Pedestrian Highway Beacon (PHB)

PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation and Lake Havasu City have partnered to help improve pedestrian safety by constructing a pedestrian hybrid beacon at the intersection of Pima Drive and Acoma Boulevard. The beacon will be activated on Monday, May 17.

A pedestrian hybrid beacon is a traffic control device that assists pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked but unsignaled crosswalk. This special type of traffic light utilizes a system of indicator lights and signs that alerts drivers and controls vehicle traffic.

An ADOT study on traffic control devices to help pedestrians cross a street or highway has received a national award.

An ADOT project has made crossing US 70 safer for those living in the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation community of Bylas.

A $9 million ADOT project is making some big changes for the better on US 70 in Bylas, including raised medians, pedestrian walkways, a pedestrian hybrid beacon and drainage work.

The $11 million project is designed to ease traffic congestion, enhance pedestrian safety and improve access to downtown businesses.

Since ADOT installed its first pedestrian hybrid beacon back in 2012, motorists have likely noticed more and more of these devices.

A new project on SR 387 includes sidewalk and roadway improvements, along with a new pedestrian hybrid beacon.