To increase the safety of pedestrians in Belmont, especially near our schools, 
Belmont is starting a crosswalk flag pilot program at four locations along popular school walking routes. The crosswalk flag program is a low-cost, low-tech tool designed to help increase pedestrian visibility and driver awareness in Belmont.
Here’s how the flags work:
- Take a flag to increase your visibility
- Stop at the curb or edge of the street
- Look left, right, left (and behind you and in front of you, if at an intersection)
- Wait until traffic is stopped, or there’s no traffic coming, before you step into the crosswalk.
- Hold the flag in front of you as you cross.
- Keep looking for traffic until you have finished crossing.
- Walk, don’t run across the street.
- Place the flag in the container on the other side.
If you see that a container is empty, please move a few extra flags from the opposite bucket to the empty container next time you cross. Always practice caution when crossing the road, with or without a flag.
The project is being launched on Tuesday, September 22nd by Belmont Safe Routes to School Community Working Group, in collaboration with the Town of Belmont, including Belmont Public Schools, Belmont Office of Community Development, Belmont Police Department, and Belmont Department of Public Works, with generous support from Be Well Belmont, a project of the Belmont Food Collaborative.
