This page contains useful links of special relevancy to planners, engineers, and designers who want to make their communities safer, healthier, and more accessible by encouraging alternative means of travel.
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A day long workshop designed to introduce communities to the basic elements of walkable and bikable communities, as well as available resources to make it all happen. This course is offered through the Cornell Local Roads Program. Click here for more info.
Ever wonder what the issues are pertaining to bicyclists riding on sidewalks
and whether or not it's advisable? This document that reviews the crash
data, risk factors, legislation, and design standards that support limits to
sidewalk bicycling, the exceptions, as well as addtional resources. This
information is especially pertinent to New York State.
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These simple checklists are great discussion tools, and good ways to get people thinking about problems and solutions in your neighborhood. Use them to evaluate just how friendly your community is to the non-motorized public. Both are produced and distrubuted by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.
Bikeability Checklist |
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Walkability Checklist |
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If you're interested in the basic principles of planning and design for bicycle pedestrian facilities, you want to be familiar with the following resources:
The following chapters are especially pertinent to bicycle and pedestrian design, and are presented here in PDF format:
| Chapter 17 | Bicycle facility design | |
| Chapter 18 | Pedestrian facility design | |
| Chapter 25 | Traffic Calming |
Printed copies of the HDM are available from the New York State Department of
Transportation. Click
here for details.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has numerous relevant resources. Click here to visit the FHWA online, and also take a look at the documents listed below.
Implementing Bicycle Improvements at the Local Level |
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Traffic Calming: State of the practice |
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Flexibility in Highway Design |
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Investigation of Exposure Based Pedestrian Accident Areas |
FHWA-RD-88-038 | |
Bicycle Safety-Related Research Synthesis |
FHWA-RD-94-062 | |
Older Pedestrian Characteristic for Use in Highway Design |
FHWA-RD-93-177 | |
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (federal) |
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Additional resources from the FHWA