Madison Wisconsin Bike Laws

States have bicycle laws known as statutes. Cities have laws known as ordinances. Usually a city adopts the state laws/statutes through and ordinance. In Madison, the city adopted state traffic statutes as through ordinance 12.011 shown below:

Pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 349.06, the City of Madison does hereby adopt and incorporate into this chapter of the Madison General Ordinances the provisions of Wis. Stats. Chs. 340—348, inclusive of all future amendments to any provisions of those sections of the Wisconsin Statutes. The City's power to enforce any provision of Wis. Stats. Chs. 340—348, shall not be extended to any offense for which jail or imprisonment, other than for non-payment of a forfeiture, is a prescribed penalty.

In addition to the state statues, the City of Madison has specific ordinances that are not included in the statutes. Some of these include:

10.33 Bike Sharing rules;

12.719 Riding moped on bicycle way-no person may ride a moped or motor bicycle on a bicycle way;

12.78 Registration of bicycles-need to register bicycle to operate on public way in Madison;

12.76 (1) Cannot ride bicycle on sidewalk where building abuts sidewalk;

8.31-Park commission determines whether or not bicycles are allowed in parks and which parks;

12.167-No riding bicycles on the state street pedestrian mall area;

12.195-Bikes allowed on State Street;

10.05-Occupancy of bike lane by contractors and process required';

16.23-Minimum width for street designated as bicycle route;