Comment:
Insights and Lessons Learned: Through the course of the pilot program, FHWA and the communities have celebrated many successes, and also learned many lessons about non motorized transportation planning, implementation, and evaluation. There have also been many lessons about the program itself, and insights into how to Design And administer such programs. This chapter offers a selection of insights and lessons learned related to the following categories: Pilot program design, Program planning and implementation, Building capacity, Stakeholders and partnerships, Research and evaluation

Last Updated (Year): 2012

Year Produced: 2012

Abstract:

Section 1807 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) P.L. 109-59 established the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP) in August 2005. Over the span of 4 years, the NTPP provided roughly $25 million annually in contract authority allocated equally among four pilot communities (Columbia, Missouri;Marin County, California;Minneapolis, Minnesota;and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin) “to construct … a network of nonmotorized transportation infrastructure facilities, including sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and pedestrian and bicycle trails, that connect directly with transit stations, schools, residences, businesses, recreation areas, and other community activity centers.” From its inception, the NTPP was designed as a demonstration program to gather statistical information on transportation mode share shifts before and after the implementation of nonmotorized transportation infrastructure and educational or promotional programs. The program was intended to “demonstrate the extent to which bicycling and walking can carry a significant part of the transportation load, and represent a major portion of the transportation solution, within selected communities.”
Throughout the program to date, the four communities, each with unique physical and demographic characteristics, identified and implemented a locally devised strategy to significantly increase the use of nonmotorized transportation, along with the accompanying safety, environmental, and health benefits. This report represents the culmination of that initial implementation and analytical effort.

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

Link to Content Source:

Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Final Report