Is it allowed to stop a passenger car on a road dedicated to bicycles, if you have at least 1.5 m width left for cyclists?

In the photo you can see a cycle path with a red surface and a white bicycle symbol P-23, which reaches the roadway and crosses it via cycle crossing P-11. Stopping a passenger car on a cycle path is not allowed, even if 1.5 m of width were left for cyclists - the ban is unconditional. The answer is: no.

The Road Traffic Act prohibits stopping a vehicle on a shared footway and cycle path, a cycle path, a cycle lane and in an advanced stop line for cyclists (bike box), except for a bicycle; it also prohibits stopping on a cycle crossing and less than 10 m before it. The condition of leaving 1.5 m concerns a completely different situation - parking on the pavement, where you may park only when the pavement is at least 1.5 m wide and this does not obstruct pedestrians. A cyclist forced to go around a car moves onto the roadway between the cars or onto the pavement between the pedestrians, so you treat the red surface like a roadway where stopping is prohibited, and you park only in places designated for this.

Legal basis: Art. 49 para. 1 point 2 and 11 and Art. 47 para. 1 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 91 para. 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals