{"id":27571,"date":"2015-09-21T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=27571"},"modified":"2015-09-22T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T19:31:14","slug":"intersection-repair-pender-st-abbott-st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2015\/09\/21\/intersection-repair-pender-st-abbott-st\/","title":{"rendered":"Intersection Repair: Pender St. & Abbott St."},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to ICBC data between 2009 and 2013, almost 4,000 people across Vancouver were struck by vehicles while walking or cycling. How is it that such a high volume of injuries and casualties are acceptable as a necessary \u201cby-product\u201d of our business-as-usual mobility system? What is the main cause of these collisions?<\/p>\n

Preliminary Slow Streets research<\/a> mapped the ICBC collision data, finding that higher volumes of collisions were correlated with wider streets. However, this data only tells us that a street or intersection is dangerous – it doesn\u2019t explain what specifically makes it dangerous for people walking and cycling. \u00a0Slow Streets set out to find out why the intersection at Pender St. and Abbott St. is one of Vancouver\u2019s most dangerous intersections for people walking and cycling.<\/p>\n

The Data<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Slow Streets used video footage to capture the activities and directional volumes of all modes entering and leaving the intersection. In total, we observed over 3,500 people walking and cycling and counted 1,454 vehicles. The counts were conducted during weekday middays, weekday peak hours and weekend midday to obtain a snapshot of the intersection\u2019s activity at various times.<\/p>\n