Comment 94652

By MikeyJ (registered) | Posted November 11, 2013 at 18:14:22 in reply to Comment 94641

It wasn't made clear that Hamilton does seem to be following a common municipal legal interpretation of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, not their own unique one.

This interpretation is somewhat supported by recent provincial recommendations discouraging "marked or unmarked uncontrolled crossings":

The Ontario Traffic Manual - Book 15: Pedestrian Crossing Facilities from Dec 2010, page 45:

"3.3 Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing

Uncontrolled pedestrian crossings are locations(other than a controlled pedestrian crossing as defined in Section 3.2) where pedestrian crossing activity takes place without traffic control measures to designate and assign the right-of-way for pedestrians at the crossing. Consequently, marked or unmarked uncontrolled crossings are to be discouraged where there is a higher likelihood of conflicts given the lack of formal right-of-way designation for pedestrians. Pedestrian crossings should be prioritized first based on consideration of implementing supporting traffic control measures as defined in Section 3.1.2, and provided that appropriate warrant and site conditions are satisfactory. Wherever possible, pedestrians are to be encouraged to use crossing locations with traffic control devices."

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