Toronto is considering spending $5.6 million to retrofit all city-owned heavy duty trucks with side guards to protect cyclists and pedestrians, Mayor Olivia Chow says.City staff are recommending that ...

Without a side guard, they're going to get trapped between the two wheels, and they would get run over,” Chow said. Retrofitting Toronto’s 500 heavy-duty vehicles would cost about $5.7 million ...

More than 30 City heavy-duty vehicles already have side guards mounted onto them, and between Dec. 2024 and Dec. 2025, an estimated 219 more vehicles will be retrofitted, the release said.

British Columbia Vancouver council mandates side guards for city-owned heavy trucks after cyclist's death Motion passed month after 28-year-old cyclist Agustín Beltrán was killed in Yaletown ...