Can improvements be made to crosswalks to help enforce the 25 mph speed limit?
Although there is an intersection with a local street at US 60/Wickenburg Way, there are no traffic signals. There have been numerous studies regarding the undesirability of mid-block crosswalks. US 60 has four lanes at this location with parking on both sides of the street and carries over 20,000 vehicles per day. Drivers typically do not expect to encounter a crosswalk at this location (or similar locations on state highways) – no matter how well marked. In many cases, crosswalks can give pedestrians a false sense of security (they expect that drivers will automatically stop just because there are lines on the pavement). A crosswalk is implied at all intersections whether marked or not. Removing the painted lines would not eliminate the legal crosswalk and studies actually show that unmarked crosswalks are safer for pedestrians than marked crosswalks. Enforcement of the 25 mph speed limit is under the Wickenburg Police Department’s jurisdiction.
