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Mobility & Curb Rules in Florida (2026)

126 rules on the books across Florida, 60 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.

Boynton Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Boynton Beach prohibits the commercial use, rental and parking of motorized scooters citywide, including scooters…

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Deerfield Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Deerfield Beach outlaws dockless, app-rented scooters entirely. City Code Sec. 46-29 defines any app-reserved…

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Hialeah

Heavy Restrictions

Sec. 58-12 of the Hialeah Code bars operating a motorized scooter, a self-propelled seatless vehicle on three wheels or…

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Miami Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Miami Beach outlaws bringing or delivering motorized scooters, mopeds, autocycles, golf carts, or low-speed vehicles…

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Pompano Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Pompano Beach outlaws motorized scooter rental outright: no person may rent, or make available for rent, a motorized…

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Clearwater

Significant Restrictions

Clearwater bans e-scooter and micromobility rental operations citywide unless the provider holds a city-issued shared…

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Coral Gables

Significant Restrictions

Coral Gables caps shared scooters at 300 citywide, requires operators sign a city agreement, and bans riding on Miracle…

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Daytona Beach

Significant Restrictions

Any company that wants to rent shared scooters in Daytona Beach needs a franchise agreement with the city, plus $1…

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Doral

Significant Restrictions

Doral requires every shared micro-mobility device, including dockless rental scooters made available through kiosks or…

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Escambia County

Significant Restrictions

Dockless rental scooters and micromobility devices on Pensacola Beach need Santa Rosa Island Authority approval, a…

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Fort Lauderdale

Significant Restrictions

Shared scooter operators need a city permit under section 27-264, capped at three permits for up to 500 scooters each…

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Fort Myers

Significant Restrictions

Fort Myers requires a citywide micromobility agreement before any shared scooters operate, caps the program at one…

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Gainesville

Significant Restrictions

Gainesville caps shared e-scooter and e-bike services at three permitted operators and lets its mobility director carve…

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Jacksonville

Significant Restrictions

Jacksonville permits only two dockless scooter operators, confines them to a downtown geofenced zone, and bans…

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Miami

Significant Restrictions

Miami's licensed shared e-scooter pilot program operates only in City Commission District 2: scooters used or found…

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Orange County

Significant Restrictions

Shared micromobility companies need a county license and up to three may operate; riders are confined to the company's…

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Orlando

Significant Restrictions

Orlando limits shared motorized scooters to a permitted program capped at 1,800 scooters citywide, issued through a…

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Osceola County

Significant Restrictions

Osceola County Code §§ 18-130 through 18-134 let shared micro-mobility devices such as motorized scooters operate on…

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Pembroke Pines

Significant Restrictions

Pembroke Pines bars anyone from riding or renting out shared mobility devices, including dockless scooters, e-bikes…

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St. Petersburg

Significant Restrictions

Shared scooter and e-bike operators need a City micromobility license, plus $5 million in general liability coverage…

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Tallahassee

Significant Restrictions

Shared e-scooters and micro-mobility devices in Tallahassee run only under a city operating agreement and permit…

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Tampa

Significant Restrictions

Tampa caps shared scooters at 15 mph on sidewalks, bans them entirely from the 7th Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard…

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Volusia County

Significant Restrictions

Beach concession vendors renting e-scooters, e-bikes and mopeds in unincorporated Volusia must meet Coastal Division…

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West Palm Beach

Significant Restrictions

Any company that wants to rent out shared scooters or e-bikes on West Palm Beach's rights-of-way needs a city-issued…

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Miami-Dade County

Some Restrictions

On Crandon Boulevard between Key Biscayne and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Miami-Dade County caps e-scooters and…

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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.

Franklin County

Heavy Restrictions

Motor vehicles and other powered vehicles are banned outright from any designated bike path or nature trail on county…

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Lakeland

Heavy Restrictions

Lakeland bars motor vehicles from operating or parking on the paved pedestrian-bicycle pathway that circles Lake…

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Seminole County

Significant Restrictions

Seminole County's Sec. 250.52 keeps motor vehicles and mopeds off every private and public bicycle trail or footpath in…

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Boca Raton

Some Restrictions

Boca Raton bars stopping, standing or parking any vehicle on a bicycle path anywhere in the city, alongside the same…

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Boynton Beach

Some Restrictions

Boynton Beach bans standing or parking a motor vehicle in an exclusive bicycle lane, even to briefly pick up or drop…

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Cape Coral

Some Restrictions

Cape Coral bars drivers from stopping, standing, or parking any motor vehicle on a sidewalk, bike path, or bike lane…

