at the corner of Oxton-Oriole gets seriously downgraded?
  
  
• Traffic is moving [just fine] on Highway 11A - A highway "forced" through a residential neighbourhood? Some impacted local residents (us) seem to have been overlooked, as have pedestrians and pedestrian "right of ways" at Oxton-Oriole.
  
  
• Use (a) the Cross-Walk on Oxton, half way between Oriole Parkway and Avenue Road or (b) the lights at Oriole Parkway and Kilbarry - This is just NOT realistic. The cross walk is just not on the natural route to Yonge Street or the Subway.

MARK REES

Mark Rees, a resident of the neighbourhood, decided to take the issue on.

Everyone in the neighbourhood is invited to work with him.