North Bay Road Safety Strategy

The City of North Bay’s Road Safety Strategy sets out a coordinated approach to making our streets safer for everyone — whether you walk, cycle, drive, or take transit. Guided by Vision Zero principles, the strategy focuses on reducing serious injuries and fatalities through safer speeds, improved street design, enforcement, and education. It reflects our community’s commitment to a transportation network that is safe, accessible, and sustainable for all.

• Vision: Zero fatal and serious injury collisions on our roads.
• Mission: A data-driven and collaborative approach to prevent fatal and serious injury collisions and create a safe and efficient transportation system for all road users through community partnership, culture change, education, enforcement, and innovative design.
• Goal: Reduce fatal and serious injury collisions by a minimum of 15% within five years.

Algonquin Avenue Road Safety Review – Public Open House

The City of North Bay will host a public open house on Oct. 28 in the City Hall Lobby (200 McIntyre St. E) from 4–6 p.m. to share findings from a Road Safety Review for Algonquin Avenue, conducted by CIMA+ in response to community concerns about pedestrian safety and collisions.

The review explored potential solutions, including a pedestrian signal and crossover, but these were not recommended due to site conditions and provincial guidelines. Key recommendations include:

• Restricting left turns at Maplewood Avenue to reduce uncontrolled turns
• Creating a new signalized intersection at Elmwood Avenue for safe pedestrian crossings at Elmwood Avenue
• Managing left turns near Norwood and Lansdowne Avenues to improve traffic flow

City staff and CIMA+ representatives will be available to answer questions and gather feedback. Recommendations will also be presented as information at the Committee Meeting of Council later that evening, with community input helping to refine them before a future Council report.

Complete the feedback form to to provide your comments on the Algonquin Avenue Safety Review.