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Transportation Alternatives (TA) Set-Aside Implementation Guidance
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides background information and guidance to clarify eligibility, transfer, and other requirements for the Transportation Alternatives (TA) Set-Aside from the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG) under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” (BIL)).
Read More >Improving Pedestrian and Bicyclist Connectivity During Rehabilitation of Existing Bridges
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and Toole Design
Explores how bridge rehabilitation projects can incorporate multimodal facilities to create safe, comfortable connections for people walking, bicycling, and using other mobility devices.
Read More >Land Use as a Strategy for Transportation, Housing, and the Environment
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
Lays out the rationale to use land use policies as one strategy for achieving improved outcomes in transportation system performance.
Read More >Source: US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Provides an overview of the national transportation system, including safety, reliability, and environmental impacts. Identifies e-bikes, scooters, and active transportation as growing last-mile solutions and tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while noting the need for more data on user behavior and interactions.
Read More >Source: US Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Offers a whole-of-government approach to transform the transportation sector and sets forth an interagency call to action to coordinate and work effectively together.
Read More >The U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization Fact Sheet
Source: US Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Covers a report on a first-of-its-kind strategy for federal leadership and partnerships to decarbonize the entire U.S. transportation sector.
Read More >Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning, Program, and Project Development
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Updated FHWA guidance to support safe multimodal networks.
Read More >Collaborative Governance for Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Accessibility Infrastructure Data
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Addresses gaps in accessing infrastructure data and proposes structural changes for improved data availability.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Describes how to apply the Safe System Approach in urban areas with different types of land uses and road users.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Outlines Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessments as part of Strategic Highway Safety Plans.
Read More >FHWA Federal Policy, Research, and Funding Opportunities for Shared Micromobility Projects
Source: Shared-Use Mobility Center
Summarizes a presentation on challenges and opportunities for micromobility related to policy and funding.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides case studies on State and local agency plans and approaches to transportation equity.
Read More >Source: Smart Growth America
Reevaluates outdated understandings of rural America and focuses on active and multimodal modes of transportation.
Read More >Source: National Complete Streets Coalition - Smart Growth America
Presents a free tool to evaluate and score Complete Streets policies.
Read More >Notable Changes in Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines Final Rule
Source: US Access Board
Highlights notable changes in updated Public Right-of-Way (PROWAG) Accessibility Guidelines Final Rule.
Read More >Scale and Sustainability: Highlights of the Streets for Kids 2023 Projects
Source: Global Designing Cities Initiative
Showcases Streets for Kids projects and their impact on street design.
Read More >Source: PeopleForBikes
Ranks bikeability in cities worldwide, offering insights and interactive maps.
Read More >Complete Streets: Model Legislation for States and Municipalities
Source: AARP
Provides a guide for establishing effective Complete Streets legislation.
Read More >Source: Open Streets Project
Provides a comprehensive guide for starting an Open Streets program.
Read More >Source: Urban Minds
Offers a toolkit of best practices for youth engagement in urban planning.
Read More >Source: Transportation Equity Caucus
Proposes principles for equitable transportation to ensure safety for marginalized groups.
Read More >Source: NCHRP, NASEM
Provides a primary resource for guidance on all aspects of roundabouts.
Read More >Practices for Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Access on Existing Vehicle Bridges
Source: NCHRP Synthesis 604, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
Documents state DOTs practices to provide or improve pedestrian and bicyclist access to existing vehicle bridges.
Read More >Any Road, Any Mode: Guide to the Transportation Data Revolution
Source: StreetLight
Describes how to get metrics for all roads, all modes, at all times, and why this granular data is necessary for today’s infrastructure needs. Shares how to plan smarter and more cost-effective networks.
Read More >Economic Benefits and Shared Prosperity with Form-Based Codes
Source: Smart Growth America
Reports on research showing how form-based codes produce better economic outcomes, lead to positive impacts for equity and equitable development, and provide the best zoning and regulatory framework for good smart growth development.
