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Texas Transportation Code § 552.001

Traffic Control Signals

Pedestrians and Other Sidewalk Users

(a) A traffic control signal displaying green, red, and yellow lights or lighted arrows applies to a pedestrian and a sidewalk user as provided by this section unless the pedestrian or sidewalk user is otherwise directed by a special pedestrian control signal.

(b) A pedestrian or sidewalk user facing a green signal may proceed across a roadway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk unless the sole green signal is a turn arrow.

(c) A pedestrian or sidewalk user facing a steady red signal alone or a steady yellow signal may not enter a roadway.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (S.B. 2039), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.