The document summarizes research showing that road diets with bike lanes provide both safety and economic benefits. It discusses studies finding that bike lanes reduced crashes in various cities. It also describes how bike lanes improved bicyclist behavior by reducing sidewalk riding and wrong-way violations. Case studies of programs in Elgin, IL, Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, and Toronto, Canada found that road diets with bike lanes did not harm business and often increased customers and sales for local merchants.
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Medford, a metropolitan city in Southern Oregon, is updating its transportation system plan (TSP). Under Oregon's Transportation Planning Rule (OAR 660-12), the City is required to provide a "safe and convenient" transportation network for all modes of travel: motor vehicles, pedestrians and people riding bicycles. The presentation focuses on why an "all ages and abilities" approach to the development of a bicycle network is essential to achieving the requirements of Oregon law and thus provide a "safe and convenient" network for bicycles.
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Siskiyou Velo, a bike club in Southern Oregon, is advocating local governments in the region to integrate bike facilities suitable for all ages and abilities into their transportation system plans. The impetus for the effort comes from a recent publication by the National Association of City Transportation Officials entitled "Designing for All Ages and Abilities."
Improving Walkability, And Pedestrian Safety And ConvenienceArefeh Nasri
This is a presentation I prepared during my internship at Newark Housing Authority (NHA) for the research team of their project for making Newark neighborhoods more pedestrian-friendly.
A presentation made in 2009 by Nicholas de Wolff, Chair of the subcommittee on Transportation and Urban Design, City of Burbank, California. (an abridged version (only 39 slides) has since been uploaded)
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Medford, a metropolitan city in Southern Oregon, is updating its transportation system plan (TSP). Under Oregon's Transportation Planning Rule (OAR 660-12), the City is required to provide a "safe and convenient" transportation network for all modes of travel: motor vehicles, pedestrians and people riding bicycles. The presentation focuses on why an "all ages and abilities" approach to the development of a bicycle network is essential to achieving the requirements of Oregon law and thus provide a "safe and convenient" network for bicycles.
Bike Facility Design and Creating an All Ages and Abilites Networkbikeed
Siskiyou Velo, a bike club in Southern Oregon, is advocating local governments in the region to integrate bike facilities suitable for all ages and abilities into their transportation system plans. The impetus for the effort comes from a recent publication by the National Association of City Transportation Officials entitled "Designing for All Ages and Abilities."
Improving Walkability, And Pedestrian Safety And ConvenienceArefeh Nasri
This is a presentation I prepared during my internship at Newark Housing Authority (NHA) for the research team of their project for making Newark neighborhoods more pedestrian-friendly.
A presentation made in 2009 by Nicholas de Wolff, Chair of the subcommittee on Transportation and Urban Design, City of Burbank, California. (an abridged version (only 39 slides) has since been uploaded)
A presentation made by Nicholas de Wolff to Burbank City Council and fellow Sustainability Commissioners, outlining the benefits of Complete Streets, and new ways to consider the role of the streetscape in urban areas.
Traffic crashes kill more than 1.2 million people every year. While most traffic safety initiatives tend to focus on behavioral approaches -- such as helmet- and seatbelt-wearing campaigns -- there’s an undervalued approach to making the world’s roads safer: good urban design.
CITIES SAFER BY DESIGN is a global reference guide to help cities save lives from traffic fatalities through improved street design and smart urban development.
This presentation on Walkability is for a upcoming seminar/charrette hosted by the Town of Collierville, Tn. There is a particular focus on block design as one of the key components of a wlakable neighborhood.
Title: Complete Freeways: Evaluation of Florida's Bicycles on Limited Access Facilities Pilot Program
Track: Connect
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: The Florida "Bicycles on Limited Access Facilities Pilot Program" has improved three limited access bridges to allow use by bicyclists. Bridge modifications include conventional and innovative improvements. Before and after data suggest that these pilot projects have been beneficial and a full evaluation will be conducted to see if the program could be expanded to other limited access facilities in Florida.
Presenters:
Presenter: David Henderson Miami-Dade MPO
Co-Presenter: Stewart Robertson Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
The Minneapolis Bicycle Story David PetersonTrailnet
Moving to the Next Level, November 20, 2013
Gateway Bike Plan Implementation Workshop
Sessions: Best Practices for Build-out and Maintenance
Modus Operandi: Policies and Procedures for
Model Facilities
A presentation made by Nicholas de Wolff to Burbank City Council and fellow Sustainability Commissioners, outlining the benefits of Complete Streets, and new ways to consider the role of the streetscape in urban areas.
