Comment:
Project level brief descriptions and results from a sample of these individual projects chosen by the four NTPP pilot communities. The working group (WG) evaluated preliminary data for many of these projects in the Project-Level Evaluation and Results section of the 2012 Final Report to Congress. This evaluation provides updated pedestrian and bicycle count data when available and profiles some NTPP projects that have been implemented more recently. For infrastructure projects, the table includes annual pedestrian and bicycling count data. For non-infrastructure projects, the WG reported other metrics, such as number of participants or number of users of a bicycle-sharing system.

Last Updated (Year): 2014

Year Produced: 2014

Abstract:

In 2005, the United States Congress directed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to develop the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP). The program provided over $25 million in contract authority to four pilot communities (Columbia, Missouri;Marin County, California;Minneapolis area, Minnesota;and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin) for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and nonmotorized programs. This report summarizes the progress and results of the NTPP from August 2005 through December 2013, updating and expanding upon the analysis from the Report to the U.S. Congress on the Outcomes of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program, submitted by the Federal Highway Administration in April 2012. This report analyzes the results through December 2013 of the NTPP in terms of program implementation, transportation mode shift toward walking and bicycling and associated improvements pertaining to access and mobility, safety and public health, and the environment and energy. From 2007 to 2013, the pilot communities observed an estimated 22.8 percent increase in the number of walking trips and an estimated 48.3 percent increase in the number of bicycling trips. This report examines how the NTPP pilot communities provide examples to other communities interested in implementing and evaluating nonmotorized investments.

For:Walking, Biking

The E's:Evaluation

Ped Bike Activity:

• Planning
• Counting
• Assessment

Ped Bike Topic:

• Safety Promotion
• Research
• Planning Processes
• Planning
• Networks
• Intersections
• Design
• Data Collection
• Case Study
• Built environment
• Bicycle Planning
• Assessment

Resource Type:

• Information

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