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

daniel.goodman@dot.gov

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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