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Montgomery County, MD: Increasing Equitable Transit Access by Improving Walkability

Source: Brookings
Describes efforts to study and tackle pedestrian access as a fundamental equity issue across communities that a new rail line will serve.
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Shaping Post-Covid Mobility in Cities

Source: International Transport Forum
Explores how urban mobility changed during the pandemic, focusing on changes in how people work.
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State Geometric Design Procedures for Resurfacing, Restoration, and Rehabilitation (RRR) Projects Memo

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Offers information for FHWA Divisions when they evaluate RRR procedures proposed by States, suggesting they look for procedures and considerations that would help expand multimodal networks.
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NCHRP Report 552: Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities White Paper

Source:
Describes a planning tool (no longer supported) based on several research projects that can be used to estimate the costs and benefits of bicycle facilities.
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NCHRP Report 552: Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities

Source: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Provides information on the benefits and costs of bicycle facility projects to help decisionmakers develop modal options and offer transportation choices.
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U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
A landmark interagency framework of strategies and actions to remove all greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector by 2050.
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Advancing Trails to Support Multimodal Networks

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Offers a fresh look at the current state of practice for trail development and shares new research and examples of trail implementation in different types of environments and communities.
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Low-Speed Zone Guide

Source: World Resources Institute
This Low-Speed Zone Guide presents strategies for planning, designing, building, and evaluating low-speed zones in cities.
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Practices for Selecting Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects

Source: Transportation Research Board
State departments of transportation (DOTs) conduct planning and administer funding programs for the implementation of pedestrian and bicycle projects.
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Integrating Public Health in Public Land Transportation Planning: Call for Case Studies

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and WSP USA
Provides details about a call for case studies on integration public health in public land transportation planning research project conducted by the FHWA Office of Federal Lands Highways.
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