Blue Springs, MO Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Section 340.060, titled "Vehicle Shall Not Be Driven On A Sidewalk, Prohibition On Obstruction Of Bicycle Lanes, Drivers To Yield To Bicycles In Designated Bicycle Lanes," covers two separate driving problems in one section. First, it repeats the sidewalk ban: a motor vehicle may not be driven within any sidewalk area except across a permanent or temporary driveway. Second, and central to bike lane obstruction, it states plainly that a designated bicycle lane cannot be obstructed by a parked or standing motor vehicle or any other stationary object, closing off the common practice of using a striped bike lane as an overflow parking or loading space.

A driver may enter a designated bicycle lane only to make a lawful maneuver, such as crossing it to reach a driveway or turn lane, or to travel briefly for safety, and while doing so must yield the right-of-way to any bicycle already in that lane. The Code defines a "designated bicycle lane" as any portion of a roadway the governing body with jurisdiction over that road has marked off by striping with signage or by striping with pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles, so the protection applies only to lanes Blue Springs, Jackson County, or the State has actually signed or striped, not to a paved shoulder informally used by cyclists.

A related rule at Section 340.065 separately requires a driver overtaking a bicycle on the roadway to leave a safe passing distance and maintain that clearance until safely past the rider.