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Pg 177-205: FHWA Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation

This Student Workbook contains 24 lessons of resource material that is intended for use in university courses on bicycle and pedestrian transportation. The lessons span a wide range of topics including an introduction to bicycling and walking issues, planning and designing for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and supporting elements and programs. This is the second edition of the Student Workbook;the first edition was published as Report No. FHWA-RD-99-198.

2.6: Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities

The purpose of this guide is to provide guidance on the planning, design, and operation of pedestrian facilities along streets and highways. Specifically, the guide focuses on identifying effective measures for accommodating pedestrians on public rights-of-way. Appropriate methods for accommodating pedestrians, which vary among roadway and facility types, are described in this guide.

pg 324-327: Transportation Planning Handbook

This is a reference for practicing transportation professionals involved with the administrative, technical and legal aspects of transportation planning. It is a must for anyone in the governmental, consulting and educational fields working with the planning of the transportation infrastructure. Written by 22 highly respected authors in the field of transportation, and reviewed by leading transportation professionals, the new edition breaks chapters down into three categories: basic understanding, application contexts and strategy-specific planning.

Roundabout: Proven Safety Countermeasures Best Practices and Recommendations Reports

In January 2012, FHWA issued a “Guidance Memorandum on Promoting the Implementation of Proven Safety Countermeasures”. This guidance takes into consideration the latest safety research to advance a group of countermeasures that have shown great effectiveness in improving safety. Safety practitioners are encouraged to consider this set of countermeasures that are research-proven, but not widely applied on a national basis.

Volume 3;21-22 to 21-27: Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), 5th Edition

The Transportation Research Board's (TRB) fifth edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010), incorporates results from more than $5 million of research completed since the publication of the HCM2000. This latest edition significantly updates the methodologies that engineers and planners use to assess the traffic and environmental effects of highway projects.

Volume 3;21-21: Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), 5th Edition

The Transportation Research Board's (TRB) fifth edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010), incorporates results from more than $5 million of research completed since the publication of the HCM2000. This latest edition significantly updates the methodologies that engineers and planners use to assess the traffic and environmental effects of highway projects.

Volume 3;21-1 to 21-3: Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), 5th Edition

The Transportation Research Board's (TRB) fifth edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010), incorporates results from more than $5 million of research completed since the publication of the HCM2000. This latest edition significantly updates the methodologies that engineers and planners use to assess the traffic and environmental effects of highway projects.

Bicyclists: Rumble Strips and Rumble Stripes

Safe accommodation of all road users can be considered when designing and applying rumble strips. Rumble strips are primarily a safety device for passenger vehicles. For other road users, particularly bicyclists, they may cause concerns. A part of the success in accommodating the variety of road users present on our roadways is the use of flexibility in the design and placement of rumble strips.

Pg 27-46: Urban Bikeway Design Guide

The purpose of the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide (part of the Cities for Cycling initiative) is to provide cities with state-of-the-practice solutions that can help create complete streets that are safe and enjoyable for bicyclists.

Pg 7-20: Separated Bikeways

The purpose of this report, developed by the ITE Pedestrian and Bicycle Council, is to present existing information about separated bikeways, consider the current and potential utility of separated bikeways in the United States and Canada, and promote the development of research statements for further investigation of the application, safety, and mobility performance of separated bikeways. Separated bikeways are one- or two-way exclusive bikeways parallel to the roadway yet physically separated from moving traffic by different vertical buffers.