Overview
Salt Lake City installs upgrades to make crossings safer and more accessible. This page shows the types of improvements and where they’ve been done.
Safer crosswalk signals
Some crosswalks need more than signs and paint. These signals help drivers see people crossing with flashing lights activated by a pedestrian push button.
HAWK signals
A HAWK (High-Intensity Activated crossWalK) signal is a pedestrian-activated crossing light designed to improve safety at busy streets with high pedestrian traffic.
To drivers, a HAWK signal looks different than a standard traffic light—but to pedestrians, it functions like any button-activated crossing. When not activated, the signal remains dark. Once a pedestrian presses the button, the signal goes through a sequence:
- Flashing Yellow – Alerts drivers that someone intends to cross
- Solid Yellow – Advises drivers to prepare to stop
- Solid Red – Requires drivers to stop at the crosswalk
- Flashing Red – Drivers must stop, then may proceed if the crosswalk is clear
- Dark – The signal turns off until activated again
How to Use It
- Push the button and wait for the walk signal
- Confirm traffic has stopped before entering the crosswalk
- Cross safely when the walk symbol appears
- The flashing DON’T WALK with countdown means finish crossing—don’t begin crossing once it flashes
Download the Salt Lake City HAWK brochure.
Flashing crosswalk signs (RRFBs)
To make crossings safer where signs and pavement markings aren’t enough, Salt Lake City installs Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs)—bright, pedestrian-activated lights that flash when someone presses the button. These beacons improve visibility at crosswalks and help alert drivers to stop for people crossing.
Recent crosswalk enhancements
Crosswalk enhancements include a range of safety improvements such as curb extensions, rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs), median refuge islands, striping, signage, and ADA upgrades. In addition, the Transportation Division has updated pedestrian flashers at 30 locations citywide—installing new poles, signage, and foundations—funded through the Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
2026 crosswalk enhancements
- 100 South and Butler Avenue
- New HAWK pedestrian signal
- 1300 East and Gilmer Avenue
- New HAWK pedestrian signal
- 1525 West and 2100 South
- New flashing crosswalk signs
- 1700 South and 1300 West
- Upgrading flashing crosswalk signs to HAWK pedestrian signal
- 1933 South and 2100 East
- New flashing crosswalk signs
- 400 South and Navajo Street
- New flashing crosswalk signs and curb extensions with curb ramps for people riding bikes
- 500 South and 900 East
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
- 900 West and 200 North
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
- 900 West and 700 North
- New flashing crosswalk signs
- 900 West and 800 North
- New flashing crosswalk signs
- 900 West and 900 North
- New flashing crosswalk signs
- 900 West and Dalton Avenue
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
- 900 West and Fayette Avenue
- New flashing crosswalk signs with improved curb ramps, curb extensions, and a pedestrian refuge island
- 900 West and Montague Avenue
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
- California Avenue and 1430 West
- New flashing crosswalk signs with improved curb ramps, curb extensions, and a pedestrian refuge island
- California Avenue and Concord Street
- New flashing crosswalk signs
- Elgin Avenue and Richmond Street
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
- Parley’s Way and Maywood Drive
- New flashing crosswalk signs
- Riverside Drive and 1000 North
- New flashing crosswalk signs with improved curb ramps, curb extensions, and a pedestrian refuge island
- Sunnyside Avenue and 1950 East
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
- Sunnyside Avenue and Diestel Road
- Upgrade flashing crosswalk signs
- Yuma View and Drive 2000 East
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
- Zenith Avenue and Highland Drive
- New flashing crosswalk signs and improved curb ramps
Previous crosswalk enhancements
2025 crosswalk enhancements
- Kensington Avenue and 700 East
- Kensington Avenue and Foothill Drive
- Wakara Way and Komas Drive
2023 crosswalk enhancements
- 1000 East and South Temple (east and west legs) [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
- 1000 North and Capistrano Drive [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
- 1200 East and South Temple [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
- 1400 West and 400 South [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
- 200 North and 400 West [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
- 400 East and 2100 South [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
- Goshen Street and 400 South [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
- Wakara Way (east of Foothill Drive) [Photo 1] | [Photo 2] | [Photo 3]
2022 crosswalk enhancements
2021 crosswalk enhancements
- 1250 South and 900 West
- 1300 West and 1700 South
- 1900 East and 2100 South
- 200 North and Main Street
- 2100 South and 2300 East
- 2300 East and Sunnyside Avenue
- Ashton Avenue and 900 East
- Elm Avenue and 900 East
- Garfield Avenue and 2300 East
- Hollywood Avenue and 900 East
- Lincoln Street and 100 South
- McClelland Street and 100 South
- Redondo Avenue and 2300 East
- Stringham Avenue and Highland Drive
- Stringham Avenue and Parley’s Way
- Wilson Avenue and 2300 East
- Wyoming Street and Parley’s Way
- Zenith Avenue and Richmond Street
2020 crosswalk enhancements
- 1500 West and Indiana Avenue
- 600 East and 800 South
- Cheyenne Street and Indiana Avenue
- Crystal Avenue and 2000 East
- Emery Street and 400 South
- Emery Street and Indiana Avenue
- Stratford Avenue and 2000 East
This list is currently incomplete and we are working to add the missing crosswalk enhancements.
Adopt-A-Crosswalk Program
Adopt-a-Crosswalk helps improve safety by making orange flags available at crosswalks for people to carry and be more visible to drivers. The City provides the setup, while you help maintain the supply.