Mobility & Curb Rules in Illinois (2026)

Cook County bans operating a motor-driven scooter on any public street, sidewalk, parking lot, bike path, or park in…

Oak Lawn bans operating any low-speed electric scooter, the class dockless rental fleets use, anywhere within village…

Peoria outlaws operating any motorized scooter, a definition broad enough to cover dockless rental e-scooters, on a…

Arlington Heights, Illinois has no dockless or shared scooter program, but Section 18-313(c)(1) bars any motorized…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-4.3(c) restricts motorized scooters, including any shared or rented unit, to sidewalks only and…

Chicago licenses shared e-scooter operators and bans riding them on sidewalks: scooters must stay in bike lanes or on…

Rockford confines stand-up electric scooters to city-approved operating zones, not the whole city, under its 2021…

Schaumburg treats electric scooters, including rental and shared units, like bicycles under Chapter 73, banning them…

Chicago bans driving, standing or parking in marked bicycle lanes, with a $250 fine and immediate tow for parked…

In the City of Bloomington, cyclists on a roadway must ride as far right as practicable and may not ride more than two…

City Code Section 33-32 keeps every motorized vehicle out of posted and marked bicycle lanes, reserving them…

Driving, standing, or parking a vehicle in a marked bicycle path or lane is banned on roads under County jurisdiction…

Evanston bans stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that blocks all or part of a marked bicycle lane, backed by a…

On county-designated bikeways, only bicycles, pedestrians and government vehicles are allowed: motor vehicles, mopeds…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a cyclist on a roadway rides as near to the right side as practicable and single…

Naperville lets Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes and e-scooters ride in marked bicycle lanes citywide, but Class 3 e-bikes…

Oak Lawn requires cyclists to ride as near the right-hand curb as conditions permit, bars riding two abreast, and lets…

Village Code Section 15-2-7 sets the rules of the road for ordinary bicycles in Oak Park: ride as near the right side…

Village Code § 28-143 requires bicyclists on a Palatine street to ride as near the right curb as conditions allow…

Peoria bans riding bicycles more than two abreast on any roadway except on a path or lane set aside for bicycles'…

On District forest preserve trails, Rock Island County bans riding a bicycle on any path posted against bikes or…

Village of Skokie bicyclists must use an adjacent bike path whenever the Village has provided one and stay off it is…

In a marked bicycle lane, Springfield flips the usual right-of-way: motor vehicles must yield to bicycles. Outside a…

Waukegan cyclists on a roadway below traffic speed must hug the right-hand curb except when passing, turning, or…

In the City of Berwyn, Illinois, cyclists riding in groups of two or more must ride in single file, except on paths or…

Schaumburg cyclists must ride as near the right side of the roadway as practicable, single file except on dedicated…

Uber and Lyft drivers can't pick up at O'Hare, Midway, or McCormick Place except at designated taxicab stands or…

In the City of Bloomington, taxicab and transportation network company (TNC) vehicles may pick up and drop off riders…

Village Code § 28-88 reserves any area designated as a taxicab stand or ride-share stand for licensed taxicabs or…

Arlington Heights, Illinois sorts electric mobility devices into Low-Speed (up to 10 mph), Standard (10-28 mph), and…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-4.1 sorts electric bicycles into three classes by top assisted speed: Class 1 and 2 cap out at 20…

Chicago treats Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes like regular bicycles on streets and bike paths, but bans Class 3 e-bikes…

Evanston treats low-speed electric bicycles as bicycles, splitting them into Class 1, 2, and 3 by speed and throttle…

The Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois sorts e-bikes into Class 1, 2 and 3 and limits where each may ride. Class 1 and…

Naperville sorts e-bikes into three classes by top assisted speed, with Class 3 bikes needing a speedometer and all…

Oak Lawn splits e-bikes into three classes under its bicycle code: Class 1 and 2 may use streets, bike lanes and paths…

Oak Park's e-bike ordinance, added by Ordinance 26-150 as new Village Code Article 12, sorts electric bicycles into…

In the Village of Palatine, low-speed electric bicycles are split into Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 under Illinois…

Schaumburg lets Class 1 and 2 e-bikes use the same streets and paths as regular bicycles but bans all three classes…

Skokie runs an Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System that photographs vehicles running red lights at selected…

Waukegan runs automated red light cameras at posted intersections under City Code Sec. 21-59.1. A vehicle owner who…

Aurora runs an automated red-light camera program at intersections citywide; a traffic control signal monitoring device…

In the City of Berwyn, Illinois, Chapter 427 sets up an automated red light camera at northbound Harlem and Cermak…

Cameras at intersections and school/park safety zones ticket red-light runners and speeders under Municipal Code…

The Town of Cicero runs an automated traffic law enforcement system that photographs vehicles running red lights at…

Cook County runs its own automated red light camera program on county-maintained highways under Code §§ 82-206–82-209…

Naperville uses automated cameras to record vehicles that run red lights at monitored intersections, issuing owners a…

The Village of Oak Lawn runs automated red light cameras at dozens of intersections under Village Code Chapter 11-13…

The Village of Palatine runs an Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System under Article X of the Village Code (Sec…

Tinley Park runs automated red-light cameras at three Harlem Avenue intersections under Village Code Chapter 81…

Schaumburg has no red light camera or school-zone speed camera program. The Village Board voted twice in 2010 to keep…

Illinois runs two different regimes and the answer depends entirely on which vehicle you own. A golf cart is a…