Are you allowed to ride your bicycle on that sidewalk?
Did you just get run over by a bicycle while you were walking on the sidewalk? Do you wonder if that bicycle should even be on that sidewalk?
You need to look at your local ordinances first – or call your local elected officials – they write the laws. For some of us, our favorite bicycling, teaching, blogging, and writing lawyer, Ray Thomas, has done a lot of the legal research.
I can’t tell from the webpage how recently the information was updated, so double-check with your current ordinances, but this is a great starting place:
Visit his webpage, Bicycles on Sidewalks.