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Benefit-Costs analyses of Bicycle Facilities (1,149)
How much do bicycle facilities cost? Can we quantify their benefits? In what cases do estimates of benefits outweigh costs?
If your community is considering building a new bicycle facility, you can use this tool to estimate costs, the demand in terms of new cyclists, and measured economic benefits (e.g., time savings, increased livability, decreased health costs, a more enjoyable ride).
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Bicycle Almanac: Safety, Fatalities, & Injuries (2,704)
A bit dated (~2000) but some interesting stats like:
Most at-fault motorists who kill cyclists and pedestrians get off the hook. A study by the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition shows that three out of four at fault drivers were never even cited for hitting and killing pedestrians. 22% of fatal pedestrian crashes involved hit and run drivers, yet, none of the runaway motorists were found or charged. In New York, 70-92% of drivers were at-fault in killing pedestrians and cyclists, but 74% didn't even get a ticket. (RightOfWay.org, 1999) -
Bicycle Facility Design by Richard C. Moeur, P.E., L.C.I. (899)
A brief power point on accommodating bicyclists, most notably highlighting problems with sidepaths. Also many excellent slides that can be used to open discussions on the many details in accommodating bicyclists.
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Bicycle Level of Comfort (BLOC) Map as well as bike/ped crash loc for 2006 Listed by County (820)
As well as links for:
* Statewide Bicycle Level of Comfort Map
* Statewide Shoulder Width for Bicycling
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Bicycle Parking Guidelines (744)
More than 1.5 million bicycles are reported stolen every year in the United States, and fear of bicycle theft is recognized as a significant deterrent to bicycle use. The availability of safe and convenient parking is as critical to bicyclists as it is for motorists and yet it is frequently overlooked in the design and operation of shops, offices, schools, and other buildings.
However, providing good quality bicycle parking that is going to be used and useful is not quite as easy as leaving a "fence" or "grid" style rack out by the back fence of the shopping plaza or school yard and expecting cyclists to find and use it. Indeed, many agencies are now adopting quite specific bicycle parking design, location, and installation requirements.
The basics
1. Planning
2. Finding a good location
3. Choosing the type of rack
4. Short-term bicycle parking
5. Long-term parking
6. Covered bicycle parking
7. Bicycle Parking Signs
8. Amount of parking
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Bicycle Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (1,252)
Countermeasures
A total of 46 engineering, education, and enforcement countermeasures are discussed in this chapter. The treatments and programs selected for inclusion are those that have been in place for an extended period of time and/or have proven effective. New countermeasures continue to be developed, implemented, and evaluated. Thus, practitioners should not necessarily limit their choices to those included here; this material is a starting point.
The cost estimates provided for each countermeasure are only preliminary estimates. While the costs provided here include furnishing and installation, costs can vary widely based on numerous factors, including: road conditions, quantity, materials, size and location of state and/or municipality, time of year, design costs, and inflation. Costs were compiled by reviewing bid sheets from 40 states for the years 2010-2012, and from targeted searches for the price of specific countermeasures. A countermeasure cost database for bicycle (and pedestrian) treatments can be found at www.pedbikeinfo.org/costpaper.
The effectiveness of each of the following countermeasures on bicycle crashes and safety has been documented in a separate report, entitled "Evaluation of Bicycle-Related Roadway Measures: A Summary of Available Research." -
Bicycle/Pedestrian Funding Opportunities (933)
Chart of what is covered by various funds:
NHS National Highway System BRI Bridge
STP Surface Transportation Program 402 State and Community Traffic Safety Program
HSIP Highway Safety Improvement Program PLA State/Metropolitan Planning Funds
SRTS Safe Routes to School Program TCSP Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program
TEA Transportation Enhancement Activities JOBS Access to Jobs/Reverse Commute Program
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality Program RTP Recreational Trails Program
FLH Federal Lands Highway Program FTA Federal Transit Capital, Urban & Rural Funds
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Bicycling Access and Egress to Transit: Informing the Possibilities (1,082)
When effectively integrated with transit services, considerable room exists for bicycling to realize various benefits to
communities. A successful marriage between bicycling and transit will likely increase the use and efficiency of both modes.
A core problem, however, exists in that the predominant approach for integrating bicycles and transit—bicycles aboard
transit vehicles—frequently runs up against capacity restraints. Integrating bicycling and transit requires analysis of a
broad range of alternatives that considers both the travel patterns and needs of individuals but also accompanying urban
form characteristics. What are the most cost effective strategies likely to generate the largest number of cyclists accessing
transit?
To aid in developing a framework to evaluate the cost effectiveness of different strategies to integrate transit and bicycling
this project: (1) reviews the state of the knowledge, (2) proposes an analysis framework for communities and transit
agencies to consider in efforts to maximize the integration of bicycling and transit, (3) conducts focus groups with cyclists
from five case study communities to gauge preferences for bicycle and transit integration strategies, and (4) develops a
preliminary application to evaluate four bicycle and transit integration strategies based on focus group discussions and use
of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). These evaluation measures are applied to five communities.
A CTU index provides an initial attempt to understand transit stops that have a higher likelihood to attract CTUs. The Analytic
Hierarchy Process ranked cyclists’ preferences for four bicycle and transit integration strategies in order of preference: (1)
“Bike ON transit” (transporting the owner’s bicycle aboard( inside or outside) the transit vehicle) (0.471), (2) “Bike TO transit”
(using and parking the owner’s bicycle at a transit access location) (0.185), (3) “Shared bike” (sharing a bicycle, which
would be based at either the transit access or egress point) (0.185), and (4) “Two bike” (using an owner’s two bicycles at
the access and egress location) (0.159).
Results of the cost effectiveness assessment suggest that “Bike ON transit” ranked
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Bicycling Matters, critiques of bicycling research papers by Wayne Pein (792)
# CRITIQUES
* “AASHTO and DZBLs”
* “Bicycle Compatibility Index”
* “Bicycle Facilities Added”
* “Bike Lanes vs. Wide Lanes”
* “Conversions”
* “Parking and Bicyclists”
* “Red Shoulders”
* “Shared-Use”
# EDUCATION
# INFRASTRUCTURE
* “Debris in Bike Lanes”
* “How Wide?”
* Do Bike Lanes Calm Traffic?
* High Speed Bicycling
* The “Share the Road” sign
# LOCAL
* “Rules of the Road”
* Bike Lanes in Carrboro, NC
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Bicyclinginfo.org (1,545)
Bicyclinginfo.org is a web-resource maintained by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) with funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement and access and mobility. The PBIC serves anyone interested in pedestrian and bicycle issues, including planners, engineers, private citizens, advocates, educators, police enforcement and the health community.