Traffic Safety

What Is Traffic Safety?

• Traffic Calming

  Traffic calming helps reduce vehicle speeds and improve safety in residential areas, school zones, and other high-risk locations. These tools are designed to encourage safer driving behavior and create a more comfortable environment for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers.

  Our traffic calming measures include:

  • Speed Humps Raised sections of roadway that slow down vehicles while maintaining access for emergency and service vehicles.
  • Flexible Bollards Vertical posts installed to visually narrow lanes, guide traffic, and discourage speeding or unsafe turns.
  • Radar Speed Boards Electronic signs that display a driver’s speed in real-time, raising awareness and encouraging voluntary speed reduction.
  • Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) Camera systems used to monitor and enforce speed limits in designated areas, especially near schools and community zones.
  • Other Measures May include curb extensions, pavement markings, and signage.

  These tools are selected based on traffic studies, resident feedback, and engineering review. Our goal is to apply the right solution in the right place to improve safety and support community well-being.

• Traffic Control

  Traffic control helps manage the safe and efficient movement of vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists throughout the Township. These measures are guided by provincial standards and local policies to ensure consistency, visibility, and safety across all roadways.

  Our traffic control tools include:

  • Stop Signs Installed at key intersections to regulate right-of-way and improve safety for all road users.
  • No Parking Signs Used to maintain clear sightlines, prevent congestion, and ensure safe access for emergency and service vehicles.
  • Sightline Reviews Assessments conducted to ensure visibility at intersections, driveways, and pedestrian crossings is not obstructed by vegetation, signage, or parked vehicles.
  • Speed Reduction Studies Data-driven reviews of traffic patterns and speeds to determine if lower speed limits or calming measures are needed in specific areas.
  • Other Signage and Controls Includes yield signs, pedestrian crossing signs, school zone indicators, and seasonal or event-based traffic adjustments.

  These controls are regularly reviewed and updated based on community feedback, safety audits, and engineering assessments

• Community Involvement

  We encourage residents to report traffic concerns and participate in safety initiatives. Your feedback helps us prioritize improvements and tailor solutions to local needs.

• Road Watch

  The York Regional Police Road Watch Program is a community-driven program that provides citizens with a means to report dangerous or aggressive drivers to the Police.  Instances of unsafe lane changes, disobeying traffic lights and stop signs are some typical types of behaviours that qualify for a Road Watch submission.

  Road Watch incorporates three components essential to modifying aggressive driving behaviour:
  
  •    Public education and awareness
  •    Participation
  •    Enforcement
  
  By creating greater awareness and encouraging increased public participation, the program is designed to reduce motor vehicle collisions and potential fatalities.

• What is aggressive driving?

  Aggressive driving is defined as speeding, following too closely, failure to yield right-of-way, improper lane changes, disobeying traffic signs and signals and other similar behaviour. The personal injury, vehicle damage, repair costs and time consequences have serious implications for everyone.

• How can you help?

  If you observe a dangerous act of aggressive driving on a Township of King road, please fill in the details on the Road Watch Online Citizen Report form, or call York Regional Police at 905-895-1221 ext. 7550.