ROH §15-18.3
Bicycle riders must obey traffic signs and signals
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗Bicycle riders must follow traffic signals, signs, and other controls just like cars, unless a police officer says otherwise. They cannot make turns where signs forbid them unless they get off the bike and walk. Bicycle lanes are only for bikes, but pedestrians can use them if there is no sidewalk.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Obedience to traffic control devices
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Every person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control signals, signs, and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or any other persons authorized to direct, control, or regulate traffic.
(b) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right turn or left turn or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
(c) As provided under § 15-6.7 , a bicycle lane designated in Schedule XXXIV* shall be used exclusively for operating bicycles, except:
(1) As otherwise provided in § 15-6.7 ; and
(2) Where there is no adjacent paved sidewalk provided, a pedestrian may use the bicycle lane as a walkway and a bicycle rider shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian. When using a bicycle lane, a pedestrian shall walk as near the outside edge as possible. When two or more pedestrians use a bicycle lane, they shall walk in single file as near the outside edge as possible.
) Editor’s note:
* See listing of schedules at the end of this chapter.
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