City of Marlborough, MA Article VIII Pedestrian Control Regulations

§ 586-60 Crossing ways and roadways.

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.

§ 586-60.1 Crosswalk locations.

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

§ 586-61 Procedures at traffic control signal locations.

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.

§ 586-62 Obedience to traffic control signals.

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.

§ 586-63 Vehicle operation at crosswalks.

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.

§ 586-64 Pedestrian safety responsibilities.

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.

§ 586-65 Abrogation of statute.

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.

§ 586-66 Enforcement.

These pedestrian control regulations shall be enforced by all officers of the City on and after June 1, 1968.

§ 586-67 Exemptions.

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.

§ 586-68 Violations and penalties.

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.

§ 586-69 Repealer; severability.

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.