Articles
Death of Cycling Professor – Final Results & Conclusions
This is the final in a series of four articles dealing with the death of a retired professor who died when attempting to cycle across Gainsborough Road in London, Ontario on September 5, 2020. Data has been collected to document the volume and speed motor vehicles,...
Death of Cycling Professor – Part III – Further Results
This is the third article in a series of four, that discusses the findings of Gorski Consulting related to an examination of the site on Gainsborough Road in London, Ontario where a retired professor was killed when using a multi-use cycling path. The previous two...
Death of Cycling Professor – Part II – Further Results
Updated results are shown in this second article dealing with the death of a retired professor who was struck and killed while cycling across Gainsborough Road in London, Ontario, Canada. The collision occurred on September 5th and a safety study of the site was...
Death of Cycling Professor Leads To Study of Collision Site Safety
The death of a cyclist on September 5, 2020 along with concerns expressed by residents prompted Gorski Consulting to attend the site of the collision on September 13, 2020, at the intersection of a multi-use bike path and Gainsborough Road on the western outskirts of...
Cyclist Death In West London Demonstrates Safety of Path System Has Long Way To Go
Official news media reported that a 77-year-old cyclist was killed when he was struck by a pick-up truck as he tried to cross Gainsborough Road in west London, Ontario on Saturday, September 5, 2020. The view available to the pick-up truck driver is shown in the above...
Traffic Conflicts in An Expressway Construction Zone
Further analysis and discussion has been provided in a new Gorski consulting article entitled "Traffic Conflicts In An Expressway Construction Zone". This is in addition to a previous article posted on the Gorski Consulting website on July 17, 2020 entitled "Trench...
Evaluation of Speed Display Boards in School Zones in London Ontario
The functioning of speed display boards (SDBs) has been documented at two school zone sites in east London, Ontario.On September 3 and 6, 2019 observations were made on Tweedsmuir Ave in front of St Bernadette's Catholic Elementary School. On May 17 and 19, 2011 and...
Speed and Traffic Volume Comparisons Under Covid-19
A recent Global News article indicated that a City of Toronto news release indicated that there has been "...a 35 per cent increase in speeding tickets and an almost 200 per cent jump in stunt driving incidents compared to the same time last year". Other news agencies...
Road Condition Data Available for Westbound Hwy 401 – Woodstock to London
In a February 5, 2020 news article data was presented from testing conducted along Westbound Highway 403 from Hamilton's Lincoln Alexander Parkway to Highway 401 at Woodstock. Since then additional analysis has been completed from testing on Westbound Highway 401...
Testing Shows Safety Difference In Ontario’s Expressways
Gorski Consulting has been continuing to document the conditions of road surfaces on Ontario's roads and highways. In recent studies data has been obtained describing the condition of Ontario's expressways. The results of previous testing have been presented on the...
How Effective is Re-Paving In Improving Poor Road Conditions?
Poor road conditions can lead to collisions. But what is a poor road condition? Gorski Consulting has been conducting testing on various roads in Southern Ontario to provide an answer to that question. Recently a roadway that contained some of the worst conditions was...
New Road Surface Data Available For Highbury Ave in London
On October 23, 2019, Gorski Consulting conducted testing on Highbury Ave between Hamilton Road and Highway 401 in London, Ontario to document the road's surface conditions. This was done in a manner that has been discussed numerous times on the Gorski Consulting...