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Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Chapter 10.32 — PEDESTRIANS

Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · Palo Alto

10.32.050 Pedestrians prohibited - Foothill Expressway.

  • For state law authorizing local authorities to prohibit pedestrians from crossing roadways at other than crosswalks - See Veh. C.A., § 21961.

10.32.010 Establishment of crosswalks authorized.

(a) The city manager is hereby authorized to establish and maintain crosswalks and to designate them by appropriate devices or painted signs upon the surface of the roadway.

(b) The city manager may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.

(Ord. 1714 (part), 1956: prior code § 19.81)

10.32.020 Use of crosswalks required.

(a) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.

(b) In all other districts, 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.

(Ord. 1714 (part), 1956: prior code § 19.82)

10.32.030 Limited right to use of roadway.

No person shall cross the roadway of any portion of a grade separation except at a pedestrian crosswalk.

(Ord 1714 (part), 1956: prior code § 19.83)

10.32.040 Pedestrians prohibited - Certain overpass.

No pedestrian shall cross Bayshore Freeway upon Embarcadero Road Overpass.

(Ord 2496 § 2, 1969: Ord. 2470 § 3, 1968)

10.32.050 Pedestrians prohibited - Foothill Expressway.

(a) No person, other than peace officers acting in the performance of their duties or authorized maintenance or construction personnel, shall, except in designated crosswalks, walk upon or drive any livestock upon the Foothill Expressway at any location on said expressway between Page Mill Road and the southerly city limits at Adobe Creek.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) hereinabove, the driver and passengers of a disabled vehicle stopped on Foothill Expressway at any location between Page Mill Road and the southerly city limits at Adobe Creek may walk to the nearest exit, in either direction, on that side of the expressway upon which the vehicle is disabled, from which telephone or auto repair services are available.

(Ord 2844 § 1, 1975)

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Palo Alto Municipal Code
  1. Article VIII — A. Board of Education
  2. Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  3. Title 2 — ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
  4. Title 4 — BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
  5. Title 5 — HEALTH AND SANITATION
  6. Title 6 — ANIMALS
  7. Title 8 — TREES AND VEGETATION
  8. Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY
  9. ▸Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
    Overview
    1. 10.04 Definitions
    2. 10.08 Enforcement and Obedience to Traffic Regulations
    3. 10.10 Temporary Street Closures
    4. 10.12 Traffic-Control Devices
    5. 10.16 Turning Movements
    6. 10.20 One-Way Streets and Alleys
    7. 10.24 Special Stops Required
    8. 10.28 Miscellaneous Driving Rules
    9. 10.32 Pedestrians
    10. 10.34 Abandoned, Wrecked, Dismantled or Inoperative Vehicles
    11. 10.36 Stopping, Standing and Parking - Generally
    12. 10.40 Stopping, Standing and Parking - Loading and Unloading
    13. 10.44 Stopping, Standing and Parking - Prohibited or Restricted
    14. 10.45 Valet Parking
    15. 10.46 College Terrace Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP)
    16. 10.47 Large Vehicle Parking
    17. 10.48 Trucks and Truck Routes
    18. 10.50 Residential Preferential Parking Districts
    19. 10.51 Crescent Park No Overnight Parking Program
    20. 10.52 Trains
    21. 10.56 Special Speed Zones
    22. 10.60 Parking Violations
    23. 10.62 Idling of Vehicles
    24. 10.64 Bicycles, Roller Skates and Coasters
    25. Chapter 10.04 — DEFINITIONS
    26. Chapter 10.08 — ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
    27. Chapter 10.10 — TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES
    28. Chapter 10.12 — TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
    29. Chapter 10.20 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
    30. Chapter 10.24 — SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
    31. Chapter 10.28 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
    32. Chapter 10.32 — PEDESTRIANS
    33. Chapter 10.34 — ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED OR INOPERATIVE
    34. Chapter 10.36 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - GENERALLY
    35. Chapter 10.40 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - LOADING AND U…
    36. Chapter 10.44 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING - PROHIBITED OR
    37. Chapter 10.45 — VALET PARKING
    38. Chapter 10.46 — COLLEGE TERRACE RESIDENTIAL PARKINGPERMIT PROG…
    39. Chapter 10.47 — LARGE VEHICLE PARKING
    40. Chapter 10.48 — TRUCKS AND TRUCK ROUTES
    41. Chapter 10.50 — RESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PARKING DISTRICTS
    42. Chapter 10.51 — CRESCENT PARK NO OVERNIGHT PARKING PROGRAM
    43. Chapter 10.52 — TRAINS
    44. Chapter 10.56 — SPECIAL SPEED ZONES
    45. Chapter 10.62 — IDLING OF VEHICLES
    46. Chapter 10.64 — BICYCLES, ROLLER SKATES AND COASTERS
    47. Chapter 10.70 — RESERVED
  10. Title 11 — ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROCEDURE
  11. Title 12 — PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
  12. Title 13 — IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE
  13. Title 15 — FIRE PREVENTION
  14. Title 16 — BUILDING REGULATIONS
  15. Title 17 — HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORAGE
  16. Title 18 — ZONING
  17. Title 19 — MASTER PLAN
  18. Article 7 — AUTHORITY FOR AND SCOPE OF MASTER OR GENERAL PLANS.
  19. Article 8 — PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION OF MASTER OR GENERAL PLAN.
  20. Chapter 19.06 — SPECIFIC PLANS
  21. Chapter 19.10 — COORDINATED AREA PLANS
  22. Title 20 — PRECISE PLANS
  23. Title 21 — SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF LAND
  24. Title 22 — PARKS

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