Mobility & Curb Rules in New York (2026)
44 rules on the books across New York, 22 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.
Albany
Some RestrictionsAlbany's City Code bars operating or parking any motor vehicle on a street path, lane, shoulder, or slope portion the…
Read full rule →Amherst
Some RestrictionsAmherst bans parking, standing, or stopping a vehicle in any bike lane at any time, no signage needed. The Town added…
Read full rule →Babylon
Some RestrictionsThe Town of Babylon bans riding bicycles, ATVs, and pedicabs on sidewalks and prohibits leaving bikes where they block…
Read full rule →Islip
Some RestrictionsTown of Islip bicycle riders may not ride on sidewalks within a business district, and every rider on any sidewalk must…
Read full rule →Mount Vernon
Some RestrictionsCyclists on Mount Vernon streets must ride as close to the right-hand curb as possible and stay single file, never two…
Read full rule →Nassau County
Some RestrictionsNassau County law bars cyclists from riding recklessly on roadways or sidewalks, weaving between cars, or riding within…
Read full rule →New Rochelle
Some RestrictionsNew Rochelle bans bicycles from public sidewalks inside the Central Parking Area entirely, and outside that area only…
Read full rule →New York
Some RestrictionsRiding a bicycle on a New York City sidewalk is illegal unless a sign permits it, carrying a $100 civil penalty, rising…
Read full rule →North Hempstead
Some RestrictionsNorth Hempstead's Uniform Traffic Code bars stopping, standing or parking in any bicycle lane in the town's…
Read full rule →Rochester
Some RestrictionsRiders over 12 in Rochester must use a usable bike lane or cycle track where one exists, or else ride near the right…
Read full rule →Suffolk County
Some RestrictionsDrivers overtaking a cyclist on a Suffolk County road must give at least three feet of clearance, unless the road has a…
Read full rule →Syracuse
Some RestrictionsTraffic Code § 15-285 requires a cyclist riding on a Syracuse street to stay as near the right-hand side of the roadway…
Read full rule →Yonkers
Some RestrictionsCity Code § 109-71 spells out how electric bikes and scooters must use Yonkers bike lanes: riders may use any marked…
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.
Babylon
Some RestrictionsNew development in the Town of Babylon's PIP-2 Planned Industrial Park District must include at least two rideshare or…
Read full rule →Rochester
Some RestrictionsRochester doesn't run curbside TNC pickup zones; instead it designates specific spaces inside city parking garages for…
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.
Brookhaven
Significant RestrictionsBrookhaven's all-terrain and motorized vehicle chapter, amended in May 2026, adopts the state's three e-bike classes…
Read full rule →Colonie
Significant RestrictionsColonie bars Class 2 and Class 3 e-bikes, along with motorbikes, minibikes and motor vehicles, from every Town bicycle…
Read full rule →Smithtown
Significant RestrictionsSmithtown Code Section 101-7C, added by Local Law No. 7-2026, bars operating an electric bicycle or motorized device…
Read full rule →Suffolk County
Significant RestrictionsSuffolk County defines Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes by throttle behavior and a 20-mph assist cutoff, bars riders 15 and…
Read full rule →Buffalo
Some RestrictionsE-bikes and e-scooters are street-legal in Buffalo but banned from sidewalks and from the muscular-power-only…
Read full rule →Islip
Some RestrictionsIn Islip only Class 1 and Class 2 bicycles with electric assist, both cut off at 20 mph, are street-legal. Class 3…
Read full rule →New Rochelle
Some RestrictionsNew Rochelle Chapter 314 sorts electric bicycles into three classes based on motor operation and top speed: Class 1 and…
Read full rule →New York
Some RestrictionsNew York State law defines three e-bike classes by top assisted speed, and New York City is the only jurisdiction where…
Read full rule →Rochester
Some RestrictionsRochester defines an electric bicycle as a pedal-equipped bike under 36 inches wide with a motor under 750 watts…
Read full rule →Westchester County
Some RestrictionsWestchester County bars selling, leasing or renting e-bikes and electric mobility devices unless their battery and…
Read full rule →Yonkers
Some RestrictionsYonkers regulates electric bikes and scooters under City Code § 109-71, effective February 11, 2025. The ordinance…
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.
Monroe County
Significant RestrictionsMonroe County has no red-light camera law; it runs a school bus stop-arm photo program instead, fining pass-by drivers…
Read full rule →New York
Significant RestrictionsNew York City runs red-light and school-zone speed cameras under Administrative Code programs, capping automated…
Read full rule →Albany
Some RestrictionsAlbany's Parking Violations Bureau runs red-light camera enforcement at up to 20 intersections under City Code §…
Read full rule →Dutchess County
Some RestrictionsDutchess County runs no intersection red-light camera or general school-zone speed camera program. Its only automated…
Read full rule →Nassau County
Some RestrictionsNassau County runs a traffic-camera enforcement program authorized by Local Law 12-2009, ticketing vehicle owners, not…
Read full rule →New Rochelle
Some RestrictionsNew Rochelle's Traffic Control Signal Photo Violation Monitoring System, adopted January 19, 2016 under Local Law No…
Read full rule →Putnam County
Some RestrictionsPutnam County has no red-light or speed camera program; its only automated traffic photo enforcement is Chapter 198…
Read full rule →Syracuse
Some RestrictionsSyracuse runs automated red light cameras at up to 36 intersections and speed cameras in up to 34 school zones under…
Read full rule →Westchester County
Some RestrictionsThe county runs a red-light camera demonstration program at up to 50 intersections at a time, needing city consent for…
Read full rule →Yonkers
Some RestrictionsYonkers runs a red-light camera demonstration program under City Code § 109-45, first authorized in 2017 and amended in…
Read full rule →Schenectady
Light RestrictionsSchenectady's City Engineer can install red light cameras and school-zone speed cameras as "traffic calming measures"…
Read full rule →Buffalo
Few RestrictionsNew York authorized Buffalo to run school-zone speed cameras under Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1180-d, but the Common…
Read full rule →Rochester
Few RestrictionsRochester ran red-light cameras from 2010 to 2016 under state authorization, then City Council killed the program. No…
Read full rule →Suffolk County
Few RestrictionsSuffolk County ran a red-light camera demonstration program under County Code Article VII, but the law's own sunset…
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.