Collier County, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: E-Bike Classes (2026)

Sec. 110-162 of the Pedestrian Safety Ordinance (Ord. No. 2022-02, amended by Ord. No. 2025-22) defines an electric bicycle as a pedal-equipped bicycle or tricycle with a motor under 750 watts, split into three classes: Class 1 assists only while pedaling and cuts off at 20 mph; Class 2 can propel the bike without pedaling and also cuts off at 20 mph; Class 3 assists only while pedaling but cuts off at 28 mph. Sec. 110-166 then sets the actual riding rules. Anyone 16 or older on a Class 3 e-bike must ride in the bicycle lane when one is available and cannot use the sidewalk at all, a violation of the ordinance if they do; riders under 16 are barred from Class 3 e-bikes entirely.

The one exception: an adult can ride an e-bike on the sidewalk alongside children under 16 so as not to leave them unsupervised. Every e-bike and bicycle on a sidewalk or bike lane must stop for a school bus showing its stop signal, must stop at open (unsignaled) intersections when crossing against traffic and yield to any vehicle already there, and must yield to pedestrians on shared pathways with an audible warning before passing. Any electric bicycle producing more than 750 watts cannot be operated on sidewalks, bicycle paths or shared pathways in the county at all, and every device covered by the ordinance is capped at 15 mph on a sidewalk.