Senior Safety Zones – Vision Zero

There are no future plans to designate new Senior Safety Zones in Toronto. Targeting safety improvements citywide using a data driven approach is a more effective method to provide for the safety of all vulnerable road users.

A Senior Safety Zone is a designated stretch of roadway which includes senior safety zone signs and a variety of measures including:

  • Implementing enhanced pavement markings and signage to raise awareness of the older adult population;
  • Analysis of pedestrian crossing times at traffic signals to ensure that the lower speed of older adults crossing is accounted for in signal timings; and
  • Conducting In-Service Road Safety Reviews to identify potential short term and long term improvements including identification of interim or permanent road design improvements.