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Mobility & Curb Rules in Colorado (2026)

51 rules on the books across Colorado, 20 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Shared E-Scooter Rules

Permits for shared dockless e-scooter operators, sidewalk-riding bans, helmet and minimum-age rules, and how cities cap fleet size and equity zones.

Manitou Springs

Heavy Restrictions

Manitou Springs prohibits electric scooter-share and electric skateboard-share businesses outright, citing sidewalk…

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Boulder

Significant Restrictions

Shared scooter companies can't just show up in Boulder: Section 4-34-2 requires winning a city purchasing contract and…

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Boulder County

Significant Restrictions

Boulder County bars electric and low-powered scooters from all Parks & Open Space areas unless a specific area is…

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Fort Collins

Significant Restrictions

Shared electric scooters cannot legally operate in Fort Collins unless the operator has signed a services contract with…

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Grand Junction

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Grand Junction, GJMC § 10.14.010 requires any shared scooter or e-bike company to hold a City permit…

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Greeley

Significant Restrictions

Greeley requires every shared e-scooter or e-bike operator to hold a city license, can cap how many operators it…

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Arvada

Some Restrictions

Arvada regulates shared e-scooters and bikes through a "mobility as a service permit program" run by the director of…

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Denver

Some Restrictions

Denver requires rented e-scooters to lock into a designated corral when a trip ends inside a mandatory parking zone…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Companies licensed under Lakewood's Commercial Micromobility Pilot Program must submit a geofencing plan that keeps…

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Pueblo

Some Restrictions

Pueblo requires a City license to run a shared scooter fleet, sets a minimum rider age of 18, bans riding on sidewalks…

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Bike Lane Rules

Rules of the road in painted, buffered, and protected bike lanes, including which vehicles may enter, parking-protected designs, and the right-of-way at intersections.

Adams County

Significant Restrictions

Bicycles, including e-bikes and unicycles, may only be ridden on trails specifically designated for that use within…

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Arvada

Some Restrictions

Arvada bans driving or operating a motorcycle or motor-driven vehicle inside a marked bicycle lane under Sec. 54-37…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora's Model Traffic Code amendments require drivers to parallel-park inside the parking lane, not against the curb…

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Boulder

Some Restrictions

Boulder Revised Code Section 7-4-49 bars any gas-powered motor vehicle or low-power scooter from driving in a marked…

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Colorado Springs

Some Restrictions

Colorado Springs City Code bars drivers from stopping, standing or parking within a bicycle lane under § 10.12.101(S)…

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Commerce City

Some Restrictions

Commerce City's Model Traffic Code amendment requires golf carts and low-speed electric vehicles to drive in a bike…

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Denver

Some Restrictions

Denver bars drivers from moving into or parking in a marked bicycle lane except to cross it for a lawful turn, and…

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Fort Collins

Some Restrictions

Fort Collins Traffic Code Section 1013 bars drivers from parking in a designated bicycle lane and from entering or…

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Grand Junction

Some Restrictions

In the City of Grand Junction, GJMC § 10.04.714 requires drivers to yield the right-of-way to any bicyclist or other…

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Greeley

Some Restrictions

Greeley cyclists riding slower than traffic must keep to the right-hand lane, the lane that includes any striped bike…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Stopping, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a marked bikeway, bicycle lane, bicycle path, pedestrian walkway, or…

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Littleton

Some Restrictions

Parking or standing a vehicle in a designated bike lane counts as an obstruction under Littleton's towing ordinance…

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Longmont

Some Restrictions

Longmont's traffic code bars drivers from stopping, standing, or parking in any area marked with a bicycle lane, one of…

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Manitou Springs

Some Restrictions

Manitou Springs added Section 1412.5 to its adopted Model Traffic Code in 2021, spelling out exactly how bicyclists…

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Weld County

Light Restrictions

Weld County enforces bicycle-path rules through the state's 2020 Model Traffic Code, which it adopts by reference for…

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E-Bike Classes

CVC §312.5 Class 1/2/3 e-bike definitions, age and helmet rules per class, and where Class 3 e-bikes may use bike lanes vs streets.

