(A) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride on the right half of the roadway or right lane of a roadway with one or more marked lanes for traffic traveling in the same direction except under any of the following situations:
(1) When riding alongside or overtaking and passing another bicycle vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
(2) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
(3) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards or substandard width lanes) that make it unsafe to continue along the right half of the roadway;
(4) A facility that allows bicycle traffic on the left side of the roadway;
(5) When traveling straight through an intersection that has a dedicated right turn only lane;
(6) When a street has parallel parked cars that when doors are opened could create a collision with the person riding a bicycle; or
(7) When an advanced stop line (bike box) allows for bicyclists to filter to the front of a traffic sign or signal and turn.
(B) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway which carries traffic in one direction only and has two or more marked traffic lanes, may ride on the left traffic lanes.
(C) A bicyclist may ride against the flow of traffic in a bike lane which is designed for counter-flow bicycle traffic.
(D) This section does not apply to the use of a bicycle in a parade or special event authorized by the city.
(Prior Code, § 7-8-12) (Ord. 854, passed 2-3-2020)