Concord, NC Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Concord's traffic code doesn't regulate a striped on-street bike lane directly; instead § 58-3 controls where cyclists and motorized riders may travel at all. Subsection (a) makes it unlawful to operate a motorized transport device, defined to include mopeds, "pocket motorcycles," motorized scooters and motorized skateboards, on any sidewalk or greenway within the city, with the sole exception of devices designed and used by persons with disabilities. Subsection (b) makes it separately unlawful to ride a bicycle on any city sidewalk, except in areas zoned residential, or within 300 feet of a school building while school is in session or the Boys and Girls Club while it is open.

Where sidewalk or greenway riding is permitted under those exceptions, the rider must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians using it. Because § 58-1's definitions section separately declares that bicycles are deemed "vehicles" and every bicycle rider on a street is subject to the same provisions applicable to a motor vehicle driver, cyclists riding outside the narrow sidewalk exceptions are legally operating in the roadway or any designated bike lane the same as any other vehicle, subject to the general traffic rules of Chapter 58 rather than a separate bike-lane-specific code. The section traces to Code 1987, § 8-5, and was last amended by Ord. No. 04-89 in September 2004.