Comment:
Background on the funding approaches of each community participating in the FHWA non-motorized transportation program, and how each community set funding priorities and selected projects.

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:Engineering, Encouragement, Education

Ped Bike Activity:

• Planning
• Encouragement
• Design

Ped Bike Topic:

• Safety Promotion
• Safety
• Research
• Planning Processes
• Funding
• Design
• Data
• Countermeasures
• Case Study
• Bicycle Planning

Resource Type:

• Information

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Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program: Continued Progress in Developing Wal…