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Oh the Urbanity! YouTube channel has a great summary of the “tough on crime” Doug Ford siding with the criminals. Why does “tough on crime” not apply to drivers?

Here’s a predictable and depressing list of Ottawa news of what has happened after Doug Ford removed all speed cameras in the city (and province). Thanks to Vision Zero Ottawa for sharing:

It suspect that no on reading this is surprised that the Ford government’s own research found that speed cameras (automated speed enforcement) were very effective in reducing speed, directly contradicting the public claims of Doug Ford in his justification of why we was banning speed cameras. According to the Toronto Star on April 21, 2026:Continue reading “Ford government’s own research warned against calling speed cameras ‘cash grabs’ — years before they were finally banned – Toronto Star”

Many Toronto kids will have long grown up and moved on by the time their school streets become safe enough. Toronto Transportation staff reported to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee after being asked to fill the hole that Doug Ford’s government created when they banned safety speed cameras across the province. When Toronto and manyContinue reading “$52 million and 13 years to fix the safety hole that Doug Ford created for streets Toronto schools”

Vision Zero Ottawa, along with the Lowertown Community Association in Ottawa, will be hosting a “Speed Gun Party”, Jan 15 at 3:30-4:30, on “Ontario’s worst community arterial”, King Edward Ave. They’re hoping to draw attention to the recent provincial ban on Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras, and how speeders have reverted back to their old habitsContinue reading “Speed Gun Party on Ottawa’s worst community arterial”

An elderly Scarborough woman was killed Thursday morning (Dec 11, 2025). According to a City of Toronto spokesperson: “The site of the collision was approximately 280 metres from a previously-stationed mobile Automated Speed Enforcement camera, which was removed following provincial legislation that came into effect in November 2025,” the statement read. The approximate location:

In November 2025, Ford’s government switched off every speed safety camera in the province. All the while providing vague promises that they’ll “fix” speeding. Municipalities which continued to record driver speeds have noticed a significant spike in both the average speeds and the maximum speeds. Some folks have done their own informal speed monitoring andContinue reading “Safety zones which lost speed safety cameras once again have dangerous speeding”

“With the Province’s decision to end municipal ASE programs, all 185 cameras across Brampton were shut down on November 14”, says Councillor Rowena Santos. “This wasn’t a City decision, yet the impacts are very real for our neighbourhoods.” Before the camera removals the average is 30,079 vehicles traveling faster than the 11 km/h threshold aboveContinue reading “Number of speeding drivers increasing as Premier shuts down the cameras”

On the day that Ontario’s school zone speed safety cameras went dark, walkers representing parents, traffic crash victims, and seniors delivered nearly 10k petition signatures to the Premier and traveled a “marathon” on the streets surrounding his constituent office in Etobicoke. Their message was simple: this isn’t over, we will go the distance and keepContinue reading “Parents and Residents Walked a Marathon Around Doug Ford’s Office Demanding Action on Speeding”

From https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news/municipalities-transit-and-infrastructure/ontario-announces-210m-road-safety-fund-in-lieu-of-speed-cameras-11484917 (behind paywall). The speed cameras have been shut down as of today. Let traffic chaos ensue. The province has attempted to soften the blow by setting aside $210 million to help municipalities to “pay for speed bumps, raised crosswalks and costs of increased police enforcement in school and community safety zones”. $42 millionContinue reading “210 million in one-time money offered by province is not enough to address traffic concerns across province”