INVESTING IN URBAN BICYCLE FACILITIES

A "new" mode of transportation and recreation - the bicycle - has explosively entered the public's consciousness. Accompanying this phenomenon there has been a rash of problems including a sharp increase in accident rates and thievery. There is a need to provide facilities that will alleviate these problems as well as accommodate the expected increase in bicycling popularity. To assist planning urban bicycle facilities on a more organized basis, with a minimum of misdirected effort and a maximum amount of coordination, at least three basic questions are raised in this paper: (1) How much money should be invested in bicycle facilities; (2) what type of bicycle facilities should be provided; and (3) where should these bicycle facilities be placed. Planning and engineering of bicycle facilities is essentially in a "shake-down" period in which many good and bad ideas will be tested before the best solutions surface as the norm.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • PODOLSKE, R C
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 687-700
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 100
  • Issue Number: TE3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Bikeways; City planning; Crash rates; Economic factors; Recreational facilities
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080638
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc. Paper 10742
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1975 12:00AM