IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR BICYCLING AND WALKING - A BEST PRACTICES REPORT

Encouraging more people to walk and bicycle, and to do so safely, involves actions at Federal, State, and local levels. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) provided broad eligibility to use federal funds for these projects. However, ISTEA did not guarantee Federal funding. Instead, pedestrian and bicycle projects have had to compete with all other transportation projects for limited amounts of available funding. Decisions on which projects are funded are made at State and metropolitan levels of government. In addition, State and local funding sources are also used to provide projects for walking and bicycling. Therefore, providing funding for these projects is a concrete illustration of the value of walking and bicycling to these communities. This "best practices" report provides information on some outstanding pedestrian and bicycle projects that have been recognized for increasing walking and bicycling and improving user safety in communities across the United States. Each project description includes at least one contact name, address and phone number, and most also include e-mail addresses. If a web page is available, that information is also listed.

• Record URL:
  • http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/docs/intro.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full text is also available on FHWA CD-ROM, Safer Journey (FHWA-SA-00-009).
• Corporate Authors:

  Rails-To-Trails Conservancy

  1100 17th Street, 10th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1998-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Bicycling; Communities; Government funding; Safety; Walking
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00759855
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 21 2001 12:00AM