PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY STUDY: HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT OF 1973 (SECTION 214)

This study includes introduction and background information on the problem of pedestrian bicyclist safety, and presents an overview of Federal, State and local activity, the methods employed in the development of the report, and a congressional recommendation. The safety of individuals riding bicycles or walking on streets, highways, and sidewalks is also emphasized. The relationship of pedestrian-bicyclist safety to state and local ordinances; enforcement policies; the relationship between alcohol and pedestrian-bicycle safety; ways and means of improving programs; an analysis of present funding allocation of safety programs; and an assessment of the capabilities of Federal, State and local governments to fund such activities and programs are reviewed.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1086
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 101 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Bicycles; Federal government; Highway safety; Law enforcement; Local government; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Safety; Sidewalks; State government
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fund allocations
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141340
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS-801383
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM