Find My Bike is a tool offered by Fuji bikes to help individuals select a bicycle, based on their terrain and riding style preferences.
An Expensive Love Affair is a publication of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance outlining the driver, government and social costs of automobile use. A guide to calculating your annual car costs is also provided, considering both fixed and variable costs.
Calculate the Cost of Commuting is a form provided by Arlington County Commuter Services, and is designed to help individuals calculate their monthly commute cost.
Resource Guide on Laws Related to Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety is a publication from the US Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. T his resource guide contains a compilation of vehicle and traffic laws that were judged by the guide's developers to have the potential to affect pedestrian or bicycle safety. It was designed for easy use by anyone interested in vehicle and traffic laws or pedestrian and bicycle safety.
For Planners and Communities
State Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Coordinators - a list of bicycle and pedestrian coordinators in each state
Bicycle Parking Guidelines: A Set of Recommendations from the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals is a guide discussing the rack element, rack, creating a bicycle parking lot, and where to locate bicycle racks. The publication focuses on outdoor bicycle parking.
The Bike Lane Design Guide is a product of the partnership between the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation and the City of Chicago . The guide shows how bicycles can be retrofitted into an existing street system, specifically showing what works in the city of Chicago.
Bicycle Facility Selection: A Comparison of Approaches was prepared by Michael King for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and provides guidance on what types of facilities may be appropriate in a variety of situations.
Rails with Trails: Design, Management, and Operating Characteristics of 61 Trails Along Active Rail Lines was published by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in November, 2000. The report discusses the growth of rail-trails, covers safety and design issues, insurance and liability, and several case studies.
The America Walks Toolbox for Pedestrian Advocates is a compilation of articles about aspects of advocacy and samples of materials from assorted groups around the country.
Two reports included are Introduction to Pedestrian Advocacy and the Ten Essentials of Pedestrian Advocacy. Other topics include how advocates can change transportation policy, successful advocacy activities and programs, steps to organizing an advocacy group, mission statement, communications, growing and resources.
The Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide, a publication from the Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, is a guide containing useful information regarding how to create walking environments, the main causes of pedestrian crashes and ways to counter them, and engineering improvements that can be made to improve quality of life for all citizens.
The Pedestrian Safety Tool Kit is produced by the US Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, and includes a detailed manual on how to implement a community pedestrian program and copies of selected materials to support each step along the road to building a more walkable community. The kit can be ordered from: Pedestrian Program US Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary, P-15400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 or by sending a fax to L. Boodlal, 202-366-7909
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT) is supported by the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The PBCAT is a crash typing software product intended to assist state and local pedestrian/bicycle coordinators, planners and engineers with improving walking and bicycling safety through the development and analysis of a database containing details associated with crashes between motor vehicles and pedestrians or bicyclists.
Safe Communities: The First Six Months is supported by the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This guide was designed for concerned individuals and community groups who are committed to reducing the motor vehicle injury problem in their community.
Tool for Transferring 1995 NPTS Results to Local Communities is supported by the U S Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. This resource was designed to enable local communities to extrapolate results of the 1995 National Personal Transportation Survey.
A Bicycle Advocacy Guidebook, a publication of the California Bicycle Coalition, provides tools and tactics for effective community advocacy.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning; A Guide to Best Practice, from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, covers all aspects of pedestrian and bicycle planning. It is intended for policy makers, planners and advocates who want the best current information on ways to make their communities better places for walking and cycling.
The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) web-based encyclopedia is an intuitive and powerful approach for retrieving fatal crash information.
Transportation Toolbox for Rural Areas and Small Communities, a publication from the US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Transportation is a resource designed to assist public and private stakeholders in planning, developing, and improving rural areas and small communities, especially through transportation and related projects. It provides information about federal legislation affecting transportation planning in rural areas.
Commuter Choice Toolbox from the US Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Authority is a resource designed to help employers establish workplace Commuter Choice Programs.
Evaluating Nonmotorized Transport Techniques for Measuring Walking and Cycling Activity and Conditions is a challenge from the Victoria Policy Transport Institute's TDM Encyclopedia. This chapter describes techniques for measuring nonmotorized travel activity and demand, evaluating nonmotorized conditions, and incorporating nonmotorized travel into transport models. These techniques can be used to identify specific barriers and problems facing pedestrians and cyclists, predict the increase in nonmotorized travel that would result from improvements, prioritize nonmotorized transportation improvements, and develop effective policies to improve and increase nonmotorized transportation.
Walkable Places Survey from Katherine Shriver and Associates produces site-specific data evaluations with a collaborative and community-based approach. Participants generate numerical evaluations during their walk and more qualitative evaluations afterwards. The approach is useful for planning design improvements and stakeholder capacity-building because participants identify what local land use, transportation and urban design elements do or do not function well and how those problems might interrelate. This approach may include video, visualization, technical assistance, and training.
For Employers
Encourage Bike Commuting Employees is one of the League of American Bicyclists' Fact Sheets addressing the benefits and logistics of commuting to work by bicycle.
Bicycle Parking Solutions: A Resource for Installing Indoor Bicycle Parking is a guide by Transportation Alternatives that seeks to encourage more everyday bicycling. The brochure serves a functional resource for building owners, building managers, or building associations on how to provide indoor, secure parking for tenants and lessees.
Commuter Connections is a regional network of transportation organizations coordinated by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. If you live or work in the Metropolitan Washington D.C. area, Commuter Connections can provide you with information on all your commute options, so you can make a smart choice about how you travel to work. Commuter Connections also helps employers establish commuting benefits and assistance programs, including telework/telecommute programs, for their employees. The site features a regional bike map, employer/employee guides and a section on walking.
The mission of Community Tool Box is promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources provides. This site contains over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. Topic sections include step-by-step instruction, examples, check-lists, and related resources.
Manuals and Guidelines
Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach is a policy statement adopted by the United States Department of Transportation. USDOT hopes that public agencies, professional associations, advocacy groups, and others adopt this approach as a way of committing themselves to integrating bicycling and walking into the transportation mainstream. The report includes a
Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities was prepared by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) task force on geometric design, and covers planning, design, and operation and maintenance.
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is a publication of the Federal Highway Administration and covers signs, markings, highway traffic signals, and traffic control devices for various facilities.
Pedestrian Facilities Reference Guide is a collection of references from the National Center for Bicycling and Walking covering topics including traffic calming, crosswalks, walking events, and the economic benefits of bicycle and pedestrian-based tourism, among others.
Bicycle Facilities Reference Guide from the National Center for Bicycling and Walking is similar to the Pedestrian Facilities Reference Guide, and includes topics such as bicycle parking, maintenance, overcoming barriers and selecting roadway treatments.
Creating Walkable Communities: A Guide for Local Governments, was produced by the Bicycle Federation of America Campaign to Make America Walkable, and covers: Principles of Pedestrian Planning and Design, Guidelines for the Design of Pedestrian Facilities, Other Design Topics and Planning for Walkable Communities. In general, the report presents guidelines, suggestions, and techniques on how to make communities more walkable and pedestrian-friendly.
Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision Making, a publication of the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration, contains four chapters, including: Informing People through Outreach and Organization, Involving People Face-to-Face through meetings, Getting Feedback from Participants and Using Special Techniques to Enhance Participation.
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