Pedestrians shall obey the direction of police
officers directing traffic, and whenever there is an officer directing
traffic, a traffic control signal or a marked crosswalk within 300
feet of a pedestrian, no such pedestrian shall cross a street except
within the limits of a marked crosswalk and as hereinafter provided
in this article. For the purpose of this article, a marked crosswalk
shall only be construed to be that area of a street reserved for pedestrian
crossing located between two solid white pavement markings, said markings
or lines being no less than 10 feet apart.
Traffic control signal color indications and
legends shall have the commands ascribed to them in this section and
no other meanings, and every pedestrian shall comply therewith, except
when otherwise directed by a police officer or other authorized emergency
personnel.
A. The word “walk.” Whenever the single word
“walk” is illuminated or the universal symbol for walk
is illuminated, pedestrians facing such indication may proceed across
the street in the direction of such signal only.
B. Red or “don’t walk.” Whenever the
words “don’t walk” or the universal symbol for do
not walk is illuminated, or any indication other than the green or
walk symbol is illuminated in a traffic control signal where pedestrian
indications are provided, pedestrians approaching or facing such indication
shall wait on the sidewalk, edge of street or in the pedestrian refuge
area of a traffic island and shall not enter upon or cross a street
until the proper indication is illuminated in the traffic control
signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing
on the walk indication shall proceed or return to the nearest sidewalk
or safety island on the yellow indication, the red indication or when
the words “don’t walk” are illuminated by rapid
intermittent flashes.
C. Green alone. At traffic control signal locations where
no pedestrian indication is given or provided, pedestrians facing
the signal may proceed across the street within any marked crosswalk
in the direction of the green indication.
D. Yellow or flashing “don’t walk.”
Pedestrians approaching or facing a yellow, flashing don’t’
walk illuminated indication shall not start to cross a street.
E. Flashing red. At any traffic control signal location
where a flashing red indication is being given facing a crosswalk,
pedestrians shall actuate, where provided, the pedestrian signal indication
and cross the street only on the walk indication when such indication
is in operation. If no pedestrian signal is provided, pedestrians
shall cross within crosswalks with due care.
The provisions of this article governing the
use of ways by pedestrians shall not apply to pedestrians actually
engaged in work upon a street closed to travel or under construction
or repair, to municipal, state, federal, or public service employees
while in the performance of their duties, to officers engaged in the
performance of their public duties or to pedestrians acting in an
emergency when such emergency necessitates departures from any part
of this article.