Tagged With: public safety
Lower the speed limit in Victoria to 30 km/h
Letter published in Fernwood News (Victoria), December 2008 As a parent, cyclist and pedestrian, I’ve got a bold proposal for neighbourhood safety – lower the speed limit on all City of Victoria streets to 30 km/h. Unnecessary, excessive, foolish? The current limit, 50 km/h, enables commuters to race along Fernwood’s borders – Pandora, Cook, Shelbourne, … Continue reading
Reality of drug use
Letter to the Editor of the Victoria News, 8 June 2005 In a recent article (‘Nothing safe about this junk’), newsgroup columnist Tom Fletcher describes safe-injection sites as a ‘questionable bit of social engineering.’ Fletcher has every right to hold this opinion, but it seems to ignore the real-life situation in Victoria today. We do … Continue reading
