Twin Falls, ID Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Two parts of the Twin Falls City Code, adopted by the Twin Falls City Council, govern bike lanes and the drivers around them. Section 9-6-18(A) lists places where no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, and item 6 is a designated bicycle lane. The list is subject to an exception: stopping is allowed when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, in compliance with law, or on the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device. The same paragraph also prohibits stopping, standing or parking on a sidewalk, within an intersection, on a crosswalk, on the traffic side of a stopped vehicle, and at places where traffic control devices prohibit stopping. Unlike the paragraph (B) list, which has a momentary exception for picking up or discharging passengers, the paragraph (A) list has no passenger-drop allowance.

Section 9-9-22 covers passing. The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicyclist or pedestrian on a highway must, whenever possible, leave a safe distance, but no less than three feet (3'), and maintain that distance until safely past. Section 9-9-24 bars a motorist who is overtaking a bicycle traveling on the right side of the roadway from turning right in front of it at an intersection, alley or driveway until the motor vehicle has overtaken the bicycle and has sufficient clearance to turn without requiring the bicyclist to brake or take evasive action.

Section 9-9-23 makes it unlawful, maliciously and with specific intent to intimidate or harass or cause a person to crash, stumble or fall, to threaten physical injury by word or act to a person operating a bicycle along the roadway, or to throw or expel an object at or toward the bicyclist.

The parking prohibition is enforced through the Chapter 6 ticketing procedure of Section 9-6-21.