Glendale, AZ Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Section 8-60(a) requires an E-bike or E-scooter rider to use an available bike lane rather than the roadway itself, but frees the rider from that lane in four situations: the lane is too narrow for safe operation, debris, water, dirt, or glass in the lane makes it unsafe, the rider is moving into position for a turn, or an opening car door or other obstruction in an adjacent parking lane forces the rider out. When no bike lane exists or one of those exceptions applies, subsection (b) sends the rider onto the roadway itself under conditions: an e-scooter cannot be operated on any roadway posted above 25 mph, riders cannot go against the flow of traffic except where signs or markings allow it, slower riders must stay as close as practicable to the right-hand curb except when passing, preparing a left turn, avoiding hazards, or riding a lane too narrow to share safely with a car, and no more than two riders may travel abreast.

Section 8-61 separately allows E-bikes and E-scooters on sidewalks and in crosswalks unless posted signs forbid it, but requires the rider to yield to pedestrians, give an audible warning before passing, and dismount and walk the device if it isn't safe to keep riding. Section 8-62 layers on an unsafe-manner prohibition covering everything from riding against traffic in a bike lane to using a handheld phone while riding.