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Cycle Audit and Review

Source: UK Department for Transport
Cycle Audit is a systematic process, applied to planned changes to the transport network, which is designed to ensure that opportunities to encourage cycling are considered comprehensively and that cycling conditions are not inadvertently made worse.
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Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADA-ABA)

Source: United States Access Board
This document contains scoping and technical requirements for accessibility to sites, facilities, buildings, and elements by individuals with disabilities, particularly as applies to walking surfaces.
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Resource Guide on Laws Related to Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
The resource guide contains a array of vehicle and traffic laws that may have the potential to affect pedestrian or bicycle safety, either positively or negatively. This guide is for anyone interested in vehicle and traffic laws and pedestrian and bicycle safety.
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Walkable Communities

Source: Iowa Department of Transportation
A 5-minute video featuring Mark Fenton discussing walkable communities, Safe Routes to School and walking school buses.
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From the Margins to the Mainstream

Source: Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
Designed to demystify complexities of transportation laws, programs and processes, the Guide can help take advantage of opportunities to make communities healthy, safe and livable.
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The Walking School Bus: Combining Safety, Fun and the Walk to School

Source: National Center for Safe Routes to School
This guide outlines the benefits of starting a walking school bus or bike train and points to consider before launching one. Describes two general ways to conduct a walking school bus along with benefits and considerations of each.
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Starting a Walking School Bus

Source: Partnership for a Walkable America
Simple guide to informal and formal walking school buses, including planning a route and logistical details.
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Kids at Crossroads, A National Survey of Physical Environment and Motorist Behavior at Intersections in School Zones

Source: National Safe Kids Campaign
Observational study examines conditions at signalized intersections near elementary and middle schools. Targets driver behavior, but examines role of education, as well as planning, design and operation of transportation facilities.
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Neighborhood Speed Watch Programs

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
The City of Phoenix, Arizona experiments with a Neighborhood Speed Watch pilot program.
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Case Study #68, Red Light Photo Enforcement, West Hollywood, CA

Source: PedSafe, City of West Hollywood, California
Case Study of red light photo enforcement pilot program in West Hollywood, California
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