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LTA’s ban on bicycles and PMDs on footpaths to take effect in July 2025
The Land Transport Authority will ban bicycles and non-motorised personal mobility devices (PMDs) from footpaths adjacent to cycling lanes from July 2025, converting them to pedestrian-only paths to enhance safety, with enforcement starting on 1 July 2025.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced that from July 2025, bicycles and non-motorised personal mobility devices (PMDs) such as kick scooters will no longer be allowed on footpaths adjacent to cycling lanes. This decision, aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety, follows the conversion of these footpaths into pedestrian-only paths.
Currently, over 200 km of footpaths are situated next to cycling paths. As part of the new regulation, these footpaths will be clearly marked with pedestrian logos and “pedestrians-only” signage. The LTA has outlined a one-year adjustment period for path users, with enforcement of the ban set to begin on 1 July 2025.
“To enhance safety for path users, especially pedestrians, bicycles and non-motorised PMDs will no longer be allowed on footpaths converted to pedestrian-only paths,” the LTA stated. Those found violating the new rule could face fines of up to S$2,000 or imprisonment for up to three months, or both.
The ban applies to a wide range of non-motorised PMDs, including tricycles, unicycles, inline skates, skateboards, longboards, and waveboards. Currently, these devices are allowed on footpaths adjacent to cycling lanes, though path users are encouraged to stick to their respective paths.
When the new rule takes effect, only pedestrians and users of personal mobility aids, such as mobility scooters and motorised wheelchairs, will be permitted on the pedestrian-only paths. Personal mobility aid users will be required to adhere to a speed limit of 6 km/h, akin to brisk walking, to ensure pedestrian safety.
The LTA’s move is part of a broader initiative to expand Singapore’s cycling path network, which now spans over 600 km, with plans to reach 1,300 km by 2030.
Photo of pedestrains walking on the cycling lane
The ban on bicycles and non-motorised PMDs on footpaths adjacent to cycling lanes raises concerns that it may not fully address the issue of pedestrians walking on cycling paths.
With the new rule in place, cyclists might still face the challenge of navigating around pedestrians who stray into the cycling lanes. This could force cyclists to swerve or slow down, potentially leading to accidents or conflicts, especially in areas with high foot traffic.
The lack of clear measures to prevent pedestrians from encroaching on cycling paths leaves unresolved questions about how safety will be maintained for all users.
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Key Points : 1. Problem with shared paths comes from creation of shared paths without sufficient effective enforcements . Failure. 2. When you mix pedestrians with cyclists, you don’t need someone paid over a million to know it’s a recipe for disaster. Many pedestrians are self-entitled ignoring the use of their commonsense when walking in public by listening to music thru headphones and looking at their phones without due diligence of looking out for traffic. 3. Basic commonsense would have prevented all these problems before the implementation. 4. Citing concern for seniors on footpaths is like allowing problem to be… Read more »
Key Points : 1. Problem with shared paths comes from creation of shared paths without sufficient effective enforcements . Failure. 2. When you mix pedestrians with cyclists, you don’t need someone paid over a million to know it’s a recipe for disaster. Many pedestrians are self-entitled ignoring the use of their commonsense when walking in public by listening to music thru headphones and looking at their phones without due diligence of looking out for traffic. 3. Basic commonsense would have prevented all these problems before the implementation. 4. Citing concern for seniors on footpaths is like allowing problem to be… Read more »
I doubt if its going to be successful..who’s going to enforce it ? The cctv cameras…???
Nowdays we pedestrians cant even walk with ease on a pedestrian footpath w/o a pma or a bicycle ridden food delivery rider whizzing past w/○ warning nearly knocking us down…some do ring the bell…most dont…cant we learn to share? Everything must have laws!
What happened to the Courtesy Campaigns etc ???
Please Start a new campaign…
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Learn and you Get Paid very Handsomely?
Do voters continue to condone?
So was the project costing tax payer money implemented and then found to be not feasible?
A FAILED PROJECT?
Who CREATED the Shared Path?
Who CREATED the Problem?
CHT well done. 👏👏👏👍👍 I am a pedestrian and support this action but do it soon and not in July 2025.
When Parliament passed laws on estate cycling, on footpaths, shared corridors with pedestrians, the PAP Law Makers mentioned they would have Bike Marshalls, Safety Marshalls.
Blood EFF PAP big time corrupt liars – Over these years PAP employed 1001 ghost marshalls, only appeared past midnights.
This takes one year to effect. Others in a few days or weeks … I wonder how they decide the time frame?!?
The Little India TROUBLES were BLAMED on alcohol – FLAT ACROSS the BOARD easy action by lazy Govt Services who listened to PAP Administration law makers.
When alcohol consumption can be regulated, the sale can be regulated, various tweaks can be applied – BUT lazy law makers from PAP TOOK ezway, easy control to crimp alcohol sellers incomes.
Now the LTA is also a blind tool of PAP Administration law makers.
PAP Administration’s popular tool, Public Education is DEAD now.
Well Old Lee claimed he can jump up if he observed stg not right but can be turned around, then one must wonder why this PAP Administration has ABANDONED public education.
Or was it Public Education was all along a BIG PAP BS.
Please be direct, if the problem is the inconsiderate food delivery guys riding bicycles and pretending to be handicapped to use PMD, say so.
By lumping everyone who rides a bicycle and genuine PMD users and banning them, you are taking the easy way out to address the blatant misuse of bicycles and PMD by a large group of black sheep food delivery riders.
As usual such lame design and even more lame laws to say,…blah..blah…with effect from such date….
But you know lah, why bother, Elites at Ridout Road and other ELITE LOCATIONS, don’t need such….foot path. They come and go in their Continental carsssss!
Who did the peasants voted for and will vote for this coming election?😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣😆😆
To be enforced by….?
Now a day , i usually stay at home
Fewer and fewer humans on the street