Dallas treats bicycles as vehicles under Chapter 28 traffic rules and is building out the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan with on-street, buffered, and protected lanes. Motor vehicles must yield within marked bicycle lanes.
Dallas Chapter 28 incorporates Texas Transportation Code Chapter 551 and treats bicycles as vehicles entitled to use the full travel lane unless a bike lane is provided. The 2011 Dallas Bike Plan, updated through subsequent transportation bond programs, expands a network of striped, buffered, and concrete-protected bicycle lanes across downtown, Oak Cliff, and East Dallas. Drivers may not park, stop, drive, or turn through a marked bike lane except to enter a driveway or make a right turn from the closest practicable position. Cyclists must ride with traffic, signal turns, and use front white and rear red lights at night. Sidewalk riding is permitted citywide except inside the central business district, where it is banned by ordinance.
Drivers blocking or driving in a bike lane face moving violations starting at two hundred dollars under Chapter 28. Cyclists who ride against traffic or without required night lighting face citations near fifty dollars per offense.
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