Aurora, CO Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

unless the roadway includes a bicycle lane adjacent to the curb with a buffer, followed by a parking lane. When there is a bicycle lane adjacent to the curb with a buffer, followed by a parking lane, a vehicle shall parallel-park headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and the vehicle shall be entirely within the designated parking lane. A bicycle lane adjacent to a parking lane shall not be established on any state highway without the prior approval of the Colorado Department of Transportation. A vehicle may be stopped or parked within 12 inches of the left-hand curb facing in the direction of traffic movement upon any one-way street unless signs are in place prohibiting such stopping or standing.

(p) Official authority. Section 134 of Article I of the Model Traffic Code is amended to read as follows:The city council has jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating the placement of traffic control devices and has named the traffic engineer for purposes of providing the engineering studies and the engineering judgment, and any other relevant information concerning the placement of traffic control devices. Council may also consider placement of traffic control devices by an official act through an alternative council resolution process that has been formally adopted by city council.

(q) Eluding or attempting to elude a police officer. Section 1413 of the Model Traffic Code is amended to read as follows:Section 1413. Eluding or attempting to elude a police officer.