Pocatello, ID Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited act
- Stopping, standing or parking in a marked bike lane
- Sign required
- No; restriction applies without posted signs
- Enforcement
- Pocatello Police and traffic control personnel
- Fee basis
- Set by City Council resolution
- Escalation
- Unpaid notice becomes an infraction citation
Summary
City Code § 10.08.020 makes it unlawful to stop, stand, or park a vehicle alongside or within any marked bicycle lane that abuts the edge of a public street. No sign is required for the restriction to apply, and Pocatello Police and traffic control staff can ticket a vehicle blocking a bike lane the same as one blocking a hydrant or crosswalk.
It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places: ... ... L. Alongside or within any marked bicycle lane which abuts the edge of a public street.
Full Breakdown
Pocatello City Code § 10.08.020 lists the places where stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle is unlawful without any sign required, and subsection L specifically bars a driver from stopping, standing, or parking alongside or within any marked bicycle lane that abuts the edge of a public street. The prohibition applies wherever the city's traffic engineering staff has painted or striped a bicycle lane along a public street, whether or not a sign is separately posted, distinguishing it from the limited time and permit zones the city engineer creates under § 10.08.080.
A vehicle stopped in a marked lane forces cyclists into the adjacent travel lane, which is the harm the section targets alongside its companion bans on parking in intersections, on sidewalks, and near fire hydrants and crosswalks. The Pocatello Police Department and city traffic control personnel enforce the bicycle lane ban the same way they enforce the rest of § 10.08.020: by attaching a parking violation notice under § 10.08.190. The registered owner can pay the fee the City Council sets by resolution under § 10.08.210, or let it lapse into a uniform citation prosecuted as an infraction under § 10.08.200.
Violations & Fines
Parking in a marked bicycle lane draws the same parking violation notice as any other § 10.08.020 violation, with a fee set by City Council resolution under § 10.08.210. An owner who ignores the notice for 30 days faces a uniform citation prosecuted as an infraction, or referral to a collection bureau at the police chief's discretion under § 10.08.200.
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