Tacoma, WA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Tacoma Municipal Code Chapter 11.06 governs electric personal assistive mobility devices and motorized foot scooters, the category that covers shared electric scooters as well as privately owned ones; the code has no separate franchise-specific chapter for scooter-share operators. Under § 11.06.030(B), electric motorized foot scooters and EPAMDs may operate on roadways, shoulders, sidewalks, alleys, bicycle lanes, cycle tracks, other designated bicycle facilities, and paved public paths, except where otherwise prohibited by signage or law. They may not be ridden on the roadway or shoulder of any street posted above 25 mph unless they stay within a designated bicycle facility. Riders on sidewalks or paths must yield to pedestrians, and a violation of the chapter is a traffic infraction.