SAFER PEOPLE, SAFER
STREETS, AND SAFER
POLICIES AT U.S.DOT Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place
September 2014
Dan Goodman
Federal Highway Administration, U.S.DOT
Pedestrian and Bicycle Focus Areas
Connected
Networks
Equity and
Ladders of
Opportunity
Safety
Data and
Performance
Measures
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• Working with the states/cities to assist them with developing pedestrian safety action plans.
• Offering free technical assistance and training on how to design for pedestrians and how to develop a pedestrian safety action plan.
Pedestrian Safety Focus States and Cities
5 National Bike Summit | March 5, 2014
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Activities
Recently Released or Underway
• Road Diet Guide
• New version of BIKESAFE
• Final report on the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program
• Bicycle Safer Journey educational video for children
• Revised version of the Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians
• Evaluation of Pedestrian and Bicycle Engineering Countermeasures
To Be Initiated Fall 2014
Multimodal Conflict Points
• Identify safety improvements in
locations where modes come together
• Improve pedestrian and bicycle access
to transit
• Incorporate latest research on proven
crash countermeasures and align with/
support other ongoing and planned
safety initiatives
Road Safety for Transit Patrons Initiative
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USDOT and USDOJ Joint Technical Assistance on the
Title II ADA Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps
through Resurfacing Application of Technical Assistance
• This is a single Federal policy that
identifies specific pavement treatments
that are alterations
• Alterations require the installation of
curb ramps
• Maintenance applications do not
require curb ramps
at the time of the improvement
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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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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)
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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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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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Pedestrian and Bicycle Network Activities
Underway
• Practitioner’s Guide to
Statewide Pedestrian and
Bicycle Planning
• Synthesis of National Design
Guidelines and Gap Analysis
To Be Initiated Fall 2014
• Action-Oriented Workbook on
Building On-Road Bicycle
Networks through Routine
Resurfacing Programs
• Flexibility in Pedestrian and
Bicycle Facility Design
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Data and
Performance Measures Activities
Underway
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Updates to the
Traffic Monitoring Guide (TMG) and the
Traffic Monitoring Analysis System
(TMAS)
• Nonmotorized Toolkit
• White papers on bicycle/pedestrian
forecasting methods and crowd-
sourcing using social media and GIS
Planned
Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance
Measures • Comprehensive synthesis of pedestrian and
bicycle performance measures
• Organize measures into categories useful to
practitioners (e.g. operations, safety, user
experience, network completion, investment
evaluation, etc.)
• Provide framework and context for
performance measure discussions at the
local, regional, state, and national level
Other • University Transportation Center Convening
• Data jam
• TRB workshop
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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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Projects Underway
• Environmental Justice (EJ)
Guidebook
• White paper on equity and
bike/ped
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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Other Related Efforts
• 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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Other Resources
• FHWA’s Human Environment
weekly email digest
• Livability Tools
• FHWA’s Health and Transportation
webpage
• FHWA Livable Communities
Discussion Board
• Location Affordability Portal
• Place Fit Community
Characteristics Database
• Sustainable Highways Tool
(INVEST)
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Other Resources
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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/
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