Yesterday, a cyclist was killed by the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup in East Van. People will use the word "accident" but this didn't need to happen. A long list of policy failures got us here. This thread will document these failures 🧵
FAILURE 1. The lack of protected east-west cycling infrastructure across the city. This crash happened at 11th and Clark, 2 blocks south of Broadway. And don't say 10th is better. See the map of ICBC-reported cyclist collisions below. 10th is the worst street in the entire city.
Focusing in on 10th, the intersection at Clark has the most crashes on the entire route. It's known by anyone who rides to be extremely dangerous. If someone chooses to take 11th instead, this should be no surprise.