Anchorage, AK Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

095 works as a bundle of prohibitions that switch on when a lane is designated. Pedestrians are covered first: it is unlawful to travel on foot upon a bicycle lane, so a marked lane is not a walking path. Vehicles come next, and the code's carve-out is telling: only vehicles defined as vulnerable road users may operate within the lane, which is what reserves it for bicycles rather than general traffic. Motor vehicles, motor-driven cycles, and motorcycles get exactly one lawful use of a designated lane: driving across it, and a crossing driver must first yield to any cyclist already using the lane.

Parking is treated separately and strictly: no motor vehicle may park across or on a bicycle lane except to obtain emergency parking, so there is no legal quick stop in an Anchorage bike lane short of an emergency. The section also directs cyclists themselves. Bikes must travel in the direction of the adjacent traffic unless the lane is marked for two-way bicycle travel, so riding against traffic is lawful only where the two-way markings say so. Violations of any of these rules are treated as moving-violation traffic infractions under Anchorage's traffic code.