Mobility & Curb Rules in Louisiana (2026)
24 rules on the books across Louisiana, 8 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
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.
East Baton Rouge Parish
Some RestrictionsCity-Parish Code Sec. 11:224 requires bicyclists to ride as near the right-hand side of the roadway as practicable, but…
Read full rule →Lafayette
Some RestrictionsShared electric scooters in Lafayette may only be ridden in a bike lane, on a sidewalk outside the Downtown Zoning…
Read full rule →Lafayette Parish
Some RestrictionsRental electric scooters and motorized bicycles in Lafayette city and parish must stick to bike lanes, sidewalks…
Read full rule →New Orleans
Some RestrictionsNew Orleans bans driving or parking a motor vehicle in a marked bicycle lane except for brief, defined maneuvers like…
Read full rule →Lake Charles
Light RestrictionsLake Charles does not regulate striped bike lanes directly; instead, City Code Sec. 5-35 requires every cyclist to ride…
Read full rule →Shreveport
Light RestrictionsShreveport requires a cyclist to use a bicycle path once one has been built alongside a roadway, rather than riding in…
Read full rule →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.
East Baton Rouge Parish
Significant RestrictionsUber, Lyft and other transportation network operators cannot stage or pick up riders at Baton Rouge Metropolitan…
Read full rule →Lafayette Parish
Some RestrictionsTNC pickup and dropoff at Lafayette Regional Airport is allowed unless the Lafayette Airport Commission restricts or…
Read full rule →New Orleans
Some RestrictionsUber and Lyft drivers in New Orleans cannot stop in a designated taxicab stand to pick up or drop off, and none can…
Read full rule →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.
Lafayette
Some RestrictionsLafayette's shared-mobility ordinance defines three classes of electric-assisted bicycle by motor behavior: Class 1 and…
Read full rule →Lafayette Parish
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish code defines Class 1, 2 and 3 electric-assisted bicycles and requires riders on permitted…
Read full rule →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.
Lafayette
Significant RestrictionsLafayette's photographic enforcement program fines the registered owner $125.00 for running a red light captured by a…
Read full rule →New Orleans
Significant RestrictionsNew Orleans runs a civil, not criminal, automated traffic enforcement program covering red-light signals, school-zone…
Read full rule →Ascension Parish
Some RestrictionsAscension Parish operates a photographic red-light enforcement system under Code § 22-9(a), imposing a $95 civil…
Read full rule →East Baton Rouge Parish
Some RestrictionsBaton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish run a photographic traffic signal enforcement system at designated…
Read full rule →Jefferson Parish
Some RestrictionsJefferson Parish's automated red-light camera program fines the registered owner between $75 and $175 per violation…
Read full rule →Lafayette Parish
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish runs camera enforcement at red lights and in school-zone speed corridors, billing vehicle owners…
Read full rule →Shreveport
Some RestrictionsShreveport's only automated photo enforcement is a school-zone speed camera program run by the police department, not…
Read full rule →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.