Greeley, CO Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Between signals
- crosswalk-only crossing required
- Elsewhere
- pedestrian yields to vehicles
- Diagonal crossing
- banned unless signed/authorized
- Code section
- Greeley Municipal Code § 16-256
Summary
Greeley pedestrians who cross outside a marked or intersection crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, and between two intersections with working traffic signals they may only cross in a marked crosswalk, under Municipal Code § 16-256.
(a)Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway...(c)Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.(d)No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic control devices.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 16-256 flips the right-of-way against a pedestrian who crosses anywhere other than a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection: that pedestrian must yield to all traffic. It goes further between two intersections that both have working traffic signals: pedestrians there may not cross at any point except a marked crosswalk, a flat mid-block crossing ban. Diagonal crossing through an intersection is also barred unless official traffic control devices specifically authorize it.
Violations & Fines
Crossing mid-block between two signalized intersections, or cutting diagonally through an intersection without a device authorizing it, is itself a citable pedestrian violation under § 16-256, independent of whether a driver was involved.
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