NTL Record

Title Case Study No. 22: The Role of State Bicycle / Pedestrian Coordinators
Record ID 78983
Personal Name
Creator
Williams, John; McLaughlin, Kathleen
Personal Name
Contributor
Clarke, Andy
Corporate Creator Bikecentennial, Inc.; Bicycle Federation of America
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19930401
Language English
Abstract State bicycle and bicycle / pedestrian programs have existed for approximately 20 years in the United States. For the most part, they have been and continue to be small one- to four-person offices in large transportation agencies. the small size of such programs and limited resources devoted to them makes it imperative that staff give their attention to those tasks that do the most to further bicycling and walking. The most important of those tasks is to help institutionalize the positive treatment of bicycle and pedestrian considerations within all relevant parts of State Government. The philosophy of the program should embrace the "4-E" concept: that success requires a combination of engineering and planning, enforcement, education, and encouragement. Successful State programs combine a motivated and skilled staff with a clear sense of direction and purpose, a positive mandate, support from inside and outside the agency, and projects that further the purpose. The best program have been able to work out a balance between tasks that are best handled "in-house" and those that should be spread to other divisions and State agencies.
Rosap ID dot:54450
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54450
TRT Terms Program management; Coordination; Bicycle travel; Pedestrian traffic; Government agencies
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
643605
Report Number FHWA-PD-93-019
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/78000/78900/78983/007871.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository