Pedestrians shall obey the directions of police officers directing
traffic, and whenever there is an officer directing traffic, a traffic
control signal or a marked crosswalk within 300 feet of a pedestrian,
no such pedestrian shall cross a way or roadway except within the
limits of a marked crosswalk and as hereinafter provided in these
regulations. For the purpose of these regulations, a marked crosswalk
shall only be construed to be that area of a roadway reserved for
pedestrian crossing located between two solid white reflectorized
twelve-inch pavement markings in rural areas or markings not less
than six inches wide in urban areas, such markings or lines being
no less than six feet apart.
The following locations are designated as crosswalks:
Crosswalk On
|
Location
|
Direction of Pedestrian Travel
|
Linear Feet
|
---|---|---|---|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, bus dropoff lane, south entrance
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, south entrance, easterly entrance
door
|
North/South
|
58 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, bus dropoff lane, south entrance
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, south entrance, westerly entrance
door
|
North/South
|
58 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, dropoff lane, north entrance
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, north entrance, easterly entrance
door
|
North/South
|
18 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, dropoff lane, north entrance
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, north entrance, westerly entrance
door
|
North/South
|
58 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
Agoritsas Drive
|
East/West
|
22 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, easterly driveway, from Stevens
Street walkway
|
East/West
|
25 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, maintenance shop area
|
North/South
|
18 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School South Parking Lot
|
North/South
|
25 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School at the Thresher Drive sidewalk
|
North/South
|
30 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, van/bus dropoff lane, south
entrance
|
North/South
|
31 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway, north aisle
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, bus dropoff lane, south entrance
|
North/South
|
26 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loading dock area
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
North/South
|
35 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, maintenance alley
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
North/South
|
25 feet
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, South Parking Lot
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, van/bus dropoff lane, south
entrance
|
North/South
|
24 feet
|
Agoritsas Drive
|
Bolton Street
|
North/South
|
55 feet
|
Algosi Road (North)
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
30 feet
|
Algosi Road (South)
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
52 feet
|
Ames Street
|
Southeast corner of Reilly Way then crossing Ames Street
|
Northeast/ Southwest
|
30 feet
|
Amory Road
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
46 feet
|
Bartlett Street
|
End of Hayes Memorial Drive
|
North/South
|
40 feet
|
Belleview Avenue
|
Union Street
|
East/West
|
44 feet
|
Berlin Road
|
End of West Hill Road
|
North/South
|
35 feet
|
Bigelow Street
|
North of driveway for No. 447/No. 453 Bigelow Street
|
East/West
|
22 feet
|
Blake Circle
|
At Cook Lane
|
North/South
|
55 feet
|
Bolton Street
|
Elderly housing, No. 397 Bolton Street, northerly driveway (exit)
|
East/West
|
41 feet
|
Bolton Street
|
No. 397 Bolton Street to No. 400 Bolton Street
|
East/West
|
42 feet
|
Bolton Street
|
Washington Street
|
East/West
|
40 feet
|
Boundary Street
|
East of Millham Street
|
North/South
|
19 feet
|
Broadmeadow Street
|
Garabed Boulevard
|
North/South
|
31 feet
|
Burns Road
|
McGee Avenue
|
North/South
|
56 feet
|
Church Street
|
East Main Street
|
East/West
|
37 feet
|
Church Street
|
Edinboro Street
|
East/West
|
30 feet
|
Church Street
|
Essex Street
|
East/West
|
30 feet
|
Church Street (northerly)
|
Essex Street
|
East/West
|
29 feet
|
Church Street
|
Front Street
|
East/West
|
27 feet
|
Church Street
|
Greenwood Street
|
East/West
|
25 feet
|
Church Street (northerly)
|
Sawin Street
|
East/West
|
28 feet
|
Church Street (southerly)
|
Sawin Street
|
East/West
|
27 feet
|
Church Street (northerly)
|
Shawmut Avenue
|
East/West
|
34 feet
|
Church Street (southerly)
|
Shawmut Avenue
|
East/West
|
33 feet
|
Church Street (northerly)
|
Warren Avenue
|
East/West
|
28 feet
|
Church Street (southerly)
|
Warren Avenue
|
East/West
|
30 feet
|
Collins Drive
|
Concord Road
|
North/South
|
50 feet
|
Commonwealth Avenue
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
27 feet
|
Concord Road
|
End of Collins Drive
|
East/West
|
31 feet
|
Cook Lane
|
At East Main Street
|
East/West
|
48 feet
|
Cook Lane
|
At Essex Street/Nolan Way
|
East/West
|
37 feet
|
Cook Lane
|
At Farm Road
|
East/West
|
49 feet
|
Cook Lane
|
At Kane Drive
|
East/West
|
29 feet
|
Cook Lane
|
At O'Grady Road
|
East/West
|
26 feet
|
Cook Lane
|
At Sunshine Drive
|
East/West
|
28 feet
|
Curtis Avenue
|
Hildreth Street
|
East/West
|
28 feet
|
Dicenzo Boulevard
|
Lilac Circle (easterly driveway)
|
North/South
|
38 feet
|
Dicenzo Boulevard
|
Target/Home Depot, south side
|
East/West
|
62 feet
|
Donald Lynch Boulevard
|
East of the driveway at No. 290
|
North/South
|
Two twenty-five-foot sections, split by an existing ten-foot
median
|
Dudley Street
|
Northboro Road - east
|
East/West
|
61 feet
|
Dudley Street
|
Whitney Way
|
North/South
|
17 feet
|
East Dudley Street
|
Elm Street
|
East/West
|
66 feet
|
East Dudley Street
|
Dibuono Drive
|
North/South
|
22 feet
|
Edinboro Street
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
37 feet
|
Elm Street
|
D'Amico Drive
|
East/West
|
44 feet
|
Elm Street
|
Between No. 877 and No. 887 Elm Street
|
East/West
|
22 feet
|
Elm Street
|
Mechanic Street
|
North/South
|
41 feet
|
Elm Street
|
Mechanic Street
|
North/South
|
14 feet
|
Elm Street
|
South of Muddy Lane
|
East/West
|
17 feet
|
Emmett Street
|
Fahey Street
|
East/West
|
52 feet
|
Essex Street
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
31 feet
|
Essex Street (easterly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
30 feet
|
Ferrecchia Drive
|
Elm Street
|
East/West
|
53 feet
|
Ferrecchia Drive
|
Northboro Road - east
|
East/West
|
56 feet
|
Foley Road
|
No. 72 Foley Road to No. 6 McGee Avenue (Richer School entrance)
|
North/South
|
38 feet
|
Framingham Road
|
Driveway to MDC property
|
North/South
|
23 feet
|
Framingham Road
|
South of Sherman Street
|
North/South
|
21 feet
|
Francis J. Kane School driveway
|
No. 520 Farm Road
|
East/West
|
56 feet
|
Gikas Lane
|
Hudson Street
|
East/West
|
28 feet
|
Granger Boulevard
|
At Liberty Street, south side
|
East/West
|
56 feet
|
Greendale Street
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
31 feet
|
Greenwood Street (easterly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
30 feet
|
Greenwood Street (westerly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
23 feet
|
Harvard Street
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
40 feet
|
Hayden Street
|
Water Street
|
North/South
|
88 feet
|
Hemenway Street
|
North of driveway for No. 341 Hemenway Street
|
East/West
|
24 feet
|
Hemenway Street
|
175 feet southwest of Langelier Lane
|
East/West
|
30 feet
|
High school drop off (off Poirier Drive)
|
Poirier Drive
|
East/West
|
40 feet
|
