§ 21-101. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2023
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-101
§ 21-101. Definitions
(a) In this title and Title 25 of this article the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Alley” means a street that:
(c) “Bicycle path” means any travelway designed and designated by signing or signing and marking for bicycle use, located within its own right-of-way or in a shared right-of-way, and physically separated from motor vehicle traffic by berm, shoulder, curb, or other similar device.
(d)(1) “Bicycle way” means:
(e) “Bike lane” means any portion of a roadway or shoulder designated for single directional bicycle flow.
(f) “Business district” means an area that adjoins and includes a highway where at least 50 percent of the frontage along the highway, for a distance of at least 300 feet, is occupied by buildings used for business.
(g) “Controlled access highway” means a highway or roadway to or from which persons, including the owners or occupants of abutting lands, have no right of access except at the points and in the manner determined by the public authority with jurisdiction over the highway or roadway.
(h) “Crossover” means a transverse roadway or opening that connects the separate roadways of a divided highway at a point other than an intersection of the divided highway with another highway.
(i) “Crosswalk” means that part of a roadway that is:
(i-1) “Dedicated bus lane” means a lane designated for use by mass transit vehicles owned, operated, or contracted for by the Maryland Transit Administration or a local department of transportation.
(j) “Electric personal assistive mobility device” or “EPAMD” means a pedestrian device that:
(k) “Expressway” means a major highway of 2 or more traffic lanes in each direction that is designed to eliminate principal traffic hazards and has the following characteristics:
(l)(1) “Intersection” means:
(2) If a divided highway includes two roadways that are 30 feet or more apart, every crossing of each roadway of the divided highway by an intersecting highway is a separate intersection. If the intersecting highway also includes two roadways that are 30 feet or more apart, every crossing of two roadways of these highways is a separate intersection.
(m) “Play vehicle” means a vehicle that:
(n) “Private road or driveway” means any way or place that:
(o) “Public bicycle area” means any highway, bicycle path, or other facility or area maintained by this State, a political subdivision of this State, or any of their agencies for the use of bicycles.
(p) “Railroad” means a carrier of people or property on cars that are operated on stationary rails.
(q) “Railroad sign” or “railroad signal” means any sign, signal, or device placed by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad to warn of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
(r) “Railroad train” means any locomotive or any other car, rolling stock, equipment, or other device that, alone or coupled to others, is operated on stationary rails.
(s) “Residential district” means an area that:
(t) “Right-of-way” means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner on a highway in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian.
(u) “Safety zone” means an area in a roadway that:
(v) “Shoulder” means that portion of a highway contiguous with the roadway for the accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, for use by bicycles and motor scooters, and for the lateral support of the base and surface courses of the roadway.
(w) “Sidewalk” means that part of a highway:
(x) “Through highway” means a highway or part of a highway:
(2) At the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on that highway or part of a highway, in obedience to either a stop sign or yield sign placed as provided in the Maryland Vehicle Law.1
(y) “Urban district” means an area that:
(z) “Wheelchair” means a mobility aid belonging to any class of three- or four-wheeled devices that:
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 541, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1977, c. 543, § 1; Acts 1979, c. 401; Acts 1981, c. 335; Acts 1982, c. 721; Acts 1983, c. 108, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1985, c. 592; Acts 1992, c. 22, § 1; Acts 1995, c. 495, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, c. 6, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1998, c. 360, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 34, § 1, eff. April 13, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 670, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2001, c. 585, § 1, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2002, c. 546, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 463, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2004, c. 125, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 320, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2005, c. 25, § 13, eff. April 12, 2005; Acts 2006, c. 589, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2007, c. 571, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 518, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2011, c. 213, § 1, eff. May 10, 2011; Acts 2011, c. 214, § 1, eff. May 10, 2011; Acts 2012, c. 44, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 45, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2017, c. 754, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2022, c. 468, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 592, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 593, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, §§ 1-102, 1-104, 1-106, 1-114, 1-116, 1-117, 1-138, 1-164 to 1-167, 1-172, 1-175, 1-179, 1-185, 1-198, 1-207.
Footnotes
Transportation, § 11-101 et seq.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-101, MD TRANS § 21-101
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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