Cycling: Pedestrian Areas
(asked on 2nd November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the imposition of fines on people who ride bicycles on pavements.
This question was answered on 16th November 2020
The Government has no plans to review the imposition of fines on people who ride bicycles on the footway.
Except in designated areas (such as shared used paths), cycling on the pavement (“footway”) is an offence under Section 72 of the Highways Act 1835. Officers can issue verbal warnings, fixed penalty notices or report the road user for formal prosecution.
The enforcement of cycling on the footway and other cycling offences is an operational matter for the police.