STATE OF THE LANE:
PROTECTED BIKE LANES IN
THE U.S. Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place
September 2014
Dan Goodman
Federal Highway Administration, U.S.DOT
Leadership Commitment
• Prioritization
• Planning and design
• Policy
• Funding
• Research
• Coordination and
partnerships
• Capacity building
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Secretary Foxx at the 2014
National Bike Summit
Photo Credit: bikeportland.org
Policy Foundation
U.S.DOT Policy Statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian
Accommodation Regulations and Recommendations
(2010)
• The DOT policy is to incorporate safe and convenient walking
and bicycling facilities into transportation projects.
• Every transportation agency, including DOT, has the
responsibility to improve conditions and opportunities for walking
and bicycling and to integrate walking and bicycling into their
transportation systems.
• Transportation agencies are encouraged to go beyond minimum
standards to provide safe and convenient facilities for these
modes.
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Policy Foundation
U.S.DOT’s 2014-2018 Strategic Plan
• Promotes the use of bicycling and
walking for daily activities through
investment in on- and off-street bike
and pedestrian infrastructure and
safety enhancements.
• Emphasizes safety and highlights the
need to create connected pedestrian
and bicycle transportation networks.
Code Revisions
• 23 CFR 625, 23 CFR 652, and 49
CFR 27.75 will be revised to update
pedestrian and bicycle provisions
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Networks
Interconnected pedestrian and/or bicycle transportation facilities that allow people of all ages and abilities to safely and conveniently get where they want to go.
Principles • Cohesion
• Directness
• Accessibility
• Alternatives
• Safety and Security
• Comfort
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Design Flexibility
• Bicycle and Pedestrian
Facility Design
Flexibility Memorandum
• Questions & Answers
about Design Flexibility
for Pedestrian and
Bicycle Facilities
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Anticipated to be Proposed in the NPA
(2016/2017 Edition of the MUTCD)
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Signing
• Bicycle Intersection Lane Control Signs
• Back-In Parking Signs
• Two-Stage Turn Queue Box Signs
• Bicycle Signal Sign
• Turning Vehicles Yield to Bicycles Sign
• Signing for Bicycle Bypasses and Jughandles
• Bicycle Movement Prohibition Signs
• Bike route signs (e.g. State or Local Bicycle Route Markers; Interstate Bikeway Route Markers; Non-Numbered Bikeway Route Markers
Markings
• Extensions of Bicycle Lanes
through Intersections
• Buffered Bicycle Lanes
• Counter-flow Bicycle Lanes
• Shared Lane Markings
• Two-Stage Turn Queue Boxes
• Separated Bikeways (Cycle Tracks)
• Bicycle Boulevards
• Pavement Marking Route Markers.
Interim Approval for the Optional Use of Bicycle
Signal Faces (IA-16)
Equity and Ladders of Opportunity
Activities
The Administration is dedicated to
enhancing opportunity for all
Americans by investing in
transportation projects that:
• Better connect communities to centers
of employment, education, and services
(including for non-drivers)
• Hold promise to stimulate long-term job
growth, especially in economically
distressed areas
Ladders of Opportunity was included
as a Planning Emphasis Area (PEA)
for FY-2015
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Photo Credit: USDOT
Projects Underway
• Environmental Justice (EJ)
Guidebook
• White paper on equity and
bike/ped
Other Related Efforts
Other
• Every Day Counts (EDC) III
• Access to opportunities – TIGER 6
• Performance based practical design
• Performance measures
• Accelerated project delivery
• Federal surface transportation law
relating to planning requirements
• Lifecycle cost and asset
management
• Sustainability
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Photo Credit: USDOT
Federal-Aid Highway Program Funding for Pedestrian
and Bicycle Facilities
• Bicycle and pedestrian projects
are eligible for all Federal-aid
highway program funding
categories.
• In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013,
bicycle and pedestrian funding
was $676.2 million (from all
Federal-aid funding sources).
• As of Sept 3, the FY 2014 total
is $590.5 million.
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Focus Areas
Connected
Networks
Equity and
Ladders of
Opportunity
Safety
Data and
Performance
Measures
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Research Agenda
• Pedestrian and bicycle performance
measures
• Multimodal conflict points
• Flexibility in pedestrian and bicycle
facility design
• International benchmarking
• Capturing bike network opportunities
through resurfacing programs
Strategic
Agenda for
Pedestrian and
Bicycle
Transportation
- Data
- Research
- Training
- Design
guidelines
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Consultant Team • UNC Highway Safety Research
Center (HSRC)
• Sam Schwartz Engineering
• Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
• Robert Schneider
• William Hunter
Technical Work Group Cities: Milwaukee, Portland, Atlanta,
Oakland, New York, Austin
State DOTs: Missouri, Colorado, Florida,
Washington
Organizations: NACTO, ITE, AASHTO,
LAB Equity Initiative
MPO: Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (Bay Area MPO)
Transit Agency: San Francisco Municipal
Transportation Agency
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FHWA Separated Bikes Lane Planning
and Design Guide
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Timeline: October 2013-September 2014
Project Elements
• Best practices and lessons learned
• Crash analysis
• Data collection
• Intersection design
• Accessibility
• Transit access
• Planning and design information (range of options)
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FHWA Separated Bikes Lane Planning
and Design Guide
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Photo Credits: Martha Roskowski
Green Lane Project
Design Process
• Intersection considerations
• Directional characteristics (i.e. one-way/two-way, left side/right side/center)
• Mid-block considerations (transit, driveways, loading)
• Buffer type
Calls to Action
• Networks
• Flexibility
• Data
• Equity
• Future research
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FHWA Separated Bikes Lane Planning
and Design Guide
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Research Coordination
• University Transportation
Centers
• AASHTO Technical Committee
on Nonmotorized
Transportation
• TRB Pedestrian and Bicycle
Committees and Research
Subcommittees
• NCHRP
• FHWA
• Other
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Contact Information
Dan Goodman
Office of Human Environment, FHWA
Phone (202) 366-9064
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For more information
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
Photo Credit: USDOT
