TL; DR: We need your help in pushing the Region to implement safer pedestrian crossings.Get started by showing your support for signalized crossings at Lester and Sunview in our petition here.

Vision Zero Waterloo is an initiative by Eddy Ionescu, Yu Chen Hou, Deon Hua, and Bilal Akhtar.

University Ave — Source: reddit

At 10:45 pm, on Friday, January 25, on a cold night like any other, a 19-year-old student crossed University Avenue at Lester Street, and ran over four lanes of traffic. He was critically injured by a passing vehicle, and died a few days later.

On June 18, 2018, in broad daylight, a 49-year-old pedestrian was hit-and-run by a vehicle while crossing University at Sunview — 100 metres to the east of Lester.

In March 2013, in response to another pedestrian injury, Waterloo Regional Police set out to take action. By “cracking down” on pedestrians via $50 jaywalking tickets. Clearly, that hasn’t worked — to this day pedestrians can regularly be seen crossing this dangerous stretch of road.