Raised Crosswalks

Overview

Raised crosswalks bring a crosswalk from street level to sidewalk level. The roadway slopes on each side to meet the raised crosswalk. Raised crosswalks improve visibility of pedestrians, reduce speeds, and eliminate ponding at curb ramps, which is especially beneficial for people with mobraised crosswalks examplesility and vision impairments. Raising a crosswalk may impact existing drainage and parking.

Benefits

  • Effectively slows speeds
  • Improves visibility of pedestrians
  • Self-reinforces parking restrictions at corners and improves sight lines
  • Maintains access
  • Preserves curb radius, accommodating emergency responders and other larger vehicles that need more space to make turns

Considerations

  • Impacts drainage system
  • Impacts emergency vehicle speeds
  • Must be signed and marked to give advance warning to drivers
  • May generate additional noise if placed mid-block