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Mobility & Curb Rules in Portsmouth, VA (2026)

2 verified mobility & curb rules for Portsmouth, Virginia, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Shared E-Scooter Rules

Portsmouth bans shared, for-hire mobility devices, e-scooters, motorized skateboards, motorized scooters, motorized bicycles and electric power-assisted bicycles, from its streets, sidewalks and other public ways unless they operate under the City of Portsmouth Shared Mobility Device Pilot Program or another program city council separately authorizes, per Sec. 32-30.

Portsmouth Ban on Shared E-Scooters Outside Pilot Program

Heavy Restrictions

Sec. 32-30

(a)Except as permitted by the City of Portsmouth Shared Mobility Device Pilot Program or such other related program as may be authorized by city council from time to time, the offering for use, or actual use, of shared mobility devices for hire such as motorized skateboards, e-scooters, motorized scooters, motorized bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles or the like on city streets, sidewal...
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Red-Light Cameras

Portsmouth runs two separate photo-enforcement programs: school-zone and highway-work-zone speed cameras under City Code § 22-832, adopted in 2023, carrying a $100.00 civil penalty for going 10+ mph over the posted limit, and red-light cameras under § 22-842, adopted the same year, carrying a $50.00 penalty per violation.

Portsmouth Photo Speed and Red-Light Cameras

Some Restrictions

Portsmouth, VA Code of Ordinances §§ 22-832(c), 22-842(k)

The operator of a vehicle shall be liable for a $100.00 civil penalty pursuant to this section if such vehicle is found, as evidenced by information obtained from a photo speed monitoring device, to be traveling at speeds of at least ten miles per hour above the posted school crossing zone or highway work zone speed limit within such school crossing zone or highway work zone, while such zone is...
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