Bicycling and Nonmotorized Transportation

National Center for Bicycling and Walking (1999), Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities is a national manual published by the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Organizations (AASHTO). Many states use this Guide as their own manual for bikeway design details. In those states, towns and cities are expected to do so, as well.

National Center for Bicycling and Walking (2004), Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities is a national manual published by the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Organizations (AASHTO).  By the time it was published in 2004, many states had already created their own design manuals. Some may replace their manuals with the AASHTO Pedestrian Guide). However, others may stick with their own manuals.

Gordon, Peter and Harry W. Richardson (1998). Bicycling in the United States: A Fringe Mode. Transportation Quarterly, 52, 1: 9-11.

Litman, Todd (2009). You Can Get There From Here:  Evaluating Transportation System Diversity  Consumers and society benefit from a diverse transportation system that offers users viable transportation choices. This paper explores these benefits and describes practical methods for evaluating transportation choice. It categorizes problems associated with inadequate transportation choice, identifies objectives to address these problems, evaluates twenty transportation options in terms of these objectives, and suggests possible performance indicators for each option. It describes practical methods for incorporating transportation choice into transport planning and policy analysis. An important feature of this analysis is that it expands the range of strategies for improving transportation choice to include land use management and mobility substitutes such as electronic access and delivery services.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Bicycle and Pedestrian Data: Sources, Needs, & Gaps. BTS00-02, Washington, D.C., 2000.  Bureau of Transportation study providing an inventory of existing bicycle and pedestrian travel-related data, prioritizing areas of need for improved data, and recommending strategies for improving the quality of data.

Other Resources

FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) Pedestrian and Bicycle Related Research Reports