CITY OF ARLINGTON , TEXAS
DRAFT City of Arlington Bicycle Ordinance ( continued )
authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon . Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk , such person shall yield the right-ofway to any pedestrian , give at least 3 feet of clearance when passing a pedestrian and walk their bicycle when that clearance cannot be allowed , and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian .
EXITING FROM ALLEY , DRIVEWAY , OR BUILDING . A bicyclist exiting from an alley , driveway , or building shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian on a sidewalk or sidewalk area , or to a vehicle on a roadway .
PARKING .
1 . A person may not park a bicycle ( a ) so that it obstructs vehicle or pedestrian traffic on a roadway , sidewalk , driveway , handicap access ramp , building entrance , or so that it prevents operation of a parking meter or newspaper rack ; or ( b ) in a space designated as a vehicle parking place or between two designated vehicle parking places ; or ( c ) secured to a fire hydrant or to a police or fire call box .
2 . A person may not attach or secure a bicycle to public or private property in a manner that may damage , impair , or render the property unusable .
3 . A person may park a bicycle : ( a ) against a street curb ; ( b ) in a bicycle rack on a sidewalk ; or ( c ) against a building .
RIDING RESTRICTIONS .
1 . Except as otherwise directed by a traffic-control device or a police officer , a bicyclist shall ride : ( a ) as near to the right side of the roadway as safe , exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction , except when making a left turn , when avoiding hazardous conditions , when the lane is too narrow to share with another vehicle , or when on a one-way street . Bicyclists may ride abreast when not impeding other vehicles ; ( b ) in the center of the lane where vehicles are permitted to park along the right curb ; or ( c ) in the right-hand portion of an un-laned street .
2 . A bicyclist may not ride a bicycle between vehicles traveling or standing in the same direction within marked lanes of a roadway .
RIDING ON RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED STREETS . A bicyclist may not ride a bicycle on a street where bicycle riding is prohibited or on a street during the hours that bicycle riding is prohibited on the street .
ARTICLE 3 . HARRASSMENT AND PASSING OF A BICYCLIST .
1 . A person commits the offense of harassment of a bicyclist if the person : ( a ) knowingly throws an object at or in the direction of any person riding a bicycle ; or ( b ) threatens any person riding a bicycle for the purpose of frightening or disturbing the person riding the bicycle ; or
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