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ROH §15-18.5

Bike riders must yield when leaving alleys or driveways

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

When riding a bike out of an alley, driveway, bikeway, or building, you must stop or slow down to let people walking on the sidewalk go first. You must also let bikes on a bikeway and cars or bikes on the road go first before you enter.

The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Emerging from alley, bikeway, or driveway

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.

The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway, bikeway, or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across such alley, driveway, bikeway, or building, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on such sidewalk or sidewalk area, and upon entering a bikeway, shall yield the right-of-way to all bicycles approaching on such lane, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles or bicycles approaching on such roadway. )
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.