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Traffic signals help pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers know whose turn it is to travel through busy roadway intersections and warn drivers when a pedestrian wants to cross.

Signals in Hillsboro include:

Traffic
Pedestrian Walk/Don't Walk signals
Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB)

The Public Works Department Transportation Division maintains and repairs City-owned signals and traffic detection systems. We also set traffic and pedestrian signal timing.

A Public Works employee uses a bucket truck to maintain a traffic signal

Some City traffic signals have cameras and video detection systems to alert the signal that a vehicle is waiting. The cameras mounted above our signals do not record video.

Maintenance Responsibility

A signal at an intersection is maintained by the government agency that maintains the intersecting roadways.

View the Roadway Jurisdiction Map to see which roadways in Hillsboro are maintained by the City, County, State, or by a private owner.

The City of Hillsboro maintains the signals at intersections where two city streets or a city street and a private street intersect
The State maintains the signals at intersections where a State road intersects a County, City, or private road.
The County maintains the signals at intersections where a County road intersects a City or private road.

Intelligent Transportation Systems

In 2017, the City set a goal to build and implement a new central management system for traffic signal controls as part of our Smart City approach.

The system will offer:

Increased transportation system efficiency
Remote monitoring and management of traffic signals by engineers and technicians

To move towards this goal, the City is expanding our communications infrastructure. The City has:

Mapped out the best routes to place communication fiber in order to connect the signals
Installed the fiber along most of the routes in collaboration with HiLight, Hillsboro’s high-speed internet service

Remaining work includes:

Completing remaining network routes
Linking network equipment to signals
Installing central management software

Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons

Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons at a roundabout in Hillsboro RRFBs help pedestrians by providing an easy and visible way to let drivers know someone is waiting to cross. They also give drivers real-time warning when pedestrians are in the roadway or about to enter the crosswalk.

RRFBs are rectangular light bars located below pedestrian crosswalk signs on each side of the road. When a pedestrian pushes the crosswalk button, two high-intensity yellow Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights flash for a period of time to warn drivers that pedestrians are crossing the street.

Flashing Yellow Arrows

Safety Information

Find more information on crosswalks, pedestrian safety, and neighborhood traffic.