Bikes in crosswalks
Attention motorists! If bicyclists are allowed on the sidewalk in your city then odds are
very high they are allowed to ride their bicycles across the street within a crosswalk -
be it a marked crosswalk or unmarked crosswalk. (see our animation, “Every Corner
is a Crosswalk” on Home page). Again, a bicyclist does NOT need to dismount from
their bicycle when in a crosswalk.
When a state or municipality allows bicycles to ride on sidewalks it is giving bicyclists
the same rights and duties as pedestrians while riding their bikes on those sidewalk or
IN A CROSSWALK.
So, as motorists, we need to extend to bicyclists
the same courtesy as we do someone walking, skating or in a wheelchair.
We do this by slowing/stopping to allow a safe crossing.
