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  • John Pucher, Ph.D. Professor (875)
    John Pucher, Ph.D. Professor, Urban Planning and Policy Development Program and Research Associate, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center
    RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Know your state stats (694)
    The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), presents State Transportation Statistics 2009, a statistical profile of transportation in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This is the seventh annual edition of the State Transportation Statistics, and a companion document to the National Transportation Statistics (NTS), which is updated quarterly on the BTS website.

    Like the previous editions, this document presents transportation information from RITA/BTS, other federal government agencies, and other national sources. A picture of the states’ transportation infrastructure, freight movement and passenger travel, system safety, vehicles, transportation related economy and finance, energy usage and the environment is presented in tables covering the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Tables have been updated with the most recently available data.
  • LIABILITY ASPECTS OF BIKEWAYS (745)
    The digest addresses the liability of public entities for bicycle accidents on bikeways as well as on streets and highways. As the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities states, “[t]he majority of bicycling will take place on ordinary roads with no dedicated space for bicyclists;”3 consequently, “[a]ll highways, except those where cyclists are legally prohibited, should be designed and constructed under the assumption that they will be used by cyclists.”
  • liability aspects of pedestrian facilities (740)
    This report was prepared under NCHRP Project 20-6, “Legal Problems Arising Out
    of Highway Programs,” for which the Transportation Research Board is the agency
    coordinating the research. The report was prepared by Terri L. Parker, Parker Corporate
    Enterprises, Ltd., and Ronald Effland, Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission.
    James B. McDaniel, TRB Counsel for Legal Research Projects, was the principal
    investigator and content editor.
  • Listing of Maryland's bike shops (1,015)
    At the time of this posting there are 202 bike shops in Maryland.
  • Listing of research and studies (1,989)
    * ACCIDENT SURVEYS AND STATISTICS - UNITED STATES
    * ACCIDENT SURVEYS AND STATISTICS - INTERNATIONAL
    * PATTERNS OF USE
    * FACILITIES
    * HELMET WARS
    * LAW
    * TECH
    * ADVOCACY
    * INDUSTRIALIZED CYCLING
    * CURRENT HISTORY

    NOTE: A page like this should come with its own desalinization plant considering all the grains of salt that need to be taken with the inconclusive and generally stinky statistics presented here. Suffice to say that anyone heard to be drawing solid conclusions based on such surveys and studies as these is likely to be terribly wrong as well as deserving of a vigorous forehead slap. Be very careful with these and other publications that attempt to quantify the danger of cycling, of particular facilities, etc. Now get out there and twist twist twist those results to suit your various agenda, and remember, this is just a small fraction of the total amount of research out there.
  • Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany (698)
    This paper shows how the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany have made
    bicycling a safe, convenient, and practical way to get around their cities. The analysis relies
    on national aggregate data as well as case studies of large and small cities in each country.
    The key to achieving high levels of cycling appears to be the provision of separate cycling
    facilities along heavily traveled roads and at intersections, combined with traffic calming of
    most residential neighborhoods. Extensive cycling rights of way in the Netherlands,
    Denmark, and Germany are complemented by ample bike parking, full integration with
    public transport, comprehensive traffic education and training of both cyclists and
    motorists, and a wide range of promotional events intended to generate enthusiasm and
    wide public support for cycling. In addition to their many pro-bike policies and programs,
    the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany make driving expensive as well as inconvenient
    in central cities through a host of taxes and restrictions on car ownership, use, and parking.
    Moreover, strict land use policies foster compact, mixed-use developments that generate
    shorter and thus more bikeable trips. It is the coordinated implementation of this multifaceted,
    mutually reinforcing set of policies that best explains the success of these three
    countries in promoting cycling. For comparison, the paper portrays the marginal status of
    cycling in the UK and USA, where only about one percent of trips are by bike.
  • Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) (2,170)
    Information on bicycle sign placement.
  • MapMuse listing of bike shops (1,625)
    Just click on the map to zoom in on your area to fine the nearist bike shop.
  • Maryland (SHA) Standard Sign Book (796)
    The Maryland Standard Sign Book provides design details for standard signs for use along Maryland highways in a format that is user friendly to fabricators, technicians and engineers.