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The rules of some Ottawa roads will be rewritten next week with the introduction of new pedestrian crossovers.
The provincial government updated the Highway Traffic Act in January to allow cities to install crossovers on low speed, low- to medium-volume roads.
The city says it will install up to 60 crossovers each year for the next three years with a focus in 2016 on single-lane roundabouts, retrofitting existing crossings and on places where no crossing existed previously. A map on its website lists 44 coming over the next few months. The work will cost $475,000.
Although the first crossover is to open next week, the city wasn’t able, as of Tuesday, to say where it would be. While most crossovers are to be installed by the end of June, a handful won’t be ready until August, according to the city’s website.
What is a pedestrian crossover?
A designated spot where drivers and cyclists must yield to pedestrians so the people on foot can safely cross the road. Crossovers will be identified by specific signs and pavement markings or, in some cases, pedestrian-activated flashing lights.
An example of one of several types of pedestrian crossovers as illustrated by the Ministry of Transportation.
Will there be one in my neighbourhood?
Possibly. Barrhaven is set to get six crossovers, followed by Orléans with four and three each for Kanata North, Kanata South, Stittsville, Gloucester-Southgate and Somerset.
In the first round, there are only four wards not slated to get a crossover — College, Innes, River and West Carleton-March.
The city’s website has a complete list and corresponding map.
If I’m a pedestrian, what do I do at a crossover?
According to the city, pedestrians should make eye contact or some other indication to vehicles that they want to cross the road and ensure drivers and cyclists see them before they enter the roadway. They’re also supposed to only cross once traffic has come to a complete stop. Pedestrians caught walking, running or moving into the path of a vehicle that doesn’t have enough time to stop safely could be fined $35.
What if I’m behind the wheel or riding a bike?
Drivers and cyclists should be on the lookout for pedestrian crossovers and must wait until the pedestrian has completely crossed the road or, in the case of four-lane roads, made it safely to the median before proceeding. Failing to do so could be costly; fines range from $150 to $500 with three demerit points for not yielding to pedestrians at crossovers. Cyclists, meanwhile, could be fined $85 for failing to dismount and walk their bicycle when using a pedestrian crossover.
Will there be a grace period so people can become accustomed to the new crossovers?
No. But Ottawa police and the city are taking out ads on buses and the radio to get the word out before crossovers are activated.
“The day that they come into effect, if we see a blatant disregard of the rules, they will be charged,” said traffic enforcement Sgt. Mark Gatien.
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The provincial government updated the Highway Traffic Act in January to allow cities to install crossovers on low speed, low- to medium-volume roads.
The city says it will install up to 60 crossovers each year for the next three years with a focus in 2016 on single-lane roundabouts, retrofitting existing crossings and on places where no crossing existed previously. A map on its website lists 44 coming over the next few months. The work will cost $475,000.
Although the first crossover is to open next week, the city wasn’t able, as of Tuesday, to say where it would be. While most crossovers are to be installed by the end of June, a handful won’t be ready until August, according to the city’s website.
What is a pedestrian crossover?
A designated spot where drivers and cyclists must yield to pedestrians so the people on foot can safely cross the road. Crossovers will be identified by specific signs and pavement markings or, in some cases, pedestrian-activated flashing lights.
An example of one of several types of pedestrian crossovers as illustrated by the Ministry of Transportation.
Will there be one in my neighbourhood?
Possibly. Barrhaven is set to get six crossovers, followed by Orléans with four and three each for Kanata North, Kanata South, Stittsville, Gloucester-Southgate and Somerset.
In the first round, there are only four wards not slated to get a crossover — College, Innes, River and West Carleton-March.
The city’s website has a complete list and corresponding map.
If I’m a pedestrian, what do I do at a crossover?
According to the city, pedestrians should make eye contact or some other indication to vehicles that they want to cross the road and ensure drivers and cyclists see them before they enter the roadway. They’re also supposed to only cross once traffic has come to a complete stop. Pedestrians caught walking, running or moving into the path of a vehicle that doesn’t have enough time to stop safely could be fined $35.
What if I’m behind the wheel or riding a bike?
Drivers and cyclists should be on the lookout for pedestrian crossovers and must wait until the pedestrian has completely crossed the road or, in the case of four-lane roads, made it safely to the median before proceeding. Failing to do so could be costly; fines range from $150 to $500 with three demerit points for not yielding to pedestrians at crossovers. Cyclists, meanwhile, could be fined $85 for failing to dismount and walk their bicycle when using a pedestrian crossover.
Will there be a grace period so people can become accustomed to the new crossovers?
No. But Ottawa police and the city are taking out ads on buses and the radio to get the word out before crossovers are activated.
“The day that they come into effect, if we see a blatant disregard of the rules, they will be charged,” said traffic enforcement Sgt. Mark Gatien.
mpearson@postmedia.com
twitter.com/mpearson78
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