Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers
Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road
Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles
13 AAC 02.400 - Riding bicycles on roadways and bicycle paths
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) A person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, and shall give way to the right as far as practicable to a motor vehicle proceeding in the same direction when the driver of the motor vehicle gives audible signal.
(b) Persons riding bicycles on a roadway may not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding bicycles two abreast may not impede traffic and, in a laned roadway, shall ride within the farthest right lane.
(c) When a shoulder of the highway is maintained in good condition, an operator of a bicycle shall use the shoulder of the roadway.
(d) A person operating a bicycle on a trail, path, sidewalk, or sidewalk area shall
(e) Repealed 6/28/79.
(f) A person riding a bicycle intending to turn left shall, unless he dismounts and crosses as a pedestrian, comply with the provisions of sec. 200 of this chapter. The operator of a bicycle must give a signal by hand and arm continuously during the last 100 feet traveled unless the hand is needed in the control or operation of the bicycle. When stopped to await an opportunity to turn, a hand and arm signal must be given continuously by the operator.
(g) No person may ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk in a business district or where prohibited by an official traffic-control device.
(h) No bicycle race may be conducted upon a roadway, except as provided under AS 05.35.
Authority:AS 28.05.011