Daytona Beach, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Hands/feet rule
- Both hands on bars, both feet on pedals
- Business-district sidewalks
- Bicycle riding prohibited
- Residential sidewalks
- Allowed if ridden prudently, single file
- Racing
- Prohibited on any public street
- License required
- Police department bicycle license & sticker
Summary
Daytona Beach cyclists must keep both hands on the handlebars and both feet on the pedals, with no trick riding, on any city street. Sidewalk riding is banned in business districts but allowed in residential districts, provided cyclists ride prudently, don't ride two abreast, and yield to pedestrians and to vehicles crossing the sidewalk at driveways and alleys.
Sec. 94-252. - Manner of riding. No rider of a bicycle shall remove both hands from the handlebars or both feet from the pedals or practice any acrobatics while riding on any street within the city. ... Sec. 94-253. - Operation on sidewalks. (a) No bicycle shall be operated upon any public sidewalk in a business district as defined in F.S. § 316.003. (b) Bicycles may be operated upon any public sidewalk in a residential district as defined in F.S. § 316.003. Any bicycle operated on a public sidewalk within a residential district shall be operated in a prudent manner, and no bicycle shall travel abreast or parallel to another bicycle on the sidewalk. Pedestrians upon the sidewalk and vehicles upon the sidewalks which are intersecting with the sidewalk while traveling upon rights-of-way, alleys, or driveways shall have the primary right-of-way upon the sidewalks, and bicycles shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrians and vehicles.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 78 | Land Development Code: Supplement 36).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 94, Article VIII, Division 2 of the Code of Ordinances sets the basic rules for riding a bicycle on Daytona Beach streets and sidewalks. Section 94-252 requires a cyclist to keep both hands on the handlebars and both feet on the pedals at all times on a city street, and bars any acrobatics while riding. 003, but can use sidewalks in residential districts as long as the ride is prudent, riders don't travel two abreast, and cyclists yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and to any vehicle crossing the sidewalk from a right-of-way, alley, or driveway.
The same division separately bans racing or speed contests on a public street (Section 94-254) and prohibits carrying a passenger or towing a sled, skates, or toy vehicle behind a bicycle (Section 94-255). A separate division, Sections 94-256 through 94-262, additionally requires a bicycle operated within city limits to carry a police department license and registration sticker, obtained on an application form identifying the bicycle and its owner. These manner-of-riding rules are enforced by the Daytona Beach Police Department and apply to every bicyclist on a public street, sidewalk, alley, or right-of-way in the city, from Bike Week visitors to year-round residents.
Violations & Fines
Riding hands-free, performing acrobatics on a street, racing another vehicle, or riding a bicycle on a business-district sidewalk violates Sections 94-252 through 94-254 and is enforceable by Daytona Beach police as a municipal ordinance violation under the general penalty in Section 1-14, in addition to any bicycle-specific citation.
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Sources & Official References
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