More Design and Engineering Guidance Resources
Creating Accessible, Equitable, Safe, and Complete Networks for Young Pedestrians
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Offers considerations for the needs and cognitive and physical abilities of children and youth as pedestrians and bicyclists, and three actionable ideas to improve planning and safety for child and youth active travel.
Read More >Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Compiles initial reactions to and recommendations for the updated 11th Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
Read More >Source: NCHRP, NASEM
Provides a primary resource for guidance on all aspects of roundabouts.
Read More >Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Compiles basic residential sidewalk details.
Read More >Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Documents findings from a research team studying Australian and New Zealand approaches to reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on urban, signalized arterial roadways.
Read More >Cincinnati Uses Quick-Build Project to Address an Urgent Safety Need
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) and National Center for Safe Routes to School
Provides a look at a quick-build project in Cincinnati to address an urgent safety need and offers insights that can inform cities interested in implementing quick-build projects.
Read More >Source: NACTO
Provides All Ages and Abilities criteria for selecting and implementing bike facilities.
Read More >Source: Center for Transportation Studies
Provides four “tradeoff matrixes” for creating separated bike lanes based on interviews with planners and designers, transit drivers, leaders of bicycle advocacy organizations, and bicyclists.
Read More >Seven Proven Steps to Improve Safety for Walking, Biking, Rolling, and More
Source: CityLab
Lists proven Safe Systems approach steps to increase safety for people walking, biking, and rolling rather than blaming victims: decrease speed limits; focus on design; rewrite the MUTCD; prioritize the most dangerous street;
Read More >Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Identifies current design guidance and practices related to the use of bicycle signals, and provides information on applications in communities throughout the US and internationally.
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