Lawrence, KS Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Section 17-125(a) requires a bicycle or moped moving slower than traffic to stay as near the right side of the roadway as practicable, with exceptions for passing, preparing for a left turn, and avoiding hazards like fixed or moving objects, parked vehicles, other bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards or narrow lanes. Subsection (b) lets a rider use the left side of a one-way street with two or more marked lanes. Subsection (c) bars riding more than two abreast on a street, alley or sidewalk, except on a path or part of a roadway set aside exclusively for bicycles, though police bicycle patrol officers can ride two abreast on duty.

Subsection (d) is the mandatory-path rule: wherever a usable bicycle path exists next to a roadway, riders must use it and cannot use the roadway instead. Section 17-130(b)(7) separately bars any driver from standing or parking a vehicle within a marked bicycle lane, except momentarily to pick up or drop off a passenger, the same limited exception that applies to the driveway and fire hydrant clearances in the same subsection. 00 if unscheduled, and enforced by the Lawrence Police Department.