Transportation

Signs & Signals

The City of Edmonton maintains approximately 1,100 traffic signals and 130,000 traffic control signs. The traffic signals inventory includes full signals, lane controls, pedestrian signals, and pedestrian flashers.

Traffic Signs

The traffic control sign inventory includes overhead signs, ground mount information signs, and standard road signs. Each year we respond to over 2000 service locations for maintenance and installation of traffic control signs.

Request a Stop Sign

Call: 311
Email: transportationoperations@edmonton.ca

Traffic Signals

Report a Traffic Signal Outage

Report traffic light outages by calling EPCOR

Call 780-412-4500 immediately
Provide the exact street location of the inoperative light.

Requesting Traffic Signal Installation

Area residents are encouraged to monitor the time spent waiting to access the main street. If the delay is longer than 60 seconds, they can contact the City with a request for a traffic signal assessment.

Transportation Operations
Call: 780-496-3095
Email: transportationoperations@edmonton.ca

If the City does not have recent data on the location of concern, a delay survey and site check will be scheduled and conducted. Once the assessment has been completed, a response to the inquiry is prepared and provided. Any required follow-up action is noted, and then scheduled.

Objective evaluation process to assess requests for installing traffic signals includes:

Main and side street vehicle volumes

Delays experienced by drivers

Impacts of queued traffic

Safety concerns

Performance measures

Implications of signalization on the overall roadway network

Some criteria takes priority over others. For example, safety and shortcutting concerns are considered most important, followed by average delay times and vehicle volumes. The evaluation provides a means of determining whether a traffic signal is appropriate at a given location, and ensures that available resources are allocated to critical locations in a fair manner.

For more information:

Transportation Operations

1200, HSBC Bank Place
10250 101 Street NW
Edmonton, AB

Telephone	780-496-3095
Fax	780-496-1757
Email	transportationoperations@edmonton.ca