VTA Bicycle Technical Guidelines: A Guide for Local Agencies in the Planning, Design and Maintenance of Bicycle Facilities

The purpose of these guidelines is to facilitate and ensure consistency in the design and construction of bicycle projects that are a part of the Santa Clara County bicycle system. The guidelines address three areas: 1) design of bikeways and roadways, including the physical dimensions and details of constructing and retrofitting bike lanes, bike routes, and roadways where bicycles are permitted. Design details such as signing, striping, signal issues and roadway obstructions are also included; 2) maintenance of on-street bikeways and roadways, including best practices for maintaining on-street bikeways and roadways to be safe for bicycle travel:and, 3) bicycle parking, including the recommended types of storage, placement criteria and quantity for particular locations.

• Record URL:
  • http://sccrtc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/VTA_BikeTechGuidelines.pdf
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/182581818
• Corporate Authors:

  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1999-9-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Illustrations; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle facilities; Bicycles; Bikeways; Construction and maintenance; Design; Guidelines; Handbooks; Manuals; Parking
• Geographic Terms: Santa Clara County (California)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Terminals and Facilities; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01083303
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 2007 7:38AM