Bike pathChile
Traffic rules
Chile
1. Bike path
A bike path is a part of a road or a separate route intended primarily or exclusively for people riding bicycles. It may be physically separated from motor traffic, marked on the road surface or identified by traffic signs.
Bike paths may be one-way, two-way or shared with other road users. The permitted users, direction of travel, priority rules and obligation to use the path depend on local traffic signs and regulations.
Must cyclists use provided Chilean cycleways?
Yes. Cyclists must use ciclovías where they are provided. Where there is no cycleway, use the right-hand traffic lane, subject to the stated exceptions for circumstances such as overtaking, obstacles or preparing for a left turn.
Are Chilean cycleways intended for pedestrians walking along them?
No. The official guidance describes cycleways as facilities for cycles. Pedestrians should cross at designated places rather than use them as a walking route. Qualifying electrically assisted cycles are included; ordinary motor vehicles are not.
Does an unusable Chilean cycleway automatically permit riding on any pavement?
Use the cycleway in urban areas, subject to the Act’s exceptions. Exceptional pavement use can be permitted when conditions of the cycleway or carriageway, or the weather, make continuing dangerous, even if a cycleway exists. The Act separately addresses travel on the cycleway or carriageway being impossible; it does not require both to be unusable. Keep to pedestrian speed, give pedestrians and vehicles entering or leaving buildings priority, stay away from buildings and boundary fences, and dismount when pedestrian flow is very high.
