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NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide: Tools for Building Bicycle-Friendly Cities

Learn about the NACTO guide, case studies, and design treatments for creating safe and accessible urban bikeways. Explore bike lanes, cycle tracks, intersections, signals, and signing & marking options. Available online, in print, and as a PDF guide.

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NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide: Tools for Building Bicycle-Friendly Cities

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  1. Georgia Bikes 2011 SummitAthens, GA – October 8, 2011

  2. Introducing NACTO

  3. Atlanta • Austin • Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Houston • Los Angeles • Minneapolis • New York • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Portland, OR • San Francisco • Seattle • Washington D.C. • Affiliates • Arlington, VA • Austin • Cambridge • Hoboken National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)

  4. Cities for Cycling Credit: Dave Roth

  5. Evolution of the NACTO Guide

  6. Current Design Guidance

  7. The NACTO Guide Expanding the Toolkit

  8. Credit: www.pedbikeimages.org

  9. Four Types of Transportation Cyclists Based on surveys conducted in Portland, OR

  10. Safety in Numbers Ridership Casualties

  11. Sevilla, Spain 3 years 75 miles of segregated lanes 6,000 to 60,000 daily trips Citywide Bike Share program Credit: Zach Vanderkooy

  12. New York, NY 4 years 255 bike lane miles added 45% growth in commuter cycling 72% decrease in average risk of injury

  13. Portland OR ͂ 20 years 320 mile bikeway network 210% growth in bike commuting 100% decrease in crash rate $100 million bike industry

  14. Chicago 500 mile bikeway network by 2015 Dallas 1,300 mile bikeway network by 2021 Credit: Steven Vance Credit: Bike Friendly Oak Cliff

  15. NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide

  16. Cities • Detroit • Minneapolis • Portland • Atlanta • San Francisco • Chicago • New York • Austin • Baltimore • Houston • Philadelphia • Seattle • Washington D.C. • Boston • Los Angeles • Phoenix

  17. International Design Team David Parisi, Parisi Associates Peter Furth, Northeastern University Donald Meeker, Meeker & Associates Arjen Jaarsma, Netherlands Lynn Weigand, IPBI Niels Jensen, City of Copenhagen

  18. Sponsors

  19. 21 • Treatments • 5 • Categories • Bike Lanes • Cycle Tracks • Intersections • Signals • Signing & Marking

  20. Online Guide & Slideshow

  21. Print & PDF Guide

  22. Bikeway Design Treatments BIKE LANES -Conventional Bike Lanes -Left-side Bike Lanes -Contra-Flow Bike Lanes -Buffered Bike Lanes SIGNALS -Bicycle Signal Heads -Signal Acuation and Detection -Active Warning Beacon for Bike Route at Unsignalized Intersection -Hybrid Signal for Bike Route Crossing of Major Street CYCLE TRACKS -One-way Protected Cycle Tracks -Raised Cycle Tracks -Two-way Cycle Tracks INTERSECTIONS -Bike Boxes -Intersection Crossing Markings -Two-stage Turn Queue Boxes -Median Refuge Island -Through Bike Lanes -Combined Bike Lane -Cycle Track Intersection Approach SIGNING & MARKING -Bike Route Wayfinding Signage and Markings System -Colored Bike Facilities -Shared Lane Markings

  23. BIKE LANES

  24. Buffered Bike Lane Philadelphia, PA Credit: Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition

  25. Contra-Flow Bike Lane

  26. Left-side Bike Lane New York, NY

  27. CYCLE TRACKS

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