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Charlotte County

Some Restrictions

Charlotte County's section 2-4-4 lets bicycles, e-bikes, and other electric-powered devices use the public roadways and…

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Collier County

Some Restrictions

Collier County allows bicycles on public sidewalks in the unincorporated area but caps speed at 15 mph and adds strict…

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Coral Gables

Some Restrictions

Coral Gables bans standing, stopping, or parking any vehicle on a bicycle path or in an exclusive bicycle lane…

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Coral Springs

Some Restrictions

Coral Springs requires bicyclists to ride as near the right-hand side of the roadway as practicable and to use a…

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Dade City

Some Restrictions

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida bans parking or standing in an exclusive bicycle lane or on a marked bicycle path…

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Daytona Beach

Some Restrictions

Daytona Beach cyclists must keep both hands on the handlebars and both feet on the pedals, with no trick riding, on any…

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Deerfield Beach

Some Restrictions

Deerfield Beach bars stopping, standing or parking on any bicycle path or exclusive bicycle lane citywide, and requires…

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Fort Lauderdale

Some Restrictions

Permitted micromobility devices, meaning rented e-scooters and e-bikes, must stay in bicycle paths or bicycle lanes…

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Fort Myers

Some Restrictions

Fort Myers lets e-bikes, e-scooters and other micromobility devices use bike lanes, buffered lanes and protected…

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Gainesville

Some Restrictions

Gainesville City Code bars motorists from stopping, standing or parking a vehicle on a sidewalk, bike path or bike…

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Highlands County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Highlands County's traffic code defines a bicycle path as a way physically separated from motor traffic…

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Hillsborough County

Some Restrictions

Hillsborough County bans stopping, standing or parking a vehicle on a bicycle path, and bans standing or parking in an…

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Jupiter

Some Restrictions

Jupiter Town Code § 19-31 makes it unlawful to park, stand, or leave a motor vehicle on any bike path or bicycle trail…

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Kissimmee

Some Restrictions

Kissimmee requires new streets to include a bicycle lane or off-street path when the segment sits within two miles of a…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Lake County Code Sec. 15-6 bans stopping a vehicle on a bicycle path outright and bans standing or parking in an…

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Lee County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Lee County bans standing or parking a vehicle in an exclusive bicycle lane under Code of Ordinances §…

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Manatee County

Some Restrictions

Manatee County lets bicycles ride public sidewalks countywide, but electric bicycles face real limits: 15 mph on any…

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Melbourne

Some Restrictions

Melbourne bans stopping, standing, or parking any vehicle on a sidewalk, bike path, or bike lane anywhere in the city…

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Miami Beach

Some Restrictions

Miami Beach requires bicyclists to ride at a safe speed, yield to pedestrians with an audible warning before passing…

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Miami-Dade County

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County bans stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle on any bicycle path at all times, and bars parking in…

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Okaloosa County

Some Restrictions

Okaloosa County bans stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle on a bicycle path or in an exclusive bicycle lane…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Orange County bars stopping, standing, or parking any vehicle on an exclusive bicycle lane, or on a bicycle or…

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Orlando

Some Restrictions

It is unlawful in Orlando to ride a bicycle, scooter, or other micromobility device on a sidewalk or bicycle path where…

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Palm Bay

Some Restrictions

Palm Bay requires new roadway bikeways to follow FDOT bicycle design standards, with new streets built using separated…

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Palm Beach County

Some Restrictions

Palm Beach County bans stopping, standing, or parking on bicycle paths and bicycle lanes in unincorporated areas, with…

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Palm Coast

Some Restrictions

Bicycles may use bike lanes, bike paths, roadways and sidewalks in Palm Coast under Sec. 42-7, but riders must follow…

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Pinellas County

Some Restrictions

Pinellas County bans using a designated bicycle lane for anything except riding a bicycle in the same direction as…

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Pompano Beach

Some Restrictions

Pompano Beach treats bicycles as vehicles on public roadways: riders must follow the same traffic ordinances and state…

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Safety Harbor

Some Restrictions

Safety Harbor's parking ordinance flatly bars stopping, standing, or parking any vehicle inside a designated bicycle…

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Sarasota

Some Restrictions

The City of Sarasota requires cyclists to use an adjacent bike path instead of the roadway whenever one has been…

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Satellite Beach

Some Restrictions

In the City of Satellite Beach, Sec. 34-32(a)(1)b bars stopping, standing or parking on a sidewalk, bike path or bike…

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St. Petersburg

Some Restrictions

St. Petersburg requires micromobility devices and motorized scooters, shared and privately owned, to stay off sidewalks…

