Alpharetta, GA Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Section 46-1(a) adopts O.C.G.A. § 40-1-1's definitions and the entire Uniform Rules of the Road, O.C.G.A. §§ 40-6-1 through 40-6-395, as the traffic regulations of the city, with like effect as if those statutes were recited directly in the city code. That statutory range includes Georgia's bicycle-specific requirements, covering how cyclists must ride, where they may use the roadway relative to marked bike lanes, and related duties, so a bike lane obstruction or improper-riding stop in Alpharetta is enforced under the same statewide rules the city has locally adopted rather than a separate municipal bike ordinance.

Section 46-1(b) sets the penalty for violating any adopted Rules of the Road provision at whatever fine is not otherwise expressly provided by law, punished under the general penalty schedule in section 1-8. Section 46-1(c) separately extends O.C.G.A. § 40-6-160's school-bus provisions to private roads within the city and authorizes the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety's police division to enforce O.C.G.A. §§ 40-6-160 through 40-6-164 there, showing the same adoption-and-local-enforcement pattern used for the broader Rules of the Road. Because Alpharetta relies on this wholesale adoption rather than writing its own bicycle chapter, any city page addressing specific bike lane distances, hand-signal requirements or passing clearances draws on the adopted state statute text itself rather than separate municipal code language.