United States Department of Transportation

FHWA Highway Safety Programs

Guide for Maintaining Active Transportation Infrastructure for Enhanced Safety FHWA-SA-23-005

Guide for Maintaining Active Transportation Infrastructure for Enhanced Safety.pdf

September 2024

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration

1. Report No. FHWA-SA-23-005	2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient's Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle Guide for Maintaining Active Transportation Infrastructure for Enhanced Safety		5. Report Date September 2024
		6. Performing Organization Code Report No.
7.Author(s) Teresa Damaske, Dan Goodman, Sofia Gulaid, Michael Hintze, Quinn Kelly, Julie Shapiro, Jacob Stein, Anish Tailor, Tyler Wong, Heather Gade, Elissa Goughnour		8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Toole Design Group 8484 Georgia Ave, Suite 800 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) 940 Main Campus Drive, Suite 500 Raleigh, NC 27607		10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
		11. Contract or Grant No.
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590		13. Type of Report and Period Covered Guidance
		14. Sponsoring Agency Code FHWA
15. Supplementary Notes The contract manager for this report was Tamara Redmon (FHWA Office of Safety).
16. Abstract The Guide for Maintaining Active Transportation Infrastructure for Enhanced Safety addresses maintenance of active transportation facilities for achieving mobility, accessibility, safety, and equity goals. The Guide presents a case for maintaining active transportation facilities as an integral component of a Complete Streets approach and discusses common maintenance issues impacting pedestrians, bicyclists, and micromobility users; temporary, short-term, and long-term maintenance measures and construction techniques to lessen maintenance. The Guide also discusses maintenance planning, prioritization, inspection, compliance, and funding.
17. Key Words: maintenance, bicycle, pedestrian, micromobility, active transportation, accessibility, Complete Streets, safety, sidewalk, path, access, curb ramp, inspection, crosswalk, funding, equity, construction, compliance, prioritization		18. Distribution Statement No restrictions
19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified	20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified	21. No. of Pages 155	22. Price