Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Oakland Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Pedestrians
Oakland Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Oakland
Cite as: Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 10.24 · Text as of 2026-10-04
10.24.010 - Traffic Engineer to establish crosswalks.¶
A. The Traffic Engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows:
Crosswalks shall be established and maintained where the Traffic Engineer determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing the roadway subject to the limitation contained in subsection B of this section.
B. Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred (400) feet in length. Elsewhere not more than one (1)additional crosswalk shall be established in any one block and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at midblock.
(Prior traffic code § 140)
10.24.030 - Crossing at right angles.¶
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a marked crosswalk.
(Prior traffic code § 142)
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