Traffic crashes kill more than 1.2 million people every year. While most traffic safety initiatives tend to focus on behavioral approaches -- such as helmet- and seatbelt-wearing campaigns -- there’s an undervalued approach to making the world’s roads safer: good urban design.
CITIES SAFER BY DESIGN is a global reference guide to help cities save lives from traffic fatalities through improved street design and smart urban development.
This presentation on Walkability is for a upcoming seminar/charrette hosted by the Town of Collierville, Tn. There is a particular focus on block design as one of the key components of a wlakable neighborhood.
Title: Complete Freeways: Evaluation of Florida's Bicycles on Limited Access Facilities Pilot Program
Track: Connect
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: The Florida "Bicycles on Limited Access Facilities Pilot Program" has improved three limited access bridges to allow use by bicyclists. Bridge modifications include conventional and innovative improvements. Before and after data suggest that these pilot projects have been beneficial and a full evaluation will be conducted to see if the program could be expanded to other limited access facilities in Florida.
Presenters:
Presenter: David Henderson Miami-Dade MPO
Co-Presenter: Stewart Robertson Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
The Minneapolis Bicycle Story David PetersonTrailnet
Moving to the Next Level, November 20, 2013
Gateway Bike Plan Implementation Workshop
Sessions: Best Practices for Build-out and Maintenance
Modus Operandi: Policies and Procedures for
Model Facilities
Road Diet: Improving Safety, Livability, and Economic DevelopmentRPO America
Jessica Rich, Federal Highway Administration Tennessee Division, provided an in-depth look at what road diets are and how they improve safety for transportation users during the 2016 National Regional Transportation Conference.
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Bike share is rolling in 500 cities worldwide with over 500,000 bikes. By the end of next year, 75 cities in North America will have a program, including our region!
Coast Bike Share is Tampa’s community Bike Share Program. Residents and visitors will have access to 300 public bicycles distributed throughout downtown, Ybor City, and Hyde Park. Use the bikes to commute to work, do errands, visit friends, or just for fun!
Bike Share will enhance transportation options by making it possible to quickly access a public bicycle near places of employment, tourist destinations, educational institutions, and transit stops. The program seeks to encourage bicycle usage as an environmentally-friendly and congestion reducing transportation option.
A Tale of Two Streets - Indiana Walk-Bike Summit.pptxCynthia Hoyle
Creating communities in which everyone, regardless of ability or income, can get where they need to go safely can be challenging. We can transform our communities and create healthier and more equitable place to live, work, and play. This presentation discusses tools to successfully transform your community.
Starting a Youth Education Program - IL Bike Summit 2016Cynthia Hoyle
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Resilient Transportation Systems OKAPA October 2014Cynthia Hoyle
Transportation systems should be designed to accommodate variable and unexpected conditions without catastrophic failure. The uni-modal transportation system currently in place in most American cities cannot effectively accommodate natural or man-made disasters.
Micro Urbana Communities- Creating and Implementing Livable Transportatino So...Cynthia Hoyle
How can communities successfully create multi-modal transportation systems? This presentation discusses how Champaign-Urbana, IL has been working to give people choices in mobility and lifestyle and how it has been succeeding in creating mode-shift.
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Providing safety and security on campuses has been a major selling point for expanding transit services on university campuses. University officials, student campus organizations and transit service providers have established a wide range of services. There are varying views and perspectives on the need for these services and making the ride safe is the key priority. How do you successfully incorporate best practices , procedures and programs that truly result in making the ride and service safe?
1. SAFETY AND ECONOMIC
BENEFITS OF ROAD DIETS
WITH BIKE LANES
Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP
Transportation Planning Consultant
2. Safety Benefits of Bike Lanes
Large body of research and evidence shows that properly
designed and installed bike lanes reduce crashes1:
When the city of Corvallis, OR installed 13 miles of bicycle
lanes in one year, the number of bicycle crashes fell from
40 in the year prior to the installation to just 16 in the year
afterwards…2
The addition of bicycle lanes in Davis, California reduced
crashes by 31 percent.3
A comparison of crash rates of all types in major cities has
shown that cities with higher bicycle use have lower traffic
crash rates of all types than cities with lower bicycle use. 4
1. Federal Highway Administration, Safety Effectiveness of Highway Design Features, Volume VI, Pedestrians and Bicyclists, FHWA-RD-91-049,
1991.
2. Federal Highway Administration, Bicycle Safety-Related Research Synthesis, 1995.
3. Ibid.
4. Federal Highway Administration, Bicycle Lanes versus Wide Curb Lanes: Operational and Safety Findings, May 1998.
3. Bike Lanes Improve Behavior1
Cambridge, MA - sidewalk bicycling cut in half after the installation
of bicycle lanes on Mass. Ave. in Central Square.2
Wrong-way riding was significantly lower on the streets with bike
lanes.3
On streets with bike lanes, 81% of cyclists obeyed stop signs, vs.
55% on streets without.4
Corvallis and Eugene, Oregon, cities with good bikeway networks,
have the highest number of riders and rider behavior is the best:
wrong-way riding is minimal, fewer ride on the sidewalk than in
other Oregon cities.5
1. Federal Highway Administration, Bicycle Lanes versus Wide Curb Lanes: Operational and Safety Findings, May 1998.
2. City of Cambridge data, unpublished.
3. Federal Highway Administration, Bicycle Lanes versus Wide Curb Lanes: Operational and Safety Findings, May 1998.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
5. Elgin Bikeway Master Plan
Created bicycle
network throughout
community
Bike routes/lanes and
sharrows installed
Connection to regional
bike trail in downtown
Multi-use trails
6. 2009 Elgin Bicycle and Pedestrian
Safety Campaign
Elgin Bicycling
Ambassadors Program
Community education
campaign
Elgin by Bike – Bike
and Dine events
“From my point of view I thought it
went well. About two-thirds of the
riders had not been in our shop, so
that was great to see new potential
customers.” -Ravenheart Coffee
8. Portland Bicycle Program
Since 1996 Portland has
doubled the miles of bike
lanes
Added thousands of bike
parking spaces
Had a 4-fold increase in
bicycling
Dramatic decrease in
bicycle crashes and
fatalities (79% of bicycle
fatalities occurred outside
of a bike lane.1)
1. Portland Master Bicycle Plan – Existing Conditions Report, Chapter 6: Bicycle
Safety, pg. 6-19.
9.
10. Portland Bicycle Infrastructure
Improved Bicycle Safety
“Portland’s decline in traffic fatalities is a public
health triumph. Portland demonstrates that a
transportation system emphasizing walking,
bicycling and transit can achieve many public health
goals - physical activity, clean air, and safety.
Congratulations to the leaders and people of
Portland.”
Dr. Howard Frumkin, Centers for Disease Control
(CDC)
11. Gleason Street, Portland
Oregon
Neighborhood retail
area
Bike lanes installed
Bike Corral installed at
merchant/property
owner request
Merchants had more
customers when
vehicular parking was
replaced by bicycle
parking (12 bikes per 1
car space)
12. Valencia Street, San Francisco
Economic Effects of Traffic Calming on Small Urban
Businesses
Emily Drennen
2003
13. Valencia Street, San Francisco
California
Before
-62.5 ft wide
street with
metered parking
on street on both 21’ 10’3’’ 10’3’’ 21’
sides, four lanes
with an average
ADT of 22,000
VPD
Designing Streets for Pedestrian Safety-Reducing Crossing Crashes
14. Valencia Street, San Francisco
California
After
-Two lanes were
removed, bicycle
lanes installed and
medians were used
for left turns.
8’ 5’9’’ 10’6’’ 14’ 10’6’’ 5’9’’ 8’
-Changes were
made to signal
Designing Streets for Pedestrian Safety – Reducing Crossing Crashes
timing.
15. Merchant Response to Bike Lanes
27 merchants interviewed 4 ½ years after installation
of bike lanes found:
62% believed bike lanes had overall positive
impact on business
37% said bike lanes increased their sales
73% said bike lanes made street more attractive
2/3 said they would support more traffic calming
on street
16. Bloor Street, Toronto
Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking, and Business
A Study of Bloor Street in Toronto’s Annex
Neighborhood
February, 2009
17. Spending Analyzed by Mode
Walkers
and
bicyclists
spent the
most
money
shopping
in the
area.
18. Study Conclusions
The addition of bike lanes would be unlikely to
harm local business and predicted that commercial
activity on the street would likely increase.
Three-quarters of merchants surveyed on the street
believed that business activity would improve or
stay the same if a bike lane replaced half of the
on-street parking.