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

Section 24-185 of the County Code governs bicycle operation island-wide: riders may not exceed a speed that is reasonable and prudent for the conditions then existing, a standard enforced case-by-case rather than by a posted number. The same section creates two categories of official bicycle infrastructure. Bike lanes exist only where the segment is listed in Schedule 42 (cross-referenced at section 24-294) and has been marked with traffic-control devices, signs, signals, or markings put up by the director of public works or the director's designee; bike routes work the same way but sit in Schedule 43 (section 24-295).

A painted stripe with no Schedule 42/43 listing behind it is informal striping, not a legally established bike lane, which matters for who has priority and how a blocking complaint gets enforced. Section 24-186 separately bans obstructive bicycle parking: a bike left on a street must go against the curb on the roadway, in a rack, or against a building, in whatever manner leaves the least obstruction to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, so chaining a bike across a sidewalk or bike lane itself is a Chapter 24 violation, not just a courtesy issue.

Neither Division 7 section carries its own fine, so a violation of 24-185 or 24-186 falls to the Code's general penalty at section 1-10: up to $100 per offense or up to 90 days in jail, or both, plus the court may add attorneys' fees for the County under 1-10(b). 4) carries its own $500 penalty and Division 9 bans pedicabs outright on public streets, so bicycles are treated more leniently under this chapter than either.