{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-119","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 42-4-119","heading":"Establishment of a school street - speed limit - definition.","body":"(1) As used in this section, \"school street\" means a portion of a roadway immediately adjacent to a school property boundary that is designated as a school street.\n\n(2) A county, city and county, or municipality may designate a roadway as a school street; except that a state highway, as defined in section 42-4-110.5, must not be designated as a school street, unless designated in accordance with section 42-4-615 (2).\n\n(3) A county, city and county, or municipality shall not designate a roadway that directly connects to a state highway as a school street without the written approval of the Colorado department of transportation.\n\n(4) A county, city and county, or municipality that designates a roadway as a school street may close the school street to vehicles.\n\n(5) All vehicles traveling along a school street shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian, bicyclist, or micromobility user. A bicyclist or operator of a micromobility device shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian on a school street.\n\n(6) A state or local government having jurisdiction over the placement of traffic signs and traffic control devices on a school street shall post conspicuous traffic signs indicating an area designated as a school street as a school street.\n\n(7) The maximum speed limit on a school street is ten miles per hour. A state or local government having jurisdiction over the placement of traffic signs shall post speed limit signs on a school street.\n\n(8) Sections 42-4-801, 42-4-803, and 42-4-805 (1) and (2) do not apply to school streets.\n\n(9) A county, city and county, or municipality that designates a roadway as a school street may suspend additional traffic provisions on the school street that endanger pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users and frustrate ease of pedestrian and bicycle movement.","path":["Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic","Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-42.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"afaf80d8ca0a5d8d62346843e50fb16328b5d01be4b69e2959fea6ac337cb049","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-118","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}