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Accessible pedestrian signals (APS) use sounds and vibrations to help communicate intersection signals if you are affected by any form of visual or hearing impairment.

Using accessible pedestrian signals

APS are linked to "walk/don't walk" lights. Two sounds are used to point out the direction of traffic and which light is on:

  • A cuckoo sound tells you when the walk symbol is on and you have right-of-way going north or south.
  • A Canadian melody sound tells you when you have right-of-way going east or west.

A pedestrian clearing tone and the "don't walk" light is turned on after these sounds end.

Using APS buttons

You must press the button for five seconds to activate the APS. They will activate on the next cycle and you will hear a pop from the button. The pop sound means the APS is active.

The buttons have a third sound called a locator tone. The tone allows you to find the button if you are affected by any visual impairments.

The APS and locator tones change their volume. The volume goes up if there is a lot of traffic. It goes down if there is little.

Buttons in Durham Region have a raised arrow that points in the direction of the crossing. It vibrates when the APS are activated.

APS requests

You can request accessible pedestrian signals from the Regional Accessibility Advisory Committee. You can reach us at 905-668-7711 ext. 2009, or by email.

The Region has a program to install APS at crossings that have signal lights. The Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and the Regional Accessibility Advisory Committee rank locations.

APS locations

Ajax

Bayly Street and Harwood Avenue

Bayly Street and Kitney Drive

Bayly Street and Monarch Avenue

Harwood Avenue and Hunt Street

Harwood Avenue and Falby Court

Harwood Avenue and Station Street/Achilles Road

Harwood Avenue and Keensford Court/Hibbard Drive

Highway 2 and Harwood Avenue

Highway 2 and Harwood Centre

Highway 2 and Westney Road

Rossland Road and Church Street

Salem Road and Lord Drive

Salem Road and Mandrake Street/Chambers Drive

Westney Road and Bayly Street

Westney Road and Delaney/Magill Drive

Westney Road and Harwood Avenue

Westney Road and Monarch Avenue/Rands Road

Oshawa

Athol Street and Mary Street

Bloor Street and Drew Street/Hwy 401 EB Ramp

Bond Street and Mary Street

Cedar Street and Phillip Murray Avenue

Centre Street and John Street

Centre Street and William Street

Gibb Street and Oshawa Centre Entrance

Grandview Street and Coldstream Drive

Harmony Road and Winchester Road

John Street and Midtown Mall

King Street and Eastlawn Street / Kingsway Plaza

King Street and Mary Street

Park Road and Hillside Avenue

Ritson Road and Coldstream Drive

Ritson Road and Ormond Drive

Ritson Road and Pentland Street

Ritson Road and Woodmount Drive

Rossland Road and Wilson Road

Simcoe Street and Olive Avenue

Stevenson Road and Annapolis Avenue

Stevenson Road and Gibb Street

Taunton Road and Grandview Street

Taunton Road and Wilson Road

Thornton Road and King Street

Townline Road and King Street

Wilson Road and Coldstream Drive

Wentworth Street and Cedar Street

Pickering

Brock Road and Collector Road (South of Hwy 407 EB Off Ramp)

Brock Road and Plummer Street

Finch Avenue and Dixie Road

Glenanna Road and The Esplanade South

Highway 2 and Rougemount Drive

Highway 2 and Whites Road

Highway 2 and Valley Farm Road

Kingston Road and Glenanna Road

Liverpool Road and Bushmill Street/Linwood Street

Liverpool Road and Finch Avenue

Liverpool Road and Highway 2

Pickering Parkway and Portland Court

Valley Farm Road and The Esplanade

Whites Road and Oklahoma Drive/Granite Court

Clarington

Highway 2 and Clarington Boulevard

Highway 2 and Courtice Road

King Avenue East and Arthur Street/Brookhouse Drive

Liberty Street and Concession Street

Liberty Street and King Street

Nash Road and Centrefield Drive

Nash Road and Varcoe Road

Regional Road 57 and Highway 2

Waverly Road and Baseline Road

Whitby

Anderson Street and Manning Road

Brock Street and Mary Street

Dundas Street and Cochrane Street

Highway 7/12 (Baldwin Street) and Campbell Street

Mary Street and Hickory Street

Rossland Road and Garden Street

Rossland Road and Anderson Street

Victoria Street and Gordon Street

Victoria Street and South Blair Street

Winchester Road and Memorial Park/Simcoe Street

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