Resources & Data
Links & Technical Resources
Cool Tools
Government Agencies
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Program, US Department of Transportation
- Pedestrian Bicycle Information Center
- US Access Board
America Walks’ Speakers Bureau
National and International Organizations
- Alliance for Biking & Walking
- Access for the Blind
- American Public Transportation Association
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
- Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
- Congress for the New Urbanism
- Living Streets
- National Center for Bicycling and Walking
- National Complete Streets Coalition
- Rails to Trails Conservancy
- Safe Routes to School National Partnership
- Smart Growth America
- Surface Transportation Policy Project
- Transportation Research Board
- Urban Land Institute
- Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
National and International Resources
- Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2010 Benchmarking Report
- Context Sensitive Solutions Online Resource Center
- Designing Streets for Pedestrians
- Journal of the American Planning Association
- KidsWalk-to-School – CDC Resource
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Image Library
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- Perils for Pedestrians
- Project for Public Spaces
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute
- Walkability Audit (PDF)
- Walkability Workbook
- Walkable Communities
- Walk to School Day
National Walking Survey 2011
- Read the Final Report
- View the Original Survey Tool
- Watch America Walks webinar slide presentation
- See APHA’s presentation at the webinar
Academic Articles/White Papers
- Populations Shifts and Implications for Walking in the United States, by our academic research partners at Hunter College
- Why We Are Stuck at High Speed, and What We Are Going to Do About It by America Walks
- How Communities are Slowing Down by America Walks
Traffic Calming
- Emergency Response: Traffic Calming and Traditional Neighborhood Streets
- Guide to Traffic Calming
- Traffic Calming Library
High Tech Solutions
Improving Roadway Design for Ped and Bike Safety and Active Living
- Going the Distance Together: A Citizen’s Guide to Context Sensitive Solutions for Better Transportation
- From Inspiration to Action: Implementing Projects to Support Active Living
- Signalized Intersection Enhancements That Benefit Pedestrians Report 2012
- Model Design Manual for Living Streets 2012
- Safe for All: 2011 Street Design Benchmark Study
for the San Diego Region - Designing for the Safety of Pedestrians, Cyclists, and Motorists in Urban Environments
- Complete Intersections: a Guide to Reconstructing Intersections and Interchanges for Bicycles and Pedestrians
- Effects of Pedestrian Perceptions of Safety: An Examination of Pedestrian Crossing Behavior in Marked versus Unmarked Crosswalks
- Practice-Ready Papers from the Transportation Research Board
Policy
- Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research
- Health Aging Research Network
Technical Resources
More design guidelines, regulations, and manuals coming soon!
The following valuable resources were obtained from www.walkinginfo.org, which is made available by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center:
- Sample Pedