Enforcing Rule on Prohibiting Bicycles and Non-motorised Personal Mobility Devices from Footpaths Adjacent to Cycling Paths
Ministry of TransportSpeakers
Summary
This question concerns the enforcement of prohibiting bicycles and non-motorised personal mobility devices on footpaths adjacent to cycling paths, as raised by Mr Xie Yao Quan. Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat explained that these footpaths will be converted into pedestrian-only paths with physical markings, with enforcement officially beginning on 1 July 2025. LTA will deploy Active Mobility Enforcement Officers and mobile CCTVs at hotspots, while exercising discretion for riders briefly bypassing obstructions or transiting. During the current transition and grace period, officers are focusing on public education to alert path users to the new markings and upcoming regulations. First-time offenders convicted of riding on pedestrian-only paths may face fines of up to $2,000, three months' imprisonment, or both.
Transcript
74 Mr Xie Yao Quan asked the Minister for Transport with regard to the move to prohibit bicycles and non-motorised personal mobility devices from footpaths adjacent to cycling paths, how does LTA plan to enforce this new rule.
Mr Chee Hong Tat: To enhance safety for path users, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be converting footpaths adjacent to cycling paths into pedestrian-only paths. Bicycles and non-motorised personal mobility devices (PMDs) will no longer be allowed on these footpaths. Physical markings, including pedestrian logos and "Pedestrians-Only" wordings, will be imprinted on these paths at regular intervals to alert path users.
To provide sufficient time for path users to make adjustments, there will be a grace period for the transition. Currently, LTA’s Active Mobility Enforcement Officers have started engaging and educating cyclists and non-motorised PMD users at locations with upcoming pedestrian-only paths.
From 1 July 2025, LTA will begin enforcing against riding on these new pedestrian-only paths, converted from footpaths that are adjacent to cycling paths. LTA will deploy Active Mobility Enforcement Officers on regular patrols, and mobile closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) at popular hotspots, to deter and enforce against errant riders. LTA will exercise discretion on the ground when riders are using pedestrian-only paths momentarily to overtake someone or bypass an obstruction on the cycling path, or to transit to an adjoining path.
Pedestrian-only paths are not new. For existing pedestrian-only paths, such as on pedestrian overhead bridges, LTA already enforces against the wrong use of active mobility devices. First-time offenders convicted of riding on a pedestrian-only path may be fined up to $2,000 or jailed up to three months, or both.