Arlington County, VA Mobility & Curb Rules: E-Bike Classes (2026)

2 regulates every 'electric power-assisted bicycle' as a single category and controls where it may go by speed limit rather than by class label. A, an e-bike may not be ridden faster than is reasonable and proper, and on streets and multi-use trails its speed is capped at twenty (20) miles per hour; on public sidewalks the cap drops to six (6) miles per hour, the same ceiling that applies to motorized scooters and motorized skateboards. 1 folds e-bikes into the list of vehicles the County allows on its designated multi-use trails alongside bicycles, scooters and skateboards, but bars other motorized vehicles from those trails except County or Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority maintenance, fire and police vehicles entering for those purposes.

A rider on a multi-use trail or crossing a roadway at a crosswalk must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and give an audible signal before overtaking one. A whenever they ride an e-bike on a highway, sidewalk or multi-use trail; a first-time violation's $25 fine is suspended if the rider buys a qualifying helmet before the fine is imposed. C limits riders to the number the manufacturer designed the device to carry.