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Mobility & Curb Rules in Georgia (2026)

43 rules on the books across Georgia, 25 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.

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.

Columbia County

Significant Restrictions

On county-designated bicycle paths, Columbia County bans operating any motorized vehicle, including mopeds…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

In the City of Alpharetta, bicycle and bike lane conduct is governed through § 46-1, which adopts Georgia's Uniform…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta bans parking or standing in designated bicycle lanes, bike routes, and multi-use trails citywide, with fines of…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County treats bicycles as vehicles on public roads: cyclists get the same rights and duties as…

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Brookhaven

Some Restrictions

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Sec. 17-430 bars motor vehicles and motorcycles from operating in a bike lane or…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County's only bicycle-path ordinance is narrow: Sec. 12-401 bars gasoline-powered vehicles, including…

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Cobb County

Some Restrictions

Cobb County requires bicyclists on Columns Drive, the corridor leading to the Cochran Shoals unit of the Chattahoochee…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Decatur, Georgia bars driving or parking a motor vehicle in, on or across a designated bicycle lane, with narrow…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

Motor vehicles can't drive, stop or park in a bicycle lane or path anywhere in unincorporated DeKalb County. Code §…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Johns Creek bars reckless bicycle riding on streets and sidewalks and requires cyclists on multi-use trails or…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County designates bicycle paths and sidewalks along an official bike route inventory kept by the traffic…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell, Georgia law bars riding a bicycle on any street or sidewalk in a way that endangers the public, and bans…

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Stonecrest

Some Restrictions

The City of Stonecrest requires bicyclists to ride inside a marked bicycle lane rather than the adjacent roadway…

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Paulding County

Light Restrictions

Paulding County has no on-street bike lane law; instead, its Multi-Use Trails ordinance governs how cyclists use the…

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Walton County

Light Restrictions

Walton County's Land Development Ordinance requires new bicycle lanes to be at least four feet wide, placed between the…

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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.

Macon Bibb County

Significant Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County runs automated speed cameras in school zones, not red-light cameras at intersections; citations issue…

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Alpharetta

Some Restrictions

The City of Alpharetta authorizes red-light photo enforcement under Code of Ordinances Article IV, Sections 46-92…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta uses traffic-control signal monitoring devices at intersections; running a red light caught on camera brings a…

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Bartow County

Some Restrictions

Bartow County runs no red-light camera program; its automated enforcement is limited to school-zone speed cameras and…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Chatham County has run a codified Red Light Camera Enforcement Ordinance since February 4, 2005: cameras at monitored…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Clayton County's police department may deploy red-light traffic cameras at intersections in the unincorporated county…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Fulton County allows automated red-light cameras at intersections the Fulton County Police Department…

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Marietta

Some Restrictions

Marietta's Code § 10-4-170 authorizes photo enforcement of red-light violations at signalized intersections: the…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell's only photo-enforcement program is school-zone speed cameras, not red-light cameras: the city runs no…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton runs automated speed cameras in school zones from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on school days, not red-light…

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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.