Woodland, CA Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 10.24.150
- Lane signage authority
- Traffic Engineer with Traffic Committee approval
- Riding outside marked lane
- Prohibited except as chapter allows
- Intersection right-of-way
- Stopped/left-turning vehicles yield to bikes in lane
- Leaving the lane
- Only at intersections, U-turns, or driveways
- Enforcement
- Woodland Police Chief (§ 10.24.180)
Summary
In the City of Woodland, California, cyclists must ride inside a marked bicycle lane rather than the adjacent roadway once the City Traffic Engineer and Traffic Committee post lane signs. At intersections, cyclists yield to crossing traffic, but stopped or left-turning vehicles must yield to bikes already in or approaching the lane, under Woodland Municipal Code § 10.24.150.
A. Signs Indicating Existence. The City Traffic Engineer, upon approval of the Traffic Committee, is authorized to erect or place signs upon any street or adjacent to any street in the City indicating the existence of a bicycle lane and otherwise regulating the operation and use of vehicles and bicycles with respect thereto ... When such signs are in place, no person shall disobey the same. ... B. Riding on Adjacent Roadways. No person shall ride or operate a bicycle upon a roadway adjacent to which or upon which bicycle lanes have been designated, except within such bicycle lane or except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of this chapter. ... ... D. Right-of-Way at Intersections. Upon approaching an intersection, any person riding or operating a bicycle in a bicycle lane shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles within or approaching such intersection; except, that all vehicles which must stop before entering an intersection because of a stop sign and all vehicles making a left-hand turn at an intersection shall not proceed into such intersection nor make such a turn without first yielding the right-of-way to all bicycles within or approaching such intersection ...
Full Breakdown
Woodland Municipal Code § 10.24.150 lets the City Traffic Engineer, with Traffic Committee approval, erect signs marking a bicycle lane and, before doing so, physically designate it with a raised curb, striping, or reflectorized buttons so riders and drivers get sufficient notice; once posted, no one may disobey the signs. Once a bicycle lane exists alongside a roadway, cyclists must ride within it rather than on the open roadway, except as the chapter otherwise allows, and the same rule reaches a parallel bicycle path within 75 feet of the roadway's edge.
Inside a two-way lane, riders may travel either direction only where the pavement is striped with two-way arrows; otherwise they must travel the same direction as adjacent vehicle traffic. At intersections, a cyclist in the lane must yield to vehicles within or approaching the intersection, but that duty flips for any vehicle required to stop at a stop sign or making a left turn: that vehicle must yield to bicycles in or approaching the lane before entering the intersection or turning. A rider may leave the lane only at intersections, to dismount and walk as a pedestrian, to make a permitted U-turn, or to turn into a driveway, and must yield to all vehicles before leaving.
Drivers, too, may cross a bicycle lane only to enter a driveway or to park, and only after yielding to bicycles already in the lane (§ 10.24.170). The Woodland Police Chief enforces the chapter and may issue a minor violator a juvenile citation, a notice to appear at the probation office, mailed to the minor's parent or guardian (§ 10.24.180).
Violations & Fines
Riding outside a marked Woodland bicycle lane where one exists, disobeying a posted bicycle-lane sign, or a driver crossing a bicycle lane without yielding to cyclists violates Woodland Municipal Code § 10.24.150 and § 10.24.170. The Police Chief enforces the chapter under § 10.24.180 and may cite adult violators or, for a minor, issue a juvenile citation mailed to a parent or guardian.
Frequently Asked Questions
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