Mobility & Curb Rules in Minnesota (2026)
33 rules on the books across Minnesota, 17 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.
Anoka County
Some RestrictionsAnoka County caps bicycle speed at 15 miles per hour, or any lower posted limit, on trails and roadways inside its park…
Read full rule →Blaine
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Blaine, Minnesota, stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle within a bicycle lane is banned except where…
Read full rule →Dakota County
Some RestrictionsDakota County Ordinance No. 107 confines park bicycling to designated bikeways, roadways, and trails, keeps riders to…
Read full rule →Duluth
Some RestrictionsDuluth's City Council may establish marked bicycle lanes and paths by resolution under Duluth Legislative Code § 9-5…
Read full rule →Eden Prairie
Some RestrictionsCity Code Section 7.20 designates every paved public sidewalk, trail, and path in the City of Eden Prairie, other than…
Read full rule →Lakeville
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 7-8-3 requires bicycles on a roadway with a designated bike lane…
Read full rule →Minneapolis
Some RestrictionsMinneapolis adopts Minnesota's bicycle operation law, Minn. Stat. § 169.222, as the rule for every city street and…
Read full rule →Plymouth
Some RestrictionsPlymouth designates specific marked and posted streets as bicycle lanes and ways under City Code Section 1305.15…
Read full rule →Rochester
Some RestrictionsRochester designates certain paths and sidewalks as bicycle ways barred to motor vehicles under City Code § 11-1-5, and…
Read full rule →St Louis County
Some RestrictionsOn the Mesabi Trail in St. Louis County, bicycles must stay on the designated bikeways and roadways within the Trail…
Read full rule →Stearns County
Some RestrictionsStearns County's Recreational Trails Ordinance sets the traffic rules bicyclists must follow on county trails: keep to…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsChapter VI, Section 8 of Washington County's Parks Ordinance No. 218 confines bicycling on county park land to trails…
Read full rule →Woodbury
Some RestrictionsCyclists riding on a laned Woodbury roadway must stay within a single lane and may not ride more than two abreast or…
Read full rule →Minnetonka
Light RestrictionsIn the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, section 930.040 requires pedestrians and bicyclists to use a…
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.
Minneapolis
Some RestrictionsUber and Lyft drivers licensed as Minneapolis transportation network companies cannot pick up or drop off riders at…
Read full rule →Saint Paul
Some RestrictionsUnder Sec. 373.15(b) of the Legislative Code, Uber and Lyft drivers licensed in Saint Paul may not pick up or drop off…
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.
Anoka County
Some RestrictionsAnoka County Ordinance No. 2018-1 treats a class 1, class 2, or class 3 electric-assisted bicycle, as defined by Minn…
Read full rule →Blaine
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Blaine, Section 82-103 sorts e-bikes into three state-defined classes and caps e-scooters at 15 miles…
Read full rule →Dakota County
Some RestrictionsDakota County Ordinance No. 107 allows electric-powered bikes and similar devices on paved park surfaces at up to 15…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsWashington County's Parks Ordinance No. 218 treats e-bikes, Segways, and electric scooters as one category, "Electric…
Read full rule →Duluth
Light RestrictionsDuluth's ordinance does not split electric-assisted bicycles into Class 1, 2 or 3 tiers for where they may ride…
Read full rule →Maple Grove
Light RestrictionsElectric-assisted bicycles are allowed on Maple Grove park trails and parkways, but riders must operate in a prudent…
Read full rule →Rochester
Light RestrictionsRochester classifies e-bikes as a "low power vehicle" alongside autocycles, mini-trucks, and motor scooters, and defers…
Read full rule →Stearns County
Light RestrictionsStearns County treats electric-assisted bicycles under Minn. Stat. Sec. 169.011, subd. 27 as non-motorized vehicles on…
Read full rule →Woodbury
Light RestrictionsWoodbury's traffic code adopts the state definition of an electric-assisted bicycle rather than writing its own class…
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.