Windsor ‘Vision Zero Action Plan’ implementation wanted [Video]

The death of two pedestrians in a Walkerville car crash has prompted calls for the City of Windsor to implement a safety plan it approved in January.

 The Windsor Police Service confirmed Wednesday that a crash along Walker Road on Monday took the lives of a 68-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man.

 Lori Newton, the executive director of Bike Windsor-Essex, said the tragedy must prompt change at the municipal level.

Pointing to the Vision Zero Action Plan, Newton said the city must give the plan “teeth” and “meaningful targets,” before it becomes another policy sitting on the shelf.

Approved in January, the Vision Zero Action Plan lays out 42 initiatives to achieve zero fatal and major injury collisions on Windsor roads.

Newton, who also runs The Bike Kitchen on Walker Road, said her business was contacted by police for security camera footage of the incident.

Newton lives on the other …