San Antonio, TX Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Texas Transportation Code Section 552.005 governs pedestrian crossings outside marked crosswalks. Pedestrians must yield to vehicles unless they are within an intersection or marked crosswalk; pedestrians crossing where adjacent intersections have traffic-control signals must use a crosswalk. Texas, unlike California, has not relaxed jaywalking enforcement, and San Antonio Police continue to cite walkers crossing mid-block on busy thoroughfares like Broadway, Commerce, and Houston Street downtown. Citations are typically Class C misdemeanors. San Antonio launched Vision Zero pedestrian-safety campaigns in 2021 emphasizing driver-yielding under Section 552.003, but those efforts focus on infrastructure rather than reducing pedestrian citations. Failure to appear in San Antonio Municipal Court can trigger an FTA hold on a driver license through DPS.