Read More >Source: Transportation for America
Describes six policy recommendations from a report on ways to make transportation services better for rural communities.
Read More >Source: Center for Transportation Studies
Provides four “tradeoff matrixes” for creating separated bike lanes based on interviews with planners and designers, transit drivers, leaders of bicycle advocacy organizations, and bicyclists.
Read More >Source: International Transport Forum (ITF)
Examines the potential impact of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) on how passenger transport is currently organized, and assesses the regulatory and governance requirements for integrating MaaS with public transport and ensuring it delivers more sustainable urban mobility.
Read More >Source: League of American Bicyclists
Reviews new research studying the economic benefits of bicycle infrastructure.
Read More >Source: CNU Public Square
Defines the “15-minute city” as an ideal geography where most human needs and many desires are located within a travel distance of 15 minutes.
Read More >Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) Announcement
Source: USDOT, USDOJ
Announces anticipation of adoption of PROWAG to update and expand the existing 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act guidance.
Read More >Mandatory Bicycle Parking in European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Source: European Cyclists' Federation
Proposes a revision to the European Commission's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to require all new and renovated residential and nonresidential buildings provide spaces for bicycle parking.
Read More >Washington DC: Law Makes Employers Pay Workers Who Don’t Drive
Source: Streetsblog USA
Reports on a Washington DC law that requires employers of 20 or more workers to provide cash to workers who turn down their company-sponsored parking benefits.
Read More >New USDOT National Roadway Safety Strategy and FHWA Update to Highway Safety Improvement Program
Source: USDOT
At its core, the NRSS is a USDOT-wide adoption of the Safe System Approach, focused on five key objectives: safer people, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer speeds, and post-crash care.
Read More >Safe Systems Strategies for Bicyclists and Pedestrians Toolkit
Source: UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks
Compiles a glossary of terms that are often used when discussing community improvements through the Safe System Approach.
Read More >Barcelona: 90 Percent Live within 300 Meters of a Dedicated Bike Lane
Source: The Mayor.eu
Reports that there are over 230 km (143 miles) of dedicated bike lanes in Barcelona, Spain
Read More >Source: International Transport Forum
Explores how urban mobility changed during the pandemic, focusing on changes in how people work.
Read More >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.
Read More >NCHRP Report 552: Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities White Paper
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.
Read More >NCHRP Report 552: Translating Demand and Benefits Research into Guidelines
Source: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Provides calculations used to estimate costs of, demand for, and economic benefits of new bicycle facilities.
Read More >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.
Read More >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.
Read More >Source: Transportation for America
Provides an overview and summary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, charts to illustrate where infrastructure funds are going, descriptions of competitive grant programs, and other resources.
Read More >Source: FHWA
Serves as a one-stop shop for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and its implementation.
Read More >Source: USDOT
Addresses the national crisis in roadway fatalities and serious injuries.
Read More >Vision Zero for Youth Demonstration Project, Philadelphia, PA, 2019-2021
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and Toole Design
Summarizes a combination of “Vision Zero for Youth” approaches with a focus on systemic pedestrian safety analysis that reinforces the City’s commitment to youth road safety to gain an understanding of replicable strategies and tools for other cities to use.
Read More >Source: Conveyal
Describes a tool to quantify access to opportunities and progress toward equitable transportation systems, particularly public transit and active modes of transportation. Its routing software is published under a permissive open-source license to promote transparency and reproducibility.
Read More >Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning Processes
Source: Transportation Research Board
Transportation agencies that manage federally funded programs and projects are responsible for ensuring that their plans, programs, policies, services, and investments benefit everyone in their jurisdictions equitably.
Read More >Source: Safe Routes Partnership
Describes crucial opportunities to influence a region’s long-term commitment to active transportation and transit via the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) planning process, and how to ensure that funding goes to specific biking, walking, and transit projects.
Read More >Personal Delivery Devices (PDDs) Legislative Tracker (Version 1.0)
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Provides up-to-date State Legislative Bill information about Personal Delivery Devices (PDDs) and PDD characteristics and operations included within these bills.
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