Coeur d'Alene, ID Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Section 4.40.030 of the Coeur d'Alene Municipal Code is the core bike lane rule. The City Council defines a Bicycle Lane as an area within a right-of-way specifically set aside and marked for use by Bicycles. Subsection A says no person shall drive or operate a Motor Vehicle upon a Trail, Bicycle Lane, Bicycle Path, Pedestrian Path or Multi-Use Path. Subsection D separately bans golf carts, gas or electric, from Trails, Bicycle Lanes, Pedestrian Paths and Multi-Use Paths, and subsection E does the same for an Electric Motorcycle. Pedestrians are also kept out: subsection F prohibits them in Bicycle Lanes except where there are no sidewalks, and except on the portion of the Centennial Trail marked as a Bicycle Lane on E. Rosenberry Drive and E. Mullan Avenue.

Subsection G lists five exceptions. The prohibitions do not apply to a motorized wheelchair operated by a disabled person, authorized emergency or maintenance vehicles performing those services, public passenger transit while actively loading or unloading passengers within a Bicycle Lane, use of a Motor Vehicle on a portion of a bike lane that lies across a road right-of-way at an intersection or at a driveway, private road or alley, and use of a Motor Vehicle under a permit issued by the Parks Department.

Riding rules are in section 4.40.040. The operator of a Vehicle in a Bicycle Lane must comply with the rules set out in Chapter 7, Title 49, Idaho Code, which the city ordinance adopts for that purpose. On a Trail, Bicycle Path or Multi-Use Path, the maximum speed is fifteen (15) miles per hour unless a lower speed is posted, riders keep as near as practicable to the right half, no more than two ride abreast, and every Vehicle yields to pedestrians. From sunset to sunrise a light visible from five hundred (500) feet to the front and a rear reflector are required. Under section 4.40.050, painting, cutting or altering the surface of a bike lane path, or closing it, needs written permission from the Parks Department, and an alternate route must be signed first.