[5-13-1969]
Pedestrians shall obey the directions of police officers directing
traffic and whenever there is an officer directing traffic, or a traffic
control signal within 300 feet of a pedestrian, no such pedestrian
shall cross a way or roadway except within the limits of the marked
crosswalk at the signalized location and as hereinafter provided in
these regulations. For the purpose of these regulations, a marked
crosswalk shall only be construed to be that area of a roadway, reserved
for pedestrian crossing located between two solid white reflecorized
twelve-inch pavement markings in rural areas or a markings not less
than six inches wide in urban areas, such markings or lines being
no less than six feet apart.
[5-13-1969]
(a)
At a traffic-control signal location where pedestrian indications
are provided but which are shown only upon actuation by means of a
pedestrian pushbutton, a pedestrian shall not cross a roadway unless
or until the pedestrian-control signal pushbutton has been actuated
and then cross only on the proper pedestrian signal indication. At
traffic-control signal locations where no pedestrian indication is
provided, pedestrians shall cross only on the green indication. If
necessary, the green indication shall be actuated by the pedestrian
by means of a pushbutton.
(b)
At a traffic-control signal location, pedestrians shall yield the
right of way to vehicles of a funeral or other procession or authorized
emergency vehicle while in performance of emergency duties regardless
of the signal indication given, and they shall not attempt to cross
the roadway until such vehicle or procession has passed at which time
pedestrians shall then cross the roadway only as provided in these
regulations.
[5-13-1969]
Traffic-control signal color indications and legends shall have
the commands ascribed to them in this section and no other meanings,
and every pedestrian shall comply therewith, except when otherwise
directed by an officer.
(a)
Red and yellow or the word WALK. Whenever the red and yellow lenses
are illuminated together or the single word walk is illuminated, pedestrians
facing such indication may proceed across the roadway and in the direction
of such signal only.
(b)
Red alone or DON'T WALK. Whenever the words DON'T WALK or any indication
other than red and yellow shown together are illuminated in a traffic-control
signal where pedestrian indications are provided, pedestrians approaching
or facing such indication shall wait on the sidewalk, edge of roadway
or in the pedestrian refuge area of a traffic island and shall not
enter upon or cross a roadway until the proper indication is illuminated
in the traffic-control signal, but any pedestrian who his partially
completed his crossing on the walk indication shall proceed or return
to the nearest sidewalk or safety island on the yellow indication,
the red indication or when the words DON'T WALK are illuminated by
rapid intermittent flashes.
(c)
Green alone. At traffic-control signal locations where no pedestrian
indication is given or provided, pedestrians facing the signal may
proceed across the roadway within any marked crosswalk in the direction
of the green indication.
(d)
Yellow alone, red alone or flashing DON'T WALK. Pedestrians approaching
or facing a yellow, red or flashing DON'T WALK illuminated indication
shall not start to cross a roadway.
(e)
Flashing red, yellow or green. At any traffic-control signal location
where a flashing red, yellow or flashing green indication is being
given facing a crosswalk, pedestrians shall actuate, where provided,
the pedestrian signal indication and cross the roadway only on the
red, yellow or WALK indication when such indication is in operation.
If no pedestrian signal is provided, pedestrians shall cross within
crosswalks with due care.
[5-13-1969]
It shall be unlawful for any person to actuate a pedestrian-control
signal unless a crossing of the roadway is intended.
[5-13-1969]
The provisions of these regulations shall in no way abrogate
the provisions of chapter 90, sections 14 and 14A of the General Laws
which provide: "Precautions for Safety of Other Travelers" and for
the "Protection of Blind Persons Crossing Ways." Furthermore, notwithstanding
the provisions of these regulations every operator of a vehicle shall
exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon the
roadway, and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary
and shall exercise proper precautions which may become necessary for
safe operation.
[5-13-1969]
These pedestrian control regulations shall be enforced by all
officers of the city on and after September 1, 1969.
[5-13-1969]
The provisions of these rules and regulations governing the
use of ways by pedestrians shall not apply to pedestrians actually
engaged in work upon a roadway closed to travel or under construction
or repair, to municipal, state, federal or public service corporation
employees while in the performance of their duties, to officers engaged
in the performance of their public duties or to pedestrians acting
in an emergency when such emergency necessitates departure from any
part of these rules and regulations.
[5-13-1969]
Any person who violates the provisions of this article which
deal with the proper use of ways by pedestrians shall be punished
as provided in chapter 90, section 18A of the General Laws.
[5-13-1969]
All existing rules and regulations governing the operation of
vehicles or the use of ways by pedestrians which are inconsistent
herewith are hereby expressly repealed. This repeal shall not, however,
affect any punishment or penalty imposed or any complaint or prosecution
pending at the time of passage hereof for any offense committed under
any of such rules and regulations hereby repealed.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of these
rules and regulations is for any reason [found] unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion
of these rules and regulations. The city council hereby declares that
they would have passed these rules and regulations and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses
or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
