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6.1.C. - Page 9 Policy BE- 26.10: Prioritize bicycle, electric bicycle /scooter, and pedestrian safety improvements at street crossings. Policy BE- 26.11: Prioritize implementation of pedestrian, bicycle, and electric bicycle /scooter improvements near schools, transit, shopping, hospitals, and mixed -use areas with higher pedestrian concentrations. Policy BE- 26.12: Encourage more students to walk and bicycle to and from Sustainability Focus schools. Policy BE- 26.13: Explore the implementation of uniform way - finding signs to guide bicycles, electric bicycles /scooters, and pedestrians to recommended travel routes and destinations throughout the community. Ensure consistency with countywide /regional signage wherever feasible. Policy BE- 26.14: Support completion of the pedestrian network by providing Sustainability Focus sidewalks or paths on at least one side of the street (preferably both sides where feasible) where they are missing and feasible. Crosswalks and sidewalks shall be universally accessible and designed for people of all abilities, wherever feasible. Policy BE- 26.15: Improve the pedestrian experience through the use of landscaping, medians, crosswalks, mid -block crossings, pedestrian -scale lighting, pedestrian traffic signals, appropriate street furniture, orienting new development toward the street, and increased education and enforcement. Policy BE- 26.16: Encourage pedestrian activity by installing, maintaining, and where appropriate, enhancing existing crosswalks at both mid - block locations and all approaches of major intersections where feasible and where enhanced traffic control devices or roadway amenities would improve pedestrian access and safety. w Policy BE- 26.17: Encourage pedestrian activity by accommodating pedestrian Sustainability Focus crossings on all intersection approaches and /or mid - block with maximum spacing of 500 feet, where feasible, including enhanced traffic control devices or roadway amenities where appropriate to improve pedestrian access and safety, on all street types other than Auto Dominated Highways. Where necessary, traffic flow should be preserved with roundabouts or signal coordination rather than increased intersection spacing.