Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997

F21[Cycle tracks

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14. (1) A cycle track shall be indicated by—

(a) traffic sign number RUS 009 (with-flow cycle track) provided in association with traffic sign number RRM 022 (continuous white line) or RRM 023 (broken white line) which latter signs may be marked on the right hand edge of the cycle track or on the right hand and left hand edges of the cycle track,

(b) traffic sign number RUS 059 (contra-flow cycle track) provided in association with traffic sign number RRM 022 (continuous white line) which may be marked on the right hand edge of the cycle track or on the left hand edge of the cycle track or on both sides, or

F22[(c) traffic sign number RUS 058 (shared track for pedal cycles, electric scooters and pedestrians).]

(2) The periods of operation of a cycle track may be indicated on an information plate which may be provided in association with traffic sign number RUS 009, RUS 059 or RUS 058.

F22[(3) Where a cycle track, provided by traffic sign number RUS 009 in association with traffic sign number RRM 022 (continuous white line) or RRM 023 (broken white line), is two-way, pedal cycles, L1e-A e-mopeds and electric scooters shall be driven as near as possible to the left-hand side of each lane.]

F22[(4) (a) A pedal cycle, L1e-A e-moped or an electric scooter shall be driven on a cycle track that is on—

(i) a road,

(ii) a portion of a road, or

(iii) an area, at the entrance to which traffic sign number RUS 021 (pedestrianised street or area) is provided.

(b) A pedal cycle, L1e-A e-moped or an electric scooter shall be driven on a cycle track at the entrance to which traffic sign number RUS 059 (contra-flow cycle track) is provided and pedal cycles, L1e-A e-mopeds and electric scooters shall only be driven in the direction indicated by the contra-flow cycle track.]

(5)(a) A mechanically propelled vehicle, other than a mechanically propelled wheelchair, shall not be driven along or across a cycle track on the right hand edge of which traffic sign number RRM 022 has been provided, save for the purposes of access to or egress from a place adjacent to the cycle track or from a roadway to such a place.

(b) A reference in paragraph (a) to driving along or across a cycle track shall include a reference to driving wholly or partly along or across a cycle track.

(6) Where a vehicle is parked on that part of a road in relation to which traffic sign number RUS 009 is provided in association with traffic sign number RRM 022 or RRM 023 or traffic sign number RUS 059 is provided in association with traffic sign number RRM 022 or at a place where traffic sign number RUS 058 is provided, in advance of the commencement of the period indicated on an information plate which may accompany traffic sign number RUS 009, RUS 059 or RUS 058, the parking of the said vehicle shall cease and the vehicle shall be removed from that part of the road prior to the commencement of that period save where article 5(5) applies.

F22[(7) (a) A shared track shall be indicated by the provision of traffic sign number RUS 058 (shared track for pedal cycles, electric scooters and pedestrians) and the design displayed on the particular traffic sign number RUS 058 that is provided shall indicate if the shared track is—

(i) a non-segregated track where there is no visual or physical segregation of use between pedestrians and persons driving pedal cycles or electric scooters, or

(ii) a segregated track with a continuous white line on the track or a barrier provided along the length of the track signifying a separate area for use by persons driving pedal cycles or electric scooters and an adjoining separate area for use by pedestrians.

(b) At a location where traffic sign number RUS 058 indicates that a shared track is—

(i) non-segregated, as described in paragraph (a), pedestrians and persons driving pedal cycles or electric scooters may use that track, or

(ii) segregated, as described in paragraph (a), persons driving pedal cycles or electric scooters shall only use the area of the track that is designated on the sign for use by them and pedestrians shall only use the area of the track that is designated on the sign for use by them.

(c) A mechanically propelled vehicle, other than a mechanically propelled wheelchair, shall not be driven, wholly or partly, along or across a shared track where traffic sign number RUS 058 is provided, save for the purposes of access to or egress from a place adjacent to the shared track or from a roadway to such a place.

(d) The end of a prohibition or of a restriction under this sub-article shall be indicated by the provision of traffic sign number RUS 058 accompanied by an information plate specifying the word "Críoch/END".

(e) In this sub-article, "pedestrians" includes any person using a wheelchair, mechanically propelled, or otherwise.]]

Annotations

Amendments:

F21

Substituted (1.10.2012) by Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 332 of 2012), reg. 16(e), in effect as per reg. 2(1).

F22

Substituted (16.05.2024) by Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 222 of 2024), reg. 4(e)(i)-(iv).

Editorial Notes:

E17

Previous affecting provision: subart. (4) substituted (9.08.2018) by Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 321 of 2018), reg. 2; substituted (16.05.2024) as per F-note above.

E18

Previous affecting provision: article substituted (1.11.1998) by Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 274 of 1998), reg. 6; substituted (1.01.2012) as per F-note above.