Alameda Municipal Code § 8-20 Pedestrians

When within a business or commercial district, no pedestrian shall cross a roadway, except at a crosswalk or regularly established pedestrian lane. In other districts throughout the City, if there be no marked crosswalk, no pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb.

No person shall stand in any roadway, except in a safety zone or in a crosswalk, if such action shall interfere with the movement of traffic. This provision shall not apply to any public officer or employee or employee of a public utility when upon a roadway in line of duty.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 17-271; Ord. No. 1098 N.S.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to utilize any portion of the following described areas for pedestrian traffic:

(Ord. No. 1376 N.S.)

The Public Works Director is hereby authorized, based upon what generally accepted transportation engineering and planning standards indicate for the safety or adequate flow of all modes of transportation, to install pedestrian signals. The Public Works Director may elect to refer the issue to the Transportation Commission to seek its recommendation.

(Ord. No. 2881 § 11; Ord. No. 2973 N.S. § 14)

The Public Works Director in consultation with the Chief of Police and the Alameda Unified School District, shall recommend safe routes to schools. The Public Works Director may elect to refer the issue to the Transportation Commission to seek its recommendation.

(Ord. No. 2881 § 11; Ord. No. 2973 N.S. § 14)