(A) Pedestrians are prohibited from crossing an arterial roadway at any place except in a crosswalk. If there is no crosswalk on an arterial roadway, a pedestrian may cross an arterial roadway only at an intersection in which a traffic- control signal or other device is in place. If neither is present, a person may cross an arterial roadway only at an intersection.
(B) Pedestrians are prohibited from standing or being on a median or gore of an arterial roadway unless he or she is in the process of legally crossing an arterial roadway.
(C) No person, other than an occupant of a vehicle, shall be on an arterial roadway, unless otherwise provided by law. Pedestrians, while upon on an arterial roadway, are prohibited from approaching a vehicle operating on such arterial roadway except for the actions contained in subsection (D).
(D) Sections (B) and (C) do not apply to:
(1) Any person in a legally parked vehicle at the curb or shoulder;
(2) Any person engaged in law enforcement or rescue activities or with an emergency repair or maintenance of a vehicle;
(3) Any person entering a stopped vehicle as an invited passenger where it is lawful to do so, including accessing taxicabs or public transportation;
(4) Any person working on an arterial roadway with a valid permit; or
(5) Any person in compliance with the provisions of KRS 189.570(21) and the following pedestrian safety measures:
(a) Be at least 18 years of age;
(b) Persons must wear vests as prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices;
(c) Persons must place at least four orange cones per lane utilized with a minimum height of at least 28 inches and placed at a minimum of 15 feet apart from the closest orange cone;
(d) Persons must withdraw from an intersection to a place of safety on a median or on the side of an arterial roadway before the light turns green or as soon as safely possible;
(e) Persons must limit solicitation activity to one person for each lane of traffic;
(f) Persons must refrain from yelling at or otherwise distracting motorists, and from touching any vehicle; and
(g) Persons shall not conduct any solicitation activity before sunrise or after sunset, as published daily by the National Weather Service, or in inclement weather during which wipers or lights are necessary for safe vehicular travel, or in the judgment of any law enforcement officer conducting solicitation activity would constitute a hazard to individuals conducting solicitation activity or to motorists.
(E) The following streets are designated arterial roadways for the purposes of this section:
N 15th St |
S 15th St |
N 16th St |
S 16th St |
S 17th St |
N 1st St |
S 1st St |
N 21st St |
N 22nd St |
S 22nd St |
N 22nd St Connector |
N 26th St |
S 26th St |
S 2nd St |
N 3rd St |
S 3rd St |
3rd Street Rd |
S 4th St |
S 5th St |
S 6th St |
N 7th St |
S 7th St |
7th Street Rd |
N 8th St |
S 9th St |
S 9th Street Ramp |
Algonquin Pky |
Ballardsville Rd |
Bank St |
Bardstown Rd |
Barret Ave |
Baxter Ave |
Bells Ln |
Bernheim Ln |
Berry Blvd |
Beulah Church Rd |
Billtown Rd |
Bingham Way |
Blankenbaker Pky |
Blue Lick Rd |
Bowling Blvd |
E Brandeis Ave |
Breckenridge Ln |
E Broadway |
W Broadway |
S Brook St |
Browns Ln |
Brownsboro Rd |
Buechel Bank Rd |
Buechel Byp |
E Burnett |
S Campbell St |
Cane Run Rd |
Cannons Ln |
E Cardinal Blvd |
W Cardinal Blvd |
Castlewood Ave |
Central Ave |
Chenoweth Ln |
Cherokee Pky |
W Chestnut St |
Chestnut Street Connector |
Chestnut Street E Connector |
Clark Memorial Brg |
Colorado Ave |
Crittenden Dr |
Crums Ln |
Denny Crum Overpass |
Dixie Hwy |
Dr W J Hodge St |
Dumesnil St |
Dutchmans Ln |
Dutchmans Pky |
Eastern Pky |
N English Station Rd |
Fegenbush Ln |
Fern Valley Rd |
Finzer St |
S Floyd St |
Frankfort Ave |
Gagel Ave |
Glenbrook Rd |
Goss Ave |
Grade Ln |
E Gray St |
Greenbelt Hwy |
Greenbelt Ramp |
Greenwood Rd |
Grinstead Dr |
Herr Ln |
Hikes Ln |
E Hill St |
W Hill St |
Hillcrest Ave |
N Hubbards Ln |
S Hubbards Ln |
N Hurstbourne Pky |
S Hurstbourne Pky |
I 265 North |
E Indian Trl |
Industry Rd |
S Jackson St |
Jefferson Blvd |
E Jefferson St |
W Jefferson St |
Johnsontown Rd |
W Kenwood Way |
KY 841 |
KY-841 Ramp |
La Grange Rd |
Lees Ln |
Lexington Rd |
E Liberty St |
W Liberty St |
Lime Kiln Ln |
Logan St |
Lyndon Ln |
Lynn St |
E Main St |
W Main St |
E Manslick Rd |
Manslick Rd |
E Market St |
W Market St |
Mary St |
McMahan Blvd |
Mellwood Ave |
Millers Ln |
E Muhammad Ali Blvd |
W Muhammad Ali Blvd |
National Tpke |
New Cut Rd |
New La Grange Rd |
Newburg Rd |
Northwestern Pky |
E Oak St |
W Oak St |
Oakdale Ave |
Old Henry Rd |
W Ormsby Ave |
Outer Loop |
Palatka Rd |
Park Blvd |
Park Rd |
Phillips Ln |
Plantside Dr |
Poplar Level Rd |
Portland Ave |
Preston Hwy |
N Preston St |
S Preston St |
Produce Rd |
River Park Dr |
River Rd |
W River Rd |
Rockford Ln |
Rowan St |
Roy Wilkins Ave |
Ruckriegel Pky |
S Shelby St |
Shelbyville Rd |
Shepherdsville Rd |
Southern Pky |
Southside Dr |
Southwestern Pky |
St. Andrews Church Rd |
E St. Catherine St |
W St. Catherine St |
Stilz Ave |
Stonestreet Rd |
Story Ave |
Taylor Blvd |
Taylorsville Rd |
W Tenny Ave |
Terry Rd |
Trade Port Dr |
Trevilian Way |
US Highway 42 |
University Blvd |
Valley Station Rd |
Virginia Ave |
W Washington St |
N Watterson Trl |
Watterson Trl |
Westport Rd |
Whipps Mill Rd |
Willow Ave |
Wilson Ave |
Winkler Ave |
Winter Ave |
E Witherspoon St |
E Woodlawn Ave |
W Woodlawn Ave |
Zorn Ave |
This section also applies to the first 200 feet of any roadway that intersects with an arterial roadway, as measured from the point where the roadway and the arterial roadway intersect.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 112-2019, approved 8-26-2019) Penalty, see § 10.99