Is safety being reduced on Granville Street? Are speeds excessive?
Are pedestrians unable to cross Granville? Attachment 4 shows the accident totals on Granville and several other corridors. The rate on Granville is typical of most such corridors. As attachment 5 indicates, most accidents occur at intersections, and rates are highest at those locations without left-turn bays. Because both Granville and Knight streets are deficient in turning bays, they tend to be over-represented in any listing of high-accident locations. It continues to be a City priority to reduce these accident rates. The City has an ongoing program with ICBC to retrofit corridors with higher-visibility stop lights, better signage and similar measures to improve safety. This was found to reduce accidents by more than 20% in the Knight corridor. Staff are currently discussing with ICBC a similar program on Granville Street, which could be approved shortly. There is also a safety plan in place for each school in the City, coordinated by the Police, Engineering Services and School Boa
