Greensboro, NC Mobility & Curb Rules: E-Bike Classes (2026)

City Code Sec. 16-1 defines "electric assisted bicycle" as a two- or three-wheeled bicycle with a seat, fully operable pedals, and a motor of no more than 750 watts whose motor-only top speed on level ground doesn't exceed 20 mph, and folds it into the broader "micromobility vehicle" category alongside standup electric scooters. The same definitions section expressly excludes micromobility vehicles from the "motor vehicle" definition, so e-bikes and scooters ride under the bicycle rules in Article V of Chapter 16 rather than motor-vehicle rules.

Sec. 16-225 requires working brakes adequate to control and stop the bicycle or micromobility vehicle. Sec. 16-227 bans riding on sidewalks in the central business district except where crossing a driveway, lets the transportation director extend that ban to other high-pedestrian-traffic sidewalks citywide, and requires bicycles and micromobility vehicles to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians wherever sidewalk riding is allowed. Sec. 16-230 limits a micromobility vehicle to one rider at a time. Commercial operators face a separate layer: Sec. 16-229 requires anyone running a shared micromobility service, dockless e-bikes or scooters, in the public right-of-way to hold a permit from the director of transportation, who can revoke it for unpaid fines or fees, repeated ordinance violations, or violating permit conditions.

§ 14-4(b) carrying a fine of no more than $25, and Sec. 16-221 lets police or parking enforcement impound any bicycle or micromobility vehicle operated or parked in violation of the article.