Which road users may use footpaths, bicycle tracks and lanes?

Table 1 describes which modes of transport RVV 1990 allows on footpaths, bicycle tracks or bicycle lanes. The third column shows possible speed limits and the fourth column possible conditions of use. ‘Motorised vehicles for the disabled’ include electric wheelchairs and mobility scooters for example (also see [6]).

Rules for specific types of vehicles may be derived from the regulations for the main modes of transport in Table 1, for example for:

• Pedestrians: roller-skates, scooters, walking frames, a moped that is pushed along;
• Light mopeds: vehicles that are designated as ‘special mopeds’, such as Segways;
• Mopeds: speed pedelecs.

In some parts of Amsterdam, light-moped riders have been redirected from the bicycle track to the carriageway since April 2019. This exception is indicated by a subsign.

Table 1. The modes of transport permitted on footpaths/pavements and bicycle tracks/lanes in the Netherlands, speed limits (differentiated by urban roads and rural roads for disabled person’s vehicles and mopeds), possible conditions and signage.