Montreal Traffic Lights with Acoustic Signals for the Visually Impaired

Traffic lights — Sound signals for the visually impaired is a dataset listing the locations of all traffic lights managed by the City of Montreal where at least one crossing is equipped with an acoustic signal. The data is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on April 22, 2026. It is available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial distribution of accessible pedestrian crossings based on the location data.
• Assess urban accessibility coverage for the visually impaired based on the presence of acoustic signals.
• Plan infrastructure upgrades or maintenance by identifying intersections with existing assistive technology.
• Conduct demographic or routing studies by integrating this location data with population or road network datasets.

Strengths

• Data is provided by an authoritative municipal source, the City of Montreal.
• Offers multiple file formats (GEOJSON, SHP, CSV) for flexibility in analysis.
• Has a clear, permissive license (CC-BY-4.0) enabling reuse and redistribution.
• Includes a specific update timestamp (2026-04-22 18:41:48.414168).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Likely collected and maintained by the City of Montreal's traffic management department.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:41:48.414168; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Montreal, Québec, Canada