 | Resources for Bicycle Planning
The following four documents are recommended to assist local jurisdictions with bikeway facility design and other bicycle-related planning issues, such as safety, promotion, and education programs.
Selecting Roadway Design Treatments to Accommodate Bicycles (FHWA):
This guide divides bicyclists into three groups, advanced cyclists, basic cyclists, and children. Charts are provided for each group (basic cyclists and children are grouped together) and indicate the appropriate type and width of on-road facility (shared lane, shoulders, bicycle lane) needed for various road factors: speed, volume, site distance, parking, and amount of over-sized vehicles. These guidelines go beyond minimum standards and identify the ideal width and type of on-road facility for advanced and basic cyclists under various road conditions.
AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities (1999):
This document provides guidelines “on the development of bicycle facilities to enhance and encourage safe bicycle travel.” It defines the various types of bikeways and provides guidance and/or standards for width, intersection treatments, signs and marking, alignments, grade, drainage, etc. It is adopted by many states and communities as their official standard, and is often used as the basis for standards in others.
Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan:
This is a very comprehensive plan that covers planning, design, maintenance, safety, facility design standards, and pavement design, construction, and materials. It goes well beyond basic standards with sections on re-striping existing roads, innovative designs, practices to be avoided, and many illustrations to deal with a wider array of situations than AASHTO.
APA’s Bicycle Facility Planning/ A Resource for Local Governments:
This focuses on affordable improvements to the existing infrastructure. It contains advice on planning a community-wide system, education, safety, and liability issues. It includes basic information on bikeways, with cross-sections of various types and widths of roadways. In particular, it’s good for local jurisdictions that need guidance on creating a community-wide bicycle plan and system.
Information on how to obtain these documents and much more pertinent information will be found in the following Web sites.
AASHTO -- Copies of the Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, 1999,
can be purchased through this site.
Active Living by Design: A program to establish and evaluate innovative approaches for
increasing physical activity through community design, public policies, and communications strategies.
Bicycle Base: The Bicycle Base Resource Directory was developed to help the
user find information and websites related to bicycle issues. It also includes many pertinent articles and resources.
Bicycling Information: This site has information to assist communities to plan and design
facilities, encourage bicycling, conduct safety programs, enforce traffic laws, change local priorities, accommodate special needs, and integrate bicycling and walking with transit.
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT): This is ODOT’s bicycling home page.
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): The Federal Highway Administration site has the Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices and many articles on the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU), the latest transportation legislation adopted in 2005. Search for bicycle information by typing in “bicycle” to find many related documents.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has information,
resources, and free handouts available from the Web site.
NOACA Bicycle Planning: This site includes information on NOACA’s bicycle
policies, programs, and projects.
National Transportation Library: This is the National Transportation Library’s Web site
and contains a lot of information on bicycle and pedestrian issues.
Helpful ODOT District 12 Web sites:
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