Bicycling Facility Need Matrix and Conditions
This chart contains videos of different traffic conditions in different locations based on traffic volume and speed. There are over 30 different videos illustrating both good and bad road and pathway design for bicyclists and pedestrians. They are an excellent tool for clearly communicating the 'real' story on the roads in New York State. They can be shown alone or incorporated into website or powerpoint files.
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NYBC Improving Bicycling and Pedestrian Safety Manual
An electronic copy of this manual is included so you can make copies of key sections, print out extra Citizen's Site Surveys and use elements of the document file in your presentations and projects.
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NYBC Workshop Presentation
Slides 55-88: Bicycling Improvements
This section provides background on the issues which are important to bicyclists, shows barriers to increased use of bicycling for transportation and recreation, and then presents solutions to create a complete system of shared roadways, signed bicycle routes, dedicated bike lanes and off-road paths along with examples of possible education and enforcement programs.
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Bicycle Facility Parking
This PDF is a guide to help you determine the need for certain bicycle facilities, based on volume and speed of roads. There are examples from other countries as well.
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Highway Design Manual
Chapter 18: Facilities for Pedestrians and Bicyclists
This PDF covers guidelines for NYSDOT projects.
From www.dot.state.ny.us
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Florida Bicycle and Facilities Handbook
Chapter 4: On Road Design
This PDF covers in detail the elements of good design of bicycle facilities, from the bicyclist to the roadway.
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Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities
This PDF from the Federal Highway Administration is the manual on uniform bicycle traffic control devices.
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Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities MUTCD 2000
From www.fhwa.dot.gov
The entire MUTCD can be found at www.mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-millennium_npa.htm
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Cost Data on Construction of Shoulders, Paths, and Bike Lanes
This file (rtf), compiled from Brian Ross of NYBC lists costs for lanes, lockers, and other bicycle- and pedestrian-related facilities. It also includes some crash and accident data. Most of the information is from www.bicyclinginfo.org and www.walkinginfo.org.
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States Cost Estimates for Bicycling Facilities
Various costs information from shoulders and paths, to sidewalks and drainage. Data is from different states such as New York, Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin and Vermont.
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Bicycling Crash Information
www.bicyclinginfo.org/bc/index.htm
Facility Design and Engineering
www.bicyclinginfo.org/de/index.htm
Bike Route Sign with Message
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Other Photos
These links to additional photos show different improvements or point out the need for improvement of facilities for bicycling and pedestrians.