Say a little prayer for people who must regularly cross Lake Shore Blvd. The city says not much can be done to improve safety for pedestrians who get stuck between green lights on a traffic island in the intersection of Lake Shore Blvd. and Bathurst St. People standing on the island will be sitting ducks if a vehicle speeding through the intersection loses control, which happened when these orange-and-black barriers were mowed down. We reported last Saturday on the concerns of reader Beth French about pedestrians who end up marooned on the island and are vulnerable to fast-moving traffic in the westbound curb lane of Lake Shore. “Staff are currently looking to install a hazard marker and one or two bollards (depending on available space) at the tip of the median.

Source: thestar October 18, 2018 23:15 UTC