Planning Resources and Research

document Safety & Locational Criteria for Bicycle Facilities, Federal Highway Administration
This manual is designed to enable users to make judgements on the need for and the location and form of biyclc facilities. ...more >
document A Return on Investment Analysis of Bikes-on-Bus Programs, National Center For Transit Research, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
This paper looks at the return on investment for Bikes-on-Bus programs. The document includes recommendations on how transit agencies can overcome rack capacity limitations. ...more >
document Rails with Trails: Lessons Learned, Federal Highway Administration
A research report about trails located near railroad and transit rights-of-way. ...more >
document North Carolina Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant Initiative, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
North Carolina Department of Transportation creates a multi-source funding initiative to help insure quality pedestrian and bicycle planning across the state. ...more >
document Selecting Roadway Design Treatments to Accommodate Bicycles, Federal Highway Administration
Presents a methodology for selecting the most appropriate type of on- road bicycle facility. ...more >
document Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: an international review, Preventive Medicine
The objective of this paper is to assess existing research on the effects of various interventions on levels of bicycling. ...more >
document A Review of the Impacts of the Towaway Reporting Threshold on a Highway Safety Program, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
This study reviews the potential impacts of a towaway reporting threshold on the North Carolina Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) listings and on the locations and types of crash patterns identified on collision diagrams by field engineers. ...more >
document Conflicts on Multiple Use Trails, Federal Highway Administration
Presents a series of principles for more effective operations of multi use trails. ...more >
document Feasibility of Demand Incentives for Non-Motorized Travel, Federal Highway Administration
This report examines the potential of various strategies for increasing the use of walking and bicycling for utilitarian purposes. ...more >
document Complete Streets Laws and Ordinances, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Commitments to complete the streets have been adopted via state law, local ordinances and resolutions, agency policies, comprehensive plans, tax measures, and design manual re-writes. ...more >