Editing Pedestrian crossing (section)

===North America===
[[File:US DontWalk Traffic Signal.JPG|alt=A signal displaying in red the text DON'T WALK|thumb|A traditional, now-defunct U.S. "DON'T WALK" signal]]
[[File:Crossride on Barrington Street Halifax.jpg|thumb|A crosswalk at a signalized intersection, showing the 'parallel line'-type]]
[[File:Tonawanda Rails-to-Trails - 20200117 - 02.jpg|thumb|A ladder-style crosswalk by a STOP sign]]
{{Main|Crosswalks in North America}}
In the United States, crosswalks are sometimes marked with white stripes, though many [[Municipality|municipalities]] have slightly different styles. The designs used vary widely between [[Jurisdiction|jurisdictions]], and often vary even between a city and its county (or local equivalents).<ref name=":52"/> Most frequently, they are marked with two parallel white lines running from one side of the road to the other, with the width of the lines being typically {{Convert|12|to|24|in}} wide.<ref name=":52"/><ref name=":63">{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=Chapter 3B - MUTCD 2009 Edition |url=https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part3/part3b.htm |access-date=10 March 2017 |website=FHWA |language=en}}</ref>

Marked crosswalks are usually placed at traffic intersections or crossroads, but are occasionally used at mid-block locations, which may include additional regulatory signage such as "PED XING" (for "pedestrian crossing"), flashing yellow beacons (also known as rectangular rapid-flashing beacons or RRFBs), stop or yield signs, or by actuated or automatic signals. Some more innovative crossing treatments include in-pavement flashers, yellow flashing warning lights installed in the roadway, or [[HAWK beacon]].<ref name=":52">{{Cite web |series=Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access |title=Part II of II: Best Practices Design Guide |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/publications/sidewalk2/sidewalks208.cfm |access-date=April 11, 2024 |website=Federal Highway Administration}}</ref>

Crossing laws vary between different states and provinces and sometimes at the local level.<ref name="row-xwalk503">{{cite web |title=Right of Way in the Crosswalk |url=http://americawalks.org/wp-content/upload/Right-of-Way-in-the-Crosswalk_2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729000248/http://americawalks.org/wp-content/upload/Right-of-Way-in-the-Crosswalk_2013.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2014}}</ref> All U.S. states require vehicles to yield to a pedestrian who has entered a marked crosswalk, and in most states crosswalks exist at all intersections meeting at approximately right angles, whether they are marked or not.<ref name="row-xwalk503"/><ref>See [http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pubs/04100/01.htm here]{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (discussing the [[Uniform Vehicle Code]] and stating that "a crosswalk at an intersection is defined as the extension of the sidewalk or the shoulder across the intersection, regardless of whether it is marked or not."); see also California Vehicle Code section 275(a) ("'Crosswalk' is . . . [t]hat portion of a roadway included within the [extension] of the boundary lines of sidewalks at intersections where the intersecting roadways meet at approximately right angles, except the [extension] of such lines from an alley across a street")</ref>

At crossings controlled by signals, generally the [[Utility pole|poles]] at both ends of the crosswalk also have the pedestrian signal heads. For many years these bore white {{smallcaps|walk}} and [[Portland Orange]] {{smallcaps|dont walk}} legends,<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=December 2000 |title=2000 MUTCD - PART 4 - TRAFFIC SIGNALS |url=https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/millennium/12.18.00/4.pdf |access-date=9 March 2017 |website=[[Federal Highway Administration|fhwa.dot.gov]] |pages=4E1 to 4E14}}</ref> but pictograms of an "upraised hand" (symbolizing {{smallcaps|dont walk}}) and a "walking person" (symbolizing {{smallcaps|walk}}) have been required since 2009.<ref name="mutcd-4e2">{{cite web |date=2009 |title=Chapter 4E - MUTCD 2009 Edition |url=https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part4/part4e.htm |access-date=9 March 2017 |website=FHWA}}</ref><ref name="racism2">{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=David |date=6 July 2020 |title=The Unintentional Racism Found in Traffic Signals |url=https://level.medium.com/the-unintentional-racism-found-in-traffic-signals-b2899c34fefb |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><ref>https://wynnfieldmobile.com/84-year-old-wynnfield-resident-killed-while-walking-on-road/</ref>