... all users abide by all posted instructions/limits/restrictions and enforcement actually happens.

Safe streets mean sidewalks are wide enough and unobstructed for all pedestrians, including joggers and those using strollers, wagons, wheelchairs, scooters and bicycles. Streets are safer when well separated with vehicle traffic and can accommodate all kinds of pedestrians in all seasons.

Everyone uses the roads equally and without fear of accidents. That is everyone, drivers, walkers, etc. They are a shared resource that everyone pays for and uses to support their lives. Not everyone can walk/bike so the emphasis needs to be on everyone to be inclusive.

My kids enjoying the independence of walking to school on their own, without me having to worry endlessly about their safety.

All neighbourhoods are connected by safe routes so that cyclists and pedestrians can go across town without worrying about safety. This includes underpasses under the Hanlon Expressway and sufficient crossover signals along long stretches of busy roads.

Streets where people can travel freely by bike, by walking, by wheelchair, or any other mode of transport without fear of being hit by a car.