Hildreth Street
|
Hillcrest Street (westerly intersection)
|
North/South
|
22 feet
|
Hildreth Street
|
Marlton Drive
|
North/South
|
25 feet
|
Hosmer Street
|
Jaworek School driveway to No. 431 Hosmer Street
|
East/West
|
36 feet
|
Hosmer Street
|
No. 466 Hosmer Street to No. 9 Stacey Road
|
East/West
|
32 feet
|
Howland Street
|
Elm Street
|
East/West
|
25 feet
|
Hudson Street
|
Gikas Lane
|
North/South
|
54 feet
|
Hudson Street
|
Mechanic Street
|
East/West
|
41 feet
|
Kane Drive
|
At Cook Lane
|
North/South
|
33 feet
|
Kelber Drive
|
Union Street
|
East/West
|
75 feet
|
Kirby Street
|
Elm Street
|
East/West
|
19 feet
|
LaFreniere Drive
|
LaFreniere Drive entrance to MHS
|
East/West
|
24 feet 6 inches
|
LaFreniere Drive
|
At rear entrance to MHS from student parking lot
|
East/West
|
47 feet
|
Lincoln Street
|
378 Lincoln Street
|
North/South
|
36 feet
|
Lincoln Street
|
No. 408 Lincoln Street
|
North/South
|
34 feet
|
Lincoln Street
|
472 Lincoln Street
|
North/South
|
34 feet
|
Lincoln Street
|
Cashman Street (west side)
|
North/South
|
36 feet
|
Lincoln Street
|
Cross Street (west side)
|
North/South
|
34 feet
|
Lincoln Street
|
Huntington Avenue (west side)
|
North/South
|
30 feet
|
Lincoln Street
|
Prospect Street (east side)
|
North/South
|
30 feet
|
Maplewood Avenue
|
Elm Street
|
East/West
|
29 feet
|
Marlborough Hospital (east driveway)
|
Union Street
|
East/West
|
46 feet
|
Marlborough Hospital (west driveway)
|
Union Street
|
East/West
|
49 feet
|
Marlton Drive
|
Hildreth Street
|
East/West
|
30 feet
|
McGee Avenue
|
Foley Road
|
East/West
|
56 feet
|
Meadow Street
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
54 feet
|
Mechanic Street
|
Hudson Street
|
East/West
|
36 feet
|
Millham Street
|
Boundary Street
|
East/West
|
45 feet
|
Millham Street
|
At No. 300 Millham Street
|
North/South
|
16 feet
|
Monument Avenue
|
Water Street
|
North/South
|
50 feet
|
New Street
|
Monument Avenue
|
East/West
|
56 feet
|
New Street
|
Water Terrace
|
North/South
|
49 feet
|
Nickerson Road
|
From Reilly Way to the sidewalk on the southerly side of Nickerson
Road opposite Reilly Way
|
North/South
|
58 feet
|
Nickerson Road
|
End of Reilly Way
|
North/South
|
50 feet
|
Nickerson Road
|
From west of the easterly driveway to No. 200 Nickerson Road
to east of the easterly driveway to No. 300 Nickerson Road
|
North/South
|
36 feet
|
Nickerson Road
|
From west of the easterly driveway to No. 400 Nickerson Road
to the sidewalk on the southerly side of Nickerson Road opposite Reilly
Way
|
North/South
|
30 feet
|
Nickerson Road
|
From west of the easterly driveway to No. 600 Nickerson Road
to the sidewalk on the southerly side of Nickerson Road opposite Reilly
Way
|
North/South
|
36 feet
|
Nolan Way
|
At Cook Lane
|
North/South
|
67 feet
|
Northboro Road - east
|
Dudley Street
|
East/West
|
64 feet
|
Northboro Road - east
|
R.K. Plaza
|
East/West
|
70 feet
|
Norwood Street
|
Elm Street
|
East/West
|
31 feet
|
Old Charter Road
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
72 feet
|
Orchard Street
|
Emmett Street
|
North/South
|
54 feet
|
Orchard Street
|
Hayden Street
|
North/South
|
40 feet
|
Paquin Drive
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
63 feet
|
Pembroke Street
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
59 feet
|
Pleasant Street
|
Between No. 811 and No. 827 Pleasant Street
|
East/West
|
22 feet
|
Poirier Drive
|
Administrative Parking Lot (off Poirier Drive)
|
North/South
|
25 feet
|
Poirier Drive
|
Bolton Street
|
North/South
|
27 feet
|
Poirier Drive
|
High school drop off (off Poirier Drive)
|
North/South
|
25 feet
|
Preston Street
|
Elm Street
|
East/West
|
32 feet
|
Reagin Lane
|
At Cook Lane
|
North/South
|
61 feet
|
Reilly Way
|
Ames Street
|
Northwest/ Southeast
|
80 feet
|
Robin Hill Street
|
Walkway in front of Hillside School (No. 406 Robin Hill Street)
