Originally Posted by
moondog
1. the semi-small street that I live on (Tianping) has bike lanes
2. the larger street 1.5 blocks away (Hengshan) does not
In both cases, bike, ebike, and scooter riders seem to love sidewalks. I imagine that case 2 is legal because riding on a busy road along with cars that are going twice as fast is dangerous, but I'm wondering about case 1 in Shanghai, as well as other cities (e.g. Nanning is particularly scary for pedestrians).
Bikes, scooters, etc are not allowed to be ridden on the sidewalks in Shanghai. Occasionally I’ll see the police out doing an enforcement action and these actions seem to be more common now than before. Not sure about other cities but I imagine tier 1 cities all make this illegal. Even in the absence of bike lanes (eg. Nanjing Road, Beijing Road, Huaihai Road) they are not allowed on the sidewalk.