Mobility & Curb Rules in Virginia (2026)

Portsmouth bans shared, for-hire mobility devices, e-scooters, motorized skateboards, motorized scooters, motorized…

Alexandria caps shared e-scooter and e-bike fleets citywide under a permit program run by the transportation…

Arlington County requires every shared e-scooter and e-bike operator to hold a Micro-Mobility Business Permit under…

Any company offering e-scooters, e-bikes, or other shareable mobility devices for hire in Chesapeake must hold a…

Hampton requires shared e-scooter and e-bike companies to obtain a Shared Mobility Device License from the city…

Any company deploying dockless scooters or e-bikes on Lynchburg's public ways needs a City Manager permit under Code…

Newport News requires shared e-scooter and bike-share operators to hold a city license, cap devices at 15 mph, run them…

Norfolk limits shareable dockless scooters and bikes to a single citywide operator at a time under City Code § 25-380…

Prince William County requires anyone offering shared motorized scooters, bicycles, or e-bikes for hire to first obtain…

Roanoke bans any dockless mobility operation, meaning a business that rents scooters, skateboards, or bicycles to…

Virginia Beach requires a nonexclusive city franchise license before any company can offer motorized scooters for hire…

Albemarle County requires any company offering dockless scooters, e-bikes, or motorized skateboards for hire to hold a…

Fairfax County bars riding shared e-scooters and bikes on any sidewalk or crosswalk the county has posted as…

Richmond regulates shared mobility devices through a city pilot ordinance and operator agreements with companies like…

Cyclists in Alexandria carry the same rights and duties as motor-vehicle drivers under City Code § 10-7-6, may ride two…

Arlington County bars motor vehicles from stopping, standing, parking or driving in a marked bicycle lane under County…

Lynchburg cyclists must ride as close as practicable to the right-hand side of the roadway, may not ride two abreast…

In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, streets built inside a PUD-TND development must include…

Norfolk defines a bicycle lane as pavement marked for the preferential use of bicycles, electric power-assisted…

Prince William County bars drivers from crossing a solid line marking a bicycle lane to get around another vehicle…

Richmond has expanded protected bike lanes along Franklin Street, Brook Road, and Floyd Avenue under its Strategic…

Roanoke requires bicycles, e-bikes, mopeds and scooters moving slower than traffic to ride as close as safely…

Spotsylvania County bars motorcycles, ATVs, mopeds, minibikes and other motor vehicles from any bicycle and pedestrian…

Stafford County makes it unlawful to park any vehicle in a bicycle lane, on public streets under Section 15-51(a)(18)…

Virginia Beach's signature 28-foot-wide concrete bike path runs alongside the Atlantic Avenue boardwalk and is governed…

Riders of bicycles, e-bikes, and motorized skateboards or scooters in Albemarle County must park at the curb, in a…

In the Rio29 Form-Based Code Overlay District along U.S. 29/Rio Road, larger developments in Albemarle County must set…

Arlington County caps electric power-assisted bicycle speeds under County Code § 14.2-65: twenty miles per hour on…

Hampton writes no e-bike class rules of its own -- Sec. 6-4 adopts Virginia's Title 46.2 electric power-assisted…

Richmond requires riders 14 and under to wear a CPSC-standard helmet on e-bikes, mobility devices, and scooters on any…

Roanoke splits electric power-assisted bicycles into three classes by top pedal-assist speed of 20, 20, and 28 mph, and…

Virginia Beach classifies electric bicycles into three classes under City Code § 7-1, with Class one through three…

Henrico treats electric power-assisted bicycles like ordinary bicycles on sidewalks and shared-use paths, with one…

Newport News sorts electric power-assisted bicycles into three classes by motor behavior and top assisted speed, then…

In Roanoke County, Virginia (outside the independent cities of Roanoke and Salem), the park code defines three classes…

Albemarle County has no red-light camera program; instead, County Code § 9-504 authorizes the Police Department to…

Alexandria runs red-light cameras at up to one intersection per 10,000 residents, with a $50 civil penalty for running…

Arlington County may run red-light cameras at no more than one intersection per 10,000 residents, with a $50 civil…

Chesapeake authorizes photo-monitoring systems at signalized intersections under Sec. 74-193, imposing a civil monetary…

Fairfax County runs red-light cameras at up to 25 intersections, imposing a $50 civil penalty, plus photo speed cameras…

Hampton's city manager may install traffic light and traffic-control-device camera systems at up to one intersection…

Newport News runs a red-light photo-enforcement program authorized by Va. Code § 15.2-968.1, fining violators $50 and…

Norfolk's city manager runs a red-light camera program under Code of Virginia § 15.2-968.1, capping installations at…

Portsmouth runs two separate photo-enforcement programs: school-zone and highway-work-zone speed cameras under City…

Prince William County can run photo red-light cameras at up to ten intersections at a time, hitting violators with a…

Richmond runs a traffic signal enforcement program using red light cameras under state authority, capping penalties at…

Spotsylvania County runs no red-light camera program at intersections. Its only photo enforcement is Sec. 12-27's…

Stafford County's sheriff's office may run red-light cameras at up to 16 intersections at a time under Section 15-29…

Virginia Beach runs red-light traffic cameras under City Code § 21-222, authorized by state law, with a flat $50 civil…

Virginia runs two separate schemes. A golf cart or utility vehicle is barred from every public highway in the…