ROH §15-17.2
Rules for pedestrians crossing streets safely
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This law tells pedestrians when and where they can cross streets. You cannot step into a crosswalk if cars are close enough to be dangerous. In business areas, cross only at crosswalks. In residential areas, cross only at crosswalks within 200 feet of an intersection. Some streets are closed to walking.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Restrictions on pedestrians crossing roadways
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) No pedestrian shall enter any marked or unmarked crosswalk or part thereof when vehicular traffic is so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard, nor shall any pedestrian enter any unmarked crosswalk where traffic signs forbid such entry.
(b) No pedestrian shall cross any roadway within any business district except within a marked or unmarked crosswalk, nor any roadway in any residence district within 200 feet of any intersection except within a marked or unmarked crosswalk at such intersection.
(c) No pedestrian shall enter upon or cross any roadway or portion of any roadway designated by the council as closed to pedestrian traffic, except within an authorized marked crosswalk, or upon a pedestrian overpass or through a pedestrian tunnel.
(d) The roadways or portions of roadways are designated as closed to pedestrian traffic at the locations described in Schedule XXVIII attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof.*
) Editor’s note:
* See listing of schedules at the end of this chapter.
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