Tinley Park, IL Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Village Code § 77.05
- Max fine
- $500 per offense (§ 70.99)
- Mid-block crossing between signals
- Prohibited (division C)
- Diagonal crossing
- Only if signals authorize it
- State law basis
- 625 ILCS 5/11-1003
Summary
Tinley Park requires pedestrians to yield to vehicles anytime they cross outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk. Village Code § 77.05 also bars diagonal crossings without a signal and bans mid-block crossing between signalized intersections. Violators face a fine under the village's general traffic penalty.
§ 77.05 PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AT OTHER THAN CROSSWALKS.
(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; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control devices pertaining to the crossing movements.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-40: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-O-007, passed 2-17-2026, Resolution 2018-R-077, passed 10-2-18, and State legislation current through 2010 Pamphlet No. 7).
Full Breakdown
05 of the Village Code, "Pedestrians Crossing at Other than Crosswalks," puts the right-of-way burden on the pedestrian rather than the driver whenever a crossing happens outside a crosswalk. Under division (A), a pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, must yield to all vehicles on the roadway, not merely watch for them. Division (B) extends the same yield duty to a pedestrian who crosses where a tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing exists instead of using it.
Division (C) goes further between adjacent signalized intersections: pedestrians may not cross anywhere except in a marked crosswalk, which is the village's actual jaywalking prohibition. Division (D) separately bars cutting diagonally across an intersection unless official traffic-control devices authorize it, and even then the pedestrian must follow the specific movements the devices direct. 019(A). 09), all enforced the same way through the village's general traffic penalty clause.
Violations & Fines
A violation of § 77.05 is penalized under § 70.99, the general penalty for Title VII traffic offenses: a fine of not more than $500 for each offense where no more specific penalty is listed. Tinley Park police can issue a citation to a pedestrian crossing mid-block between 159th, 171st or other signalized intersections, or cutting diagonally through an intersection without an official crossing signal authorizing it.
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