Spooky Streets: The Frightening Reality for Pedestrians

A walk and discussion through downtown Windsor highlighting the often terrifying realities pedestrians face on our streets. Spooky Streets: The Frightening Reality for Pedestrians Jane’s Walk - One hour guided walking tour Windsor-Essex Jane's Walk Fundraiser - $25/per person Saturday, October 24 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Host: Nicolas Lamoureux (Atelier Lamoureux) A city solely designed for cars makes spaces worse for everyone (even for cars). And when an engrained culture of automobile supremacy is mixed with decades of designing our urban environment and infrastructure around automobiles, it becomes difficult to imagine a world designed for humans as it once was. From the bizarre misunderstanding of ‘15-minute cities’ to a real lack of progress on ‘vision zero’ recommendations in this region, we are consistently fighting both public opinion and political will to make actual changes to make our roads safer and our communities stronger. It is scary being a pedestrian in Windsor. A string of recent fatalities spread across 2025 to 2026 shows us that the fear is not misguided. Police have told pedestrians to cross at crosswalks or face possible jaywalking fines as a solution despite viable crosswalks sometimes being 100s or 1000s of feet apart. The victims have been blamed for “wearing dark clothes” as if this will solve dangerous speeds on the roads. This walk will take a loop around downtown Windsor discussing where we’ve gone wrong, what Jane Jacobs might say about this, and bring out discussion towards solutions that we can all take part in. Starting and Ending location: 585 Chatham St W - City Center Parking Lot (Corner of Bruce Avenue and University Avenue) About the host: Atelier Lamoureux is a small architecture firm dedicated to public interest design, research, and education. Event type: Jane’s Walk - One hour guided walking tour About the Fundraiser, Spooky Jane's Walk: Spooky Jane’s Walk returns in October with candlelit tours, historic cemeteries, true terrible tales, and eerie neighbourhood events in Kingsville, Windsor, and Amherstburg. Spooky Jane’s Walk is our annual fundraiser for the Jane’s Walk Windsor-Essex Festival, which brings more than 60 free community walks and events to the region each spring. Learn more at WindsorJanesWalk.ca. Accessibility notes: • No dogs, please • All ages welcome • Easy route: paved sidewalks/pathways, minimal hills • Approximately 1.5 km of walking. • Public bathroom available at business within 1 block (ex. Tim Horton's)