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Separated Bike Lane Planning & Design Guide

Publisher: 
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Publication date: 
November 2015
Abstract: 

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Separated Bike Lane Planning & Design Guide (the Guide) presents considerations and strategies for the development of separated bike lanes. The Guide provides a framework for determining when separated bike lanes are appropriate and feasible. It presents design guidance for separation strategies, bike lane configuration, and considerations for transit stops, loading zones, utilities, drainage, parking and landscaping.

A Historical Perspective on the AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities and the Impact of the Vehicular Cycling Movement

Publisher: 
Toole Design Group
Publication date: 
January 2018
Abstract: 

This paper draws from a literature review and interviews to demonstrate the impact of advocacy, research, and culture on guidance for design users, bike lanes and separated (protected) bike lanes in the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Bicycle Guide content from 1974 to present. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a bicycle renaissance in America resulted in efforts at the local, state, and federal level to encourage bicycling.

Safer Cycling Through Improved Infrastructure

Publisher: 
American Journal of Public Health
Publication date: 
December 2016
Abstract: 

It is crucial to improve cycling safety in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s injury statistics Web site (WISQARS) reports that in 2014, there were 902 cyclist fatalities and 35 206 serious cyclist injuries (requiring hospi- talization). The United States has much higher fatality and serious injury rates per kilometer cycled than comparable high- income countries.

City Cycling

Publisher: 
MIT Press
Publication date: 
October 2012
Abstract: 

Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits, time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing programs, and the sheer fun of riding. City Cycling offers a guide to this urban cycling renaissance, with the goal of promoting cycling as sustainable urban transportation available to everyone.

Sidewalk Bicycling Safety Issues

Publisher: 
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Publication date: 
December 1998

NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide

Publisher: 
NACTO
Publication date: 
April 2011
Abstract: 
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