Casper, WY Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Sidewalk riding speed cap
- 10 mph where allowed
- Sidewalk allowed only if street posted
- 30 mph or greater
- Downtown sidewalk riding
- prohibited outright
- Riding two-abreast
- prohibited
- Enforcing agency
- Casper Police Department
- Default fine
- up to $750 plus costs
Summary
Casper Municipal Code Chapter 10.64 bars bicycles and e-scooters from any public right-of-way where bicycles are prohibited and caps sidewalk riding to areas where the abutting street's posted speed is 30 mph or more, with the rider's own speed capped at 10 mph on that sidewalk. The downtown core bans sidewalk riding outright.
10.64.190 - Standards of operation of e-bikes or e-scooters. A.Unlawful operations of bicycles or e-scooters.1.A bicycle or e-scooter may not be operated: ... e.On a public right-of-way where bicycles are prohibited;f.On a sidewalk, unless the posted speed on the abutting public right-of-way is thirty miles per hour or greater and the speed of the bicycle or e-scooter on the sidewalk does not exceed ten miles per hour; ... 10.64.110 - Riding on sidewalks of downtown area prohibited. No person shall ride a bicycle or an e-scooter on the sidewalks of the city located within the downtown area as defined in Section 10.64.010 (E).
Full Breakdown
Section 17.12.190.A.1.e of Chapter 10.64 makes it unlawful to operate a bicycle or e-scooter "on a public right-of-way where bicycles are prohibited," and subsection (f) bars sidewalk riding unless the posted speed on the adjoining street is 30 mph or greater, and even then the sidewalk speed cannot exceed 10 mph. Separately, Casper Municipal Code section 10.64.110 flatly prohibits riding a bicycle or e-scooter on sidewalks within the defined downtown area (bounded by Durbin, the former Chicago Northwestern railroad right-of-way, Ash Street and C Street), and section 10.64.090 requires riders on any other city sidewalk to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.
The same chapter layers on rider conduct rules: section 10.64.060 requires bicyclists and e-scooter users to obey all traffic laws, turn only at intersections, signal turns, and ride on the right; section 10.64.070 requires stopping at stop signs; section 10.64.100 requires operation "with reasonable regard to the safety" of others; and section 10.64.120 bars riding two-abreast alongside another rider. "Bicycles" is defined in section 10.64.010(B) to include e-cycles. Enforcement falls to the Casper Police Department, whose community service officers and certified officers qualify as "enforcement officers" under section 10.64.010(F).
Violations & Fines
A violation of Chapter 10.64's operating rules is a misdemeanor punishable under Casper Municipal Code section 1.28.010(B): a fine of up to $750 plus court costs of up to $10, since no specific penalty is set for the riding-rules sections themselves. Section 10.64.200 additionally makes any violation of the dockless-vehicle-for-hire article (sections 10.64.180-10.64.190) a misdemeanor under the same Chapter 1.28 penalty. Each day a violation continues is a separate offense under section 1.28.020.
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