to Chapel (No. 425 Robin Hill Street)
|
East/West
|
24 feet
|
Sawin Street
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
20 feet
|
Sawin Street (easterly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
26 feet
|
Shawmut Avenue (easterly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
34 feet
|
Shawmut Avenue (westerly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
33 feet
|
Sherwood Drive North
|
At Cook Lane
|
North/South
|
39 feet
|
Sherwood Drive South
|
At Cook Lane
|
North/South
|
33 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Algosi Road
|
East/West
|
27 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Baker Drive/LaFreniere Drive
|
East/West
|
48 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Between Chandler Street and State Street
|
East/West
|
25 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Hosmer Street
|
North/South
|
39 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
LaFeniere Drive
|
East/West
|
26 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Lodi Road
|
East/West
|
22 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Union Street
|
East/West
|
62 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Upland Road
|
North/South
|
27 feet
|
Stevens Street
|
Whitcomb School stairs
|
East/West
|
33 feet
|
Stow Road
|
No. 508 Stow Road opposite Cider Knoll Conservation area
|
East/West
|
15 feet
|
Student parking lot at rear (east) of Marlborough High School
|
Westernmost lane of student parking lot
|
East/West
|
76 feet 6 inches
|
Sunshine Drive
|
At Cook Lane
|
North/South
|
31 feet
|
Thresher Drive
|
1st Lt. Charles Whitcomb School, loop driveway
|
East/West
|
29 feet
|
Thresher Drive
|
Union Street
|
East/West
|
60 feet
|
Union Street
|
Highland Street
|
East/West
|
27 feet
|
Upland Street
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
39 feet
|
Warren Avenue (easterly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
29 feet
|
Warren Avenue (westerly)
|
Church Street
|
North/South
|
25 feet
|
Washington Street
|
No. 93 Washington Street to No. 25 Washington Court
|
North/South
|
34 feet
|
Washington Street
|
No. 112 Washington Street to No. 119 Washington Street
|
North/South
|
34 feet
|
Water Street
|
Hayden Street
|
East/West
|
95 feet
|
Water Street
|
Water Terrace
|
East/West
|
55 feet
|
Westernview Drive
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
37 feet
|
West Main Street
|
Hayden Street
|
East/West
|
50 feet
|
Whittier Road
|
Stevens Street
|
North/South
|
55 feet
|
Williams Street
|
At Robin Drive
|
North/South
|
40 feet
|
Williams Street
|
At the Marlborough District Court walkway
|
North/South
|
40 feet
|
A.
At a traffic control signal location where pedestrian indications
are provided but which are shown only upon actuation by means of a
pedestrian push button, no pedestrian shall cross a roadway unless
or until the pedestrian control signal push button has been actuated
and then cross only on the proper pedestrian signal indication. At
traffic control signal locations where no pedestrian indication is
provided, pedestrians shall cross only on the green indication. If
necessary, the green indication shall be actuated by the pedestrian
by means of a push button.
B.
At a traffic control signal location, pedestrians shall yield the
right-of-way to vehicles of a funeral or other procession or authorized
emergency vehicle while in performance of emergency duties regardless
of the signal indication given, and they shall not attempt to cross
the roadway until such vehicles or procession has passed, at which
time pedestrians shall then cross the roadway only as provided in
this article.
Traffic control signal color indications and legends shall have
the commands ascribed to them in this section and no other meanings,
and every pedestrian shall comply therewith, except when otherwise
directed by an officer.