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Tampa

Some Restrictions

Tampa bars drivers from stopping, standing, or parking in an exclusive bicycle lane or on a bicycle or shared-use path…

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Titusville

Some Restrictions

Titusville makes it unlawful to stop, stand or park any vehicle on a sidewalk, bike path or bike lane anywhere in the…

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West Palm Beach

Some Restrictions

West Palm Beach's micromobility code gives e-bikes and bicycles, but not scooters, the right to use every bike lane…

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Winter Haven

Some Restrictions

Winter Haven bans bicycle riding on sidewalks inside the downtown and other business districts, except for on-duty…

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Miami

Light Restrictions

Miami requires every bicycle to carry a bell or warning device audible for 100 feet, bans sirens and whistles, and…

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Sarasota County

Light Restrictions

Sarasota County's only stand-alone bicycle ordinance requires a working headlight and taillight, or rear reflector, any…

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TNC Pickup Zones

Designated rideshare (Uber/Lyft) pickup-and-dropoff zones at LAX and major venues, surcharges, and how cities regulate curbside competition with taxis.

Okaloosa County

Significant Restrictions

Rideshare drivers using a transportation network company (TNC) at Destin Executive Airport or Bob Sikes Airport must…

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Broward County

Some Restrictions

Uber, Lyft, taxis and limos picking up at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport must use the officially…

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Homestead

Some Restrictions

Every new development inside Homestead's Rapid Transit Development Overlay District must build a dedicated loading and…

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Miami

Some Restrictions

Miami designates curbside smart loading zones where signage marks Uber and Lyft pickup and drop-off, metered by sensor…

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Miami-Dade County

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County bars Uber, Lyft and other transportation network company (TNC) drivers from picking up riders at…

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Palm Beach County

Some Restrictions

Uber and Lyft are otherwise exempt from Palm Beach County's vehicle-for-hire ordinance, but drivers must still follow…

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Tallahassee

Some Restrictions

Tallahassee does not zone TNC pickup spots on city streets, where Florida's F.S. § 627.748 preempts local control, but…

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West Palm Beach

Some Restrictions

West Palm Beach bars vehicles for hire, including personal vehicles used for rideshare-type service, from soliciting or…

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Boca Raton

Light Restrictions

Within Boca Raton's Midtown Planned Mobility Development (PMD) area, the city can require developers to set aside one…

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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.

Coral Gables

Significant Restrictions

Coral Gables defines e-bikes as Class 1, 2, or 3 under state cutoffs, then bans riding any class of electric bicycle on…

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Charlotte County

Some Restrictions

Charlotte County treats 'electric bicycle (all classes)' as one category under section 2-4-4, borrowing Florida's class…

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Clearwater

Some Restrictions

Clearwater's transportation code defines an e-bike as a bicycle with an electric helper motor capped at 20 mph (Sec…

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Collier County

Some Restrictions

Collier County splits electric bicycles into three classes under Sec. 110-162 and regulates where each may ride under…

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Coral Springs

Some Restrictions

Coral Springs bars motor-driven vehicles from sidewalks and bicycle paths under City Code Section 18-5.3, but exempts…

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Fort Myers

Some Restrictions

Fort Myers treats electric bicycles as regulated "micromobility devices": downtown, they may use the street but not the…

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Jacksonville

Some Restrictions

Jacksonville's two permitted dockless e-bike operators must field only low-speed electric bicycles under Ordinance Code…

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Jupiter

Some Restrictions

Jupiter Town Code § 14-75(g) confines bicycles, electric bicycles, motorcycles, ATVs, scooters, minibikes and golf…

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Kissimmee

Some Restrictions

Kissimmee bans powered bikes, mopeds, scooters and go-carts from park courts, fields, paths and boardwalks, but carves…

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Manatee County

Some Restrictions

Where you can ride an electric bicycle in unincorporated Manatee County depends on its class and your age. Section…

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Martin County

Some Restrictions

Martin County does not classify e-bikes into class 1/2/3 tiers locally, but its parks code bans riding any 'motorized…

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Nassau County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Nassau County, Class I, II and III electric bicycles are allowed on county sidewalks and…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Orange County splits electric bicycles into three classes with different riding rights on county streets, bike lanes…

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Palm Coast

Some Restrictions

Palm Coast recognizes three classes of e-bike under Sec. 42-7: Class 1 and 3 are pedal-assist only, while Class 2 has a…

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Pinellas County

Some Restrictions

Pinellas County treats Class 1, 2, and 3 electric bicycles as ordinary bicycles on county-owned parks and trails…

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Volusia County

Some Restrictions

Volusia County defines an electric bicycle by the three-class system in F.S. § 316.003(23) and then regulates where and…

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West Palm Beach

Some Restrictions

West Palm Beach's micromobility code splits electric two-wheelers into a "motorized bicycle," capped at 20 mph with a…

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Winter Haven

Some Restrictions

Winter Haven's bicycle code, § 18-101, treats a motorized bicycle capped at 20 mph and any wheeled electric vehicle…

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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.

