Lubbock, TX Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 20.07.001, Crossing at other than crosswalk
- Between signalized intersections
- Crosswalk crossing only, no exceptions
- Freeway crossing
- Prohibited except duty, emergency, permitted event
- Original adoption
- Ordinance 1367, sec. 1, adopted 4/23/1953
Summary
Lubbock pedestrians who cross a roadway outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield to all vehicles on the road. Between signalized intersections, crossing anywhere except in a marked or unmarked crosswalk is barred outright, and freeway crossing is prohibited for the general public.
(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 any adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Full Breakdown
07, Pedestrians. Subsection (a) requires a pedestrian crossing at any point other than within a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, to yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on the roadway. Subsection (b) applies the same yield duty where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing has been built: a pedestrian who crosses at street level anyway still must yield to traffic. Subsection (c) is the strict mid-block rule: between adjacent intersections where traffic-control signals are operating, pedestrians may not cross anywhere except in a marked or unmarked crosswalk, full stop, with no yield-and-go option.
10. The section traces to Ordinance 1367 adopted in 1953 and was last amended by Ordinance 9874 in 1996, then renumbered by Ordinance 2012-O0032 in 2012. 004.
Violations & Fines
Crossing outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk without yielding, or crossing mid-block between signalized intersections, is a misdemeanor under § 20.01.003 (chapter 20's general obedience requirement) and punishable per the citywide general penalty section, § 1.01.004; each day a continuing violation persists is treated as a separate offense in municipal court.
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