Safety Zones

Yellow and Black sign with a man walking that reads senior safety zone, drive slowly.

Senior Safety Zones were designed to feature:

  • New senior safety signs;
  • Enhanced pavement markings; and
  • Extended traffic signal walk times.

There are no future plans to designate new Senior Safety Zones in Toronto. The Senior Safety Zone program was developed as part of the 2016 Vision Zero Road Safety Plan and was targeted to locations where activities by older adults were anticipated to be greater. The Vision Zero Road Safety Plan has evolved and several new and enhanced countermeasures, programs, and initiatives have been implemented, focusing more broadly and systemically on older adults as well as other vulnerable road users. Older adults are active in most areas of the city, not just within marked Senior Safety Zones. Targeting safety improvements citywide using a data driven approach is a more effective method to provide for the safety of all vulnerable road users.

 

 

Image of a white, black and yellow sign, with two people walking that reads, school safety zone, drive slowly.

School Safety Zones feature:

  • New school zone safety signs with flashing beacons;
  • School zone pavement stencils;
  • “Watch your speed” driver feedback signs; and
  • Zebra markings at school crosswalks.

A map of existing School Safety Zones can be found on the Vision Zero Mapping Tool.

 

Pedestrian Safety Corridors feature:

  • Speed limit reductions;
  • Signal timing adjustments;
  • Enhanced pedestrian crosswalk markings (zebra markings); and
  • Engineering improvements.

There are no future plans to designate new Pedestrian Safety Corridors in Toronto. Pedestrian Safety Corridors were developed as part of the 2016 Vision Zero Road Safety Plan targeting road segments where collision risk for pedestrians was deemed to be greater. The Vision Zero Road Safety Plan has evolved and several new and enhanced countermeasures, programs, and initiatives have been implemented, focusing more broadly and systemically on pedestrian safety. Targeting safety improvements citywide using a data driven approach is a more effective method to provide for the safety of all vulnerable road users.

 

Image of a white and black sign reading, community safety zone, fines increased.

A Community Safety Zone (CSZ) is a designated stretch of roadway, recognized under provincial legislation, marked with community safety zone signs allowing the doubling of fines associated with speeding and, through the applicable sections of Bill 65, Safer School Zones Act, 2017 Opens in new window, the use of an automated speed enforcement system.

A map of existing Community Safety Zones can be found on the Vision Zero Mapping Tool.