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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Kaylin Martin, Communications Assistant
Phone 952-833-9537 • Fax 952-826-0389 • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edina Police Department To Begin Crosswalk Safety Initiative
Edina, Minn., June 21, 2012 – The Edina Police Department’s Traffic Unit on July 9 will begin a new two-
week safety initiative aimed at pedestrian safety.
“We want residents and visitors to remain safe and comfortable when using our crosswalks,” said Sgt. Tim
Olson.
Olson said the Department is concerned with traffic areas where there are a lot of pedestrians such as 50th &
France, the Edina Promenade and crosswalks near City parks.
Through the initiative, officers, with help from the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety, will educate both drivers
and pedestrians about crosswalk laws and enforce them when necessary. To increase awareness, messages
will be distributed on flashing roadside message boards and educational reminders will be placed on the City’s
website, in publications and distributed through “City Extra” emails.
According to Minnesota law, “Where traffic-control signals are not in place or in operation, the driver of a
vehicle shall stop to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a marked crosswalk or
at an intersection with no marked crosswalk. The driver must remain stopped until the pedestrian has passed
the lane in which the vehicle is stopped.”
Olson reminds pedestrians to also take caution when using a crosswalk.
For more information, contact the Edina Police Department at 952-826-1610.
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