Can I Ride My Bike on Los Angeles Sidewalks? | Relevant Bicycle Safety Laws
Is It Legal To Ride Bikes on Los Angeles Sidewalks?
Where can you ride a bicycle?
Yes. As a general rule, twelve cities within Los Angeles County have allowed California’s law allowing safe sidewalk-riding to remain perfectly legal. But again, the devil is in the details of L.A.’s municipal sidewalk riding rules.
In other words, The City of Los Angeles is neutral about their local rules regarding riding on sidewalks, as well as the direction of travel of your bike as you ride on a sidewalk.
Los Angeles Municipal Code section 56.15(1) states: “No person shall ride, operate or...
