Mobility & Curb Rules in Surprise, AZ (2026)

3 verified mobility & curb rules for Surprise, Arizona, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Shared E-Scooter Rules

Surprise regulates rented, dockless electric scooters and bikes (SATVs) through a temporary pilot program under Code § 54-58, capping the citywide fleet at 100 vehicles, requiring every operator to sign a temporary operating agreement, and banning deployment inside city parks, in front of single-family homes, and in several other listed zones. Operators must retrieve their fleets nightly by 10:00 p.m. and cannot redeploy before 5:00 a.m.

Surprise Shared Scooter Pilot Program

Significant Restrictions

Surprise Municipal Code § 54-58(a), (c), (d), (e)(8), (f)(2), (f)(9)

The purpose of this pilot program is to permit and govern a temporary program to test the deployment and use of a SATV system within the city. ... (c)Term. The term of the pilot program shall commence on the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives and shall expire 180 days thereafter. ... (8)There shall be a total deployment cap of 100 SATVs within the city at any given ...

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Bike Lane Rules

Surprise's shared-mobility ordinance, Code § 54-58(g), requires bicycle and shared e-bike/scooter (SATV) riders in a bike lane or roadway to travel in the same direction as vehicle traffic unless signs or markings allow two-way travel, and to ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb when moving slower than traffic, with listed exceptions for passing, left turns, and hazards.

Surprise Bike Lane Riding Rules

Some Restrictions

Surprise Municipal Code § 54-58(g)(7), (11)

(7)No person shall ride or operate a bicycle or SATV in any direction except as permitted by vehicular traffic on the same side of the roadway where the sidewalk or bicycle lane exists; provided, that bicycles and SATVs may proceed either way where signs or pavement markings on the sidewalk or bicycle lane designate two-way traffic. ... (11)A person riding a bicycle or SATV on a roadway at less...

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E-Bike Classes

Surprise's shared-mobility ordinance, Code § 54-58, defines an 'electric bicycle' as a two- or three-wheeled pedal bike with a motor of no more than 750 watts and a motor-only top speed of 20 mph, and it excludes state-defined 'class 3' electric bicycles from the sidewalk-riding allowance given to slower e-bikes and shared scooters when no bike lane exists on a fast road.

Surprise Electric Bicycle Class Rules

Some Restrictions

Surprise Municipal Code § 54-58(b), (f)(13), (g)(2)

Electric bicycle means a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of no more than 750 watts (one horsepower), the maximum speed of which on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such motor, is 20 miles per hour. ... Stand-up electric scooter means a device which weighs less than 75 pounds, has two or three wheels, has handlebars, has a floorboard on...

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