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Computed from 8,789 published municipal codes

Bicycle laws and ordinances, town by town

Every town writes its own rules about bicycles — bike lanes, riding on sidewalks, registration, helmets. The fastest way to know what YOUR town allows is to ask its code directly. Below: the towns that regulate bicycles most, straight from the law itself.

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Most municipal code about bicycles

Municipalitymentions
1 Austin, TX — ask its code → 1,004
2 Madison, WI — ask its code → 502
3 Boulder, CO — ask its code → 426
4 Hillsboro, OR — ask its code → 388
5 Municipality of Princeton, NJ — ask its code → 352
6 Springfield, MO — ask its code → 321
7 Minneapolis, MN — ask its code → 318
8 Davis, CA — ask its code → 301
9 Kansas City, MO — ask its code → 301
10 Columbus, OH — ask its code → 296
Austin, TX leads the country with 1,004 mentions — see the full ranking.

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