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Chicago Area Streets

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Compiled by Randy Neufeld

New Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans

Require plans in zoning and policy

Sunday Parkways and Ciclovia

Individualized marketing

Congestion pricing

Complete Streets

Pedestrian Action Plans

Speed Reduction Strategies

Curb extensions and intersection improvements

 Planner and engineer training

Bikes on buses

Car-free days and bicycle and walk promotion events

Bus Rapid Transit

Sidewalk inventory retrofit

Crosswalk enforcement

Safe Routes to School

Velov (bicycle transit system)

Bicycle maps and pedestrian way finding

Leave Your Keys at Home: Bike / Ped Planning & Design Resources

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
www.bicyclinginfo.org or www.walkinginfo.org

FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep10/biped/biped.html

Washington State Design Guide
www.wsdot.wa.gov/TA/PAandI/Pedestrian/PedFacilityGB.pdf

Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide
www.walkinginfo.org/

Portland Design Guide
www.trans.ci.portland.or.us/DesignReferences/Pedestrian/default.htm

National Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse
www.trailsandgreenways.org

University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
www.hsrc.unc.edu/

Pedsmart--Application ITS Technology to Pedestrian Safety
www.walkinginfo.org/pedsmart/

U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
www.access-board.gov/

Walkable America Checklist
www.nsc.org/walk/wkcheck.htm

Walkable Communities, Inc.
www.walkable.org/

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
www.aashto.org

FHWA / NHI Bicycle Facilities Design Course; Pedestrian Facilities Design Course
www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
www.apbp.org/

BTS National Transportation Library-  Links to Pedestrian Transportation Research
www.bts.gov/NTL/subjects/pedestrian.html

FHWA Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Page
www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/pedbike.htm

Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey
www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/nptspage.htm

Office of Highway Safety Pedestrian/Bicyclist Safety Program
www.safety.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ped_bike.htm

Rails to Trails Conservancy
www.railtrails.org/

Surface Transportation Policy Project
www.transact.org/

FHWA Safety Program
safety.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ped_bike.htm

National Center for Bicycling and Walking
www.bikefed.org

American Council of the Blind--Pedestrian Safety
www.acb.org/pedestrian/index.html

Links to pedestrian issues and organizations provided by PEDS
www.peds.org/links/index.htm

Partnership for a Walkable America
www.nsc.org/walkable.htm

 

Please contact Randy Neufeld at randy@biketraffic.org for more information.
www.healthystreets.org