Pedestrians, bicycles, etc., upon limited or controlled-access highways.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 45-13
in effectSec. 45-13. - Pedestrians, bicycles, etc., upon limited or controlled-access highways.
(a) No pedestrian shall go upon, walk along, or cross over any limited-access or controlled-access highway within the corporate limits of the city, except upon the portions along the outer margins thereof, which are designed for and known as "service roadways."
(b) No person shall ride any bicycle or take any bicycle upon any limited-access or controlled-access highway within the corporate limits of the city, except upon the portions along the outer margins thereof, which are designed for and known as "service roadways."
(c) No person shall drive or operate any wheeled vehicle which is not motor-propelled upon any limited-access or controlled-access highway within the corporate limits of the city, except upon the portions along the outer margins thereof which are designed for and known as "service roadways."
(d) To avoid any doubt, if any doubt might otherwise exist, it is the purpose of the city council by this section to prohibit, within the center or middle portions of limited-access or controlled-access highways which are designed to accommodate through traffic, and to and from which connecting roadways lead to and from the service roadways, any use except for the operation thereupon of motor vehicles.
(e) Any person violating any of the terms of this section shall be guilty of an offense and shall be fined not less than $25.00 and not more than $200.00.
(Code 1968, § 46-16)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH45TR_ARTIINGE_S45-13PEBIETUPLICOCEHIFetched: 10/26/2026