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In the US it is illegal to ride a bicycle on a sidewalk in most places

• Jamwinner 7y ago
  Yup. Bikes are 'cars' unless being walked. That includes crosswalks.
  • nybble41 7y ago
    That depends very much on the location. In my area, for example, bikes are allowed on sidewalks if there is no bike lane.
• zeroonetwothree 7y ago
  In practice though it's almost never enforced.
• nradov 7y ago
  Many jurisdictions explicitly allow younger children to ride bicycles on sidewalks.
• stefs 7y ago
  that's true for many countries in europe too, but we do have a lot more bike paths and drivers are generally more considerate towards cyclists than they are in the u.s. with my road bike (i.e. no suspension) i usually prefer the road over adjacent bike paths (which is legal in my country), as the roads are usually in better shape.