Orange County

Significant Restrictions

Orange County runs two camera programs: red light infraction detectors at intersections and, since 2025, speed…

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Orlando

Significant Restrictions

Orlando runs a red-light traffic infraction detector program at roughly 80 named intersections under City Code Section…

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St. Petersburg

Significant Restrictions

St. Petersburg runs an Intersection Public Safety Program under City Code §§ 26-301–26-310: traffic infraction…

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Titusville

Significant Restrictions

Titusville does not run red-light cameras; instead it uses automated speed detection systems to enforce speed limits in…

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Boca Raton

Some Restrictions

Boca Raton runs two separate photo-enforcement programs under its own ordinances: red-light cameras under Section 16-61…

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Broward County

Some Restrictions

Broward County uses speed detection cameras to enforce 15 mph school zone limits in unincorporated areas, ticketing…

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Charlotte County

Some Restrictions

Charlotte County has no red-light camera program; it authorizes photo enforcement only for school-zone speed limits…

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Collier County

Some Restrictions

Collier County has authorized red-light and school-zone speed cameras since 2010 under the state's Mark Wandall Traffic…

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Coral Gables

Some Restrictions

Coral Gables runs two automated photo-enforcement programs: red-light cameras under the state Mark Wandall Act since…

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Doral

Some Restrictions

Doral runs no red-light cameras, but its council authorized automated speed detection cameras at 15 named schools after…

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Escambia County

Some Restrictions

Escambia County authorizes traffic infraction detectors, red-light cameras, at intersections in the unincorporated…

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Fort Lauderdale

Some Restrictions

Fort Lauderdale authorizes traffic infraction detectors, red-light and intersection safety cameras, under Article VII…

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Gainesville

Some Restrictions

Gainesville runs photo enforcement under two ordinances: the Gainesville Traffic Safety Enhancement Act authorizes…

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Gulfport

Some Restrictions

Gulfport opted into the state's Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act under Sections 20-43 through 20-46, authorizing traffic…

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Hillsborough County

Some Restrictions

Hillsborough County runs both red light cameras (Sec. 50-49–50-52, since 2013) and school zone speed cameras (Sec…

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Hollywood

Some Restrictions

Hollywood runs photo enforcement under two chapters: Chapter 77 authorizes red light cameras at intersections under…

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Homestead

Some Restrictions

Homestead runs red light cameras under City Code Article II (Secs. 18-5 to 18-21), enforced through the state's Mark…

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Miami Beach

Some Restrictions

Miami Beach adopted Florida's Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act red-light camera program under City Code Sec. 106-480…

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Miami-Dade County

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County authorizes speed detection cameras in school zones only in unincorporated areas (UMSA) under a 2023…

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Palm Bay

Some Restrictions

Palm Bay runs Automated Speed Detection cameras at 16 designated school zones under state traffic law; the city has no…

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Palm Beach County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Palm Beach County runs red-light cameras under Article IV of the county code, fining drivers $158 for…

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Pembroke Pines

Some Restrictions

Pembroke Pines runs its red light camera program under Chapter 73, the Dangerous Intersection Safety Act, enforcing…

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Port St. Lucie

Some Restrictions

Port St. Lucie authorizes red light traffic cameras under Chapter 74 of its Code of Ordinances, added by Ord. No. 25-68…

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Sarasota

Some Restrictions

City of Sarasota runs red-light traffic infraction detectors under its own code, issuing a $158 notice of violation…

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Sarasota County

Some Restrictions

Sarasota County still runs its Chapter 122 red light camera program in the unincorporated county, fining the registered…

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Tallahassee

Some Restrictions

Tallahassee Code of General Ordinances § 20-50 still authorizes the city manager to run "traffic infraction detectors"…

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Tampa

Some Restrictions

Tampa has no red-light camera program, but Code § 14-56 authorizes radar/LiDAR speed detection systems in school zones…

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West Palm Beach

Some Restrictions

West Palm Beach uses red light traffic infraction detectors under City Code § 86-200, adopting the state's Mark Wandall…

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Jacksonville

Few Restrictions

Jacksonville ran a red-light camera program from 2012 until the City Council repealed it outright in 2019. Ordinance…

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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.