A.
Red and yellow or the word "walk." Whenever the red and yellow lenses
are illuminated together or the single world "walk" is illuminated,
pedestrians facing such indication may proceed across the roadway
and in the direction of such signal only.
B.
Red alone or "don't walk." Whenever the words "don't walk" or any
indication other than red and yellow shown together is illuminated
in a traffic control signal where pedestrian indications are provided,
pedestrians approaching or facing such indication shall wait on the
sidewalk, edge of roadway or in the pedestrian refuge area of a traffic
island and shall not enter upon or cross a roadway until the proper
indication is illuminated in the traffic control signal, but any pedestrian
who has partially completed his crossing on the walk indication shall
proceed or return to the nearest sidewalk or safety island on the
yellow indication, the red indication or when the words "don't walk"
are illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes.
C.
Green alone. At traffic control signal locations where no pedestrian
indication is given or provided, pedestrians facing the signal may
proceed across the roadway within any marked crosswalk in the direction
of the green indication.
D.
Yellow alone, red alone or flashing "don't walk." Pedestrians approaching
or facing a yellow, red or flashing "don't walk" illuminated indication
shall not start to cross a roadway.
E.
Flashing red, yellow or green. At any traffic control signal location
where a flashing red, flashing yellow or flashing green indication
is being given facing a crosswalk, pedestrians shall actuate, where
provided, the pedestrian signal indication and cross the roadway only
on the red-yellow or "walk" indication when such indication is in
operation. If no pedestrian signal is provided, pedestrians shall
cross within crosswalks with due care.
A.
When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation,
the driver of a vehicle, which for the purposes of this article shall
include bicycles, shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping
if need be so to yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within
a marked crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway
upon which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian approaches
from the opposite half of the roadway to within five feet of that
half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling.
B.
No operator of a vehicle shall pass any other vehicle which has been
stopped at a marked crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross a way,
nor shall any operator enter a marked crosswalk until there is sufficient
space on the other side of the crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle
he is operating notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication
to proceed.
A.
No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a sidewalk or safety island or
walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is
impossible for the driver to yield the right-of-way.
B.
Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along and
upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side
of the roadway on its unfinished shoulder facing traffic which may
approach from the opposite direction.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to actuate a pedestrian control
signal or to enter a marked crosswalk unless a crossing of the roadway
is intended.
The provisions of these regulations shall in no way abrogate
the provision of MGL. c. 90, §§ 14 and 14A, which provide:
"Precautions for Safety of Other Travelers" and for the "Protection
of Blind Persons Crossing Ways." Furthermore, notwithstanding the
provisions of these regulations, every operator of a vehicle shall
exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon the
roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary
and shall exercise proper precautions which may become necessary for
safe operation.
These pedestrian control regulations shall be enforced by all
officers of the City on and after June 1, 1968.
The provision of this article governing the use of ways by pedestrians
shall not apply to pedestrians actually engaged in work upon a roadway
closed to travel or under construction or repair, to municipal, state,
federal or public service corporation employees while in the performance
of their duties, to officers engaged in the performance of their duties
or to pedestrians acting in an emergency when such emergency necessitates
departure from any part of this article.
Any person who violates the provision of this article which
deals with the proper use of ways by pedestrians shall be punished
as provided in MGL c. 90, § 18-A of the General Laws as most
recently added by Chapter 409 of the Acts of 1962. Any person convicted
of a violation of any other provisions of these regulations relative
to the operation of vehicles shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$20 for each offence.
A.
All existing rules and regulations governing the operation of vehicles
or the use of ways by pedestrians which are inconsistent herewith
are hereby expressly repealed. This repeal shall not, however, affect
any punishment or penalty imposed or any complaint or prosecution
pending at the time of passage hereof for any offence committed under
any of the rules and regulations hereby repealed.
B.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of these rules
and regulations is for any reason found unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this article.
C.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed these
rules and regulations and each section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsection, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.