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

Chapter 8:42, adopted in May 2025, licenses commercial e-delivery drivers who use dockless electric or non-electric bicycles and scooters in Newark's rights-of-way. Section 8:42-5(d)(4) requires that whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, anyone operating a dockless vehicle at a speed less than the normal flow of traffic must ride within that lane, with narrow exceptions to pass another rider or pedestrian, prepare for a turn, or dodge debris or a hazard. The same subsection sets a 20 mph speed ceiling and requires riders to stay as near the right-hand side of the roadway as practicable when no exclusive lane exists, without riding more than two abreast except on paths set aside exclusively for bicycles.

Section 8:42-5(d)(8) bars e-delivery drivers from riding on sidewalks at all: they must dismount and walk the vehicle across any sidewalk area and cannot start or stop a delivery trip on a sidewalk. Riders must also yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, obey traffic signs, and equip the vehicle with a working brake, a bell, front and rear lights visible from 500 feet, and a kickstand under § 8:42-5(d)(10). The Newark Police Division and the Division of Tax Abatement and Special Taxes enforce the chapter, applying discretion based on the severity of the violation and the rider's compliance history under § 8:42-8.