Sun Prairie, WI Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

030(A) lists places where no person may stop, park or leave a vehicle standing, and item 3 specifically bars stopping in a designated bicycle lane, alongside intersections, crosswalks and sidewalks. 030. 060(F) allows riding on public sidewalks citywide with named exceptions: the 100 through 300 blocks of East Main Street, the 100 block of West Main Street, the 100 block of Market Street, and the west side of Hunters Trail, where sidewalk riding is not permitted because of heavy pedestrian traffic. Where sidewalk riding is allowed, the rider must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, exercise due care and give an audible signal before passing.

060 also sets turning rules requiring cyclists to approach a right turn from the curb lane and to use one of several defined methods for a left turn, bars two riders from sharing a single-rider bicycle, bars clinging to a moving vehicle, requires yielding when emerging from an alley or driveway, and limits speed to what is reasonable and prudent or the posted limit. Riders may not carry a package that prevents using both hands to control the bicycle and must keep at least one hand on the handlebars. 070, which issues a non-expiring, transferable identification tag at no charge.