Boulder County

Significant Restrictions

Boulder County bans gas and electric-assisted bicycles and unicycles on all Parks & Open Space land except where an…

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Manitou Springs

Significant Restrictions

Manitou Springs bans Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 electrical assisted bicycles from every bike and pedestrian path in…

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Arvada

Some Restrictions

Arvada codifies Colorado's three e-bike classes in Sec. 54-43: Class 1 and 2 cut off at 20 mph, Class 3 cuts off at 28…

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Boulder

Some Restrictions

Boulder's code lets Class 1 and Class 2 electric assisted bicycles onto Open Space and Mountain Parks recreational…

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Colorado Springs

Some Restrictions

City Code defines three classes of electrical assisted bicycle by motor behavior and top assisted speed. Class 1…

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Denver

Some Restrictions

Denver treats Class 1 and Class 2 electric bikes as ordinary bicycles on streets, roadways and bike paths, but carves…

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Fort Collins

Some Restrictions

Fort Collins Traffic Code Section 2002(12) sorts electrical assisted bicycles into three classes by top assisted speed…

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Grand Junction

Some Restrictions

In the City of Grand Junction, GJMC § 10.04.020 defines Class 1, 2 and 3 electrical assisted bicycles by motor cutoff…

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Greeley

Some Restrictions

On Greeley's city-designated natural areas and trails, Class 3 electrical assisted bicycles are banned outright, while…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes can only use Lakewood park paths and trails posted for e-bike use, capped at 15 mph; Class…

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Parker

Some Restrictions

Chapter 12.02 of the Parker park regulations defines Class 1, 2 and 3 electrical assisted bicycles by motor cutoff…

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Pueblo

Some Restrictions

Pueblo allows e-bikes and scooters on park sidewalks, paths and the river trail but not on grass, caps their speed at…

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Thornton

Some Restrictions

Thornton Code Section 38-641 defines an electrical assisted bicycle as pedal-equipped, under 750 watts, capped at 20…

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Longmont

Light Restrictions

Longmont's traffic code defines electric-assisted bicycles by three classes based on motor assistance and top assisted…

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Weld County

Light Restrictions

Weld County bans motorized vehicles from every trail it owns and operates, but Section 17-3-40 carves out one…

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Red-Light Cameras

History and current status of LA's automated red-light camera program (sunset 2011), and current photo-enforcement at school-bus arms and bus-only lanes.

Lakewood

Significant Restrictions

Lakewood runs a two-year civil pilot using automated cameras to enforce speeding and red-light violations in school…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora runs an automated vehicle identification system issuing photo-enforced penalty notices for red-light and speed…

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Boulder

Some Restrictions

Boulder Revised Code Section 7-4-74 authorizes the city manager to run red-light cameras at signalized intersections…

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Commerce City

Some Restrictions

Commerce City runs a red-light camera program authorized under Sec. 11-1202(b), which amends the Model Traffic Code to…

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Denver

Some Restrictions

Denver's automated cameras issue $75 tickets for red-light violations and $80 tickets for school-zone speeding…

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Fort Collins

Some Restrictions

Fort Collins Police Services operates an Automated Vehicle Identification System (AVIS) that photographs vehicles…

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Greeley

Some Restrictions

Greeley uses camera radar for automated speed enforcement in school zones, residential neighborhoods and near parks…

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Littleton

Some Restrictions

Littleton amended Model Traffic Code Section 110.5 to match Colorado's 2024 camera law (SB24-195), letting the city run…

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Longmont

Some Restrictions

Longmont runs an automated vehicle identification system that photo-cites red-light-signal violations and speeding in…

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Loveland

Some Restrictions

Loveland Police operate red-light cameras at signalized intersections under Municipal Code § 10.35.010 and camera radar…

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Golf Carts & Low-Speed Vehicles

Where golf carts and low-speed vehicles may legally use public streets, the speed-limit ceiling on roads they can cross or travel, and the equipment, licence, insurance and age rules that apply. Cart-community towns often permit street use the surrounding state law would not.