Somerset County, NJ Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Section 12(f) of the February 20, 2020 Park Commission Regulations, titled 'Driving Only on Roadways and in Parking Areas,' prohibits using any part of a park as a right-of-way except the roadways and parking areas the Commission has established for that purpose. The same subsection singles out paths built for pedestrian and bicycle travel, along with Equestrian Trails, and states they 'shall not be used for vehicular travel,' meaning a car, truck, or other motor vehicle cannot cut across or drive along a bike path even to reach a destination faster.

Mopeds and motorized bikes get a narrower carve-out: Section 12(f) limits them to the roadways and parking areas already open to all other vehicular traffic, so a motorized bike cannot use the same pedestrian and bicycle paths that an ordinary bicycle is built for. The rule sits inside Section 12's broader Vehicles framework, which applies the full New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act and Traffic Laws throughout the park system under Section 12(a), sets a default 25 mile-per-hour speed limit on park roads unless signs post a different limit under Section 12(d), and gives Park Rangers direct traffic-control authority that all drivers and pedestrians must obey under Section 12(c).

Section 12(g) adds that pedestrians hold the right-of-way in any posted Safety Zone, reinforcing that the bicycle and pedestrian path network is designed to keep motor vehicles off it entirely rather than merely slow them down.