Comment:
Lesson 1 Understanding Bicycle Users and Operating Environments – During this lesson participants will learn about who they will be planning and designing for, how they operate within various environments, the parameters affecting (the participants’) planning and design, and crash statistics that provide insight as to the importance of designing facilities in a manner that enables bicyclists, of all capabilities, to operate in a predictable and reliable manner. Additionally, participants will have a preview of various types of in-street and off-street facilities that can be used to accommodate bicyclists. Participants will be able to do the following: Identify various types of bicycle users to consider, State several operational characteristics that bicycle facilities share with roadways, List utilitarian trip types made by bicycle, List common bicycle crash types, Identify several different types of bicycle facilities.

Last Updated (Year): 2013

Year Produced: 2002

Abstract:

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This training will assist planners and designers in learning how to apply the existing standards and how to deal with other technical issues involved. The availability of Federal, State, and local transportation funding for bicycle facilities that serve transportation and recreational users is resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of bicycling (and shared use) facilities being planned and built. Although there are no Federal design standards for bicycle facilities, the AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, or a modification thereof, serves as a design guide. As with most guides, the AASHTO guide cannot address every possible scenario so designers often need to apply engineering judgment where specific information is not provided. The training fee includes a copy of the AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities.
OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: List the needs of bicyclists as transportation facility users;Identify common roadway and traffic conditions that affect bicyclists;Describe the characteristics of a roadway and a shared-use path that are designed to accommodate bicyclists;List the benefits to the transportation system of accommodating bicyclists with different abilities;Recognize opportunities to accommodate bicyclists during the planning, design, construction, and operational phases of a project.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Federal, State, or local engineers with planning, design, construction, or maintenance responsibilities;bicycle specialists, transportation planners, landscape architects, as well as decisionmakers at the project planning level.

For:Biking

The E's:Engineering

Ped Bike Activity:

• Planning
• Design

Ped Bike Topic:

• User Characteristics
• Resources
• Planning Processes
• Facility Design
• Design
• Crash Types
• Bicycle Planning
• Bicycle Operations

Resource Type:

• Information

Link to Content Source:

Bicycle Facility Design