{"id":5892,"date":"2026-10-20T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/?p=5892"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:42:57","slug":"new-pedestrian-crossing-coming-to-campus-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/2026\/new-pedestrian-crossing-coming-to-campus-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pedestrian Crossing Coming to Campus Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        New Pedestrian Crossing Coming to Campus Avenue\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To improve safety for everyone on campus, the stop sign at the Richcraft Hall pedestrian crossing on Campus Ave. will soon be replaced with a designated pedestrian crossover featuring pedestrian-activated flashing amber lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the lights are activated, motorists and cyclists must come to a complete stop, yield to pedestrians, and remain stopped until pedestrians have fully crossed the roadway. Passing a vehicle stopped at a pedestrian crossover is prohibited under Ontario traffic laws. Failure to yield can result in fines and demerit points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please watch for new signage and be prepared to stop when approaching the crossing. This upgrade is part of Carleton&#8217;s ongoing commitment to campus safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"did-you-know\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Ontario pedestrian crossovers, drivers must stop and remain stopped until pedestrians have crossed the entire roadway and safely reached the sidewalk. This rule applies whenever a pedestrian is crossing or waiting to cross at a designated pedestrian crossover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campus Safety Services enforces Carleton University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/12\/241219Traffic-and-Parking-RegulationsFINAL.pdf'\">Parking and Traffic Regulations<\/a>. Failure to obey a sign or traffic control device on campus can result in a $75 fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To improve safety for everyone on campus, the stop sign at the Richcraft Hall pedestrian crossing on Campus Ave. will soon be replaced with a designated pedestrian crossover featuring pedestrian-activated flashing amber lights. When the lights are activated, motorists and cyclists must come to a complete stop, yield to pedestrians, and remain stopped until pedestrians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":5893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5894,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5892\/revisions\/5894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/people-finance-operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}