Kauai County, HI Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Section 16-16.7 sits in Traffic Code Article 16, alongside bicycle licensing, sidewalk riding and parking rules, and applies specifically to mopeds rather than to bicycles themselves. The ban only reaches a bicycle lane or bicycle path that has been 'restricted and posted' for that use, tying enforcement to signage rather than to every painted stripe on a roadway. The Article goes further for a different class of vehicle: § 16-16.8(a) separately bars operating any 'high-speed electric device' on a public street, highway, sidewalk, alley, path or trail, expressly including a bicycle path as defined in § 16-1.3, and § 16-16.8(f) makes that violation a civil traffic infraction.

Kaua'i's bicycle rules elsewhere in the same Article require a license plate for bicycles ridden by County residents (§ 16-16.1 and § 16-16.2) and ban riding two abreast on a roadway for motorcycles and motorscooters (§ 16-16.5), showing the Article regulates each class of two-wheeled and small motorized vehicle with its own specific restriction rather than one blanket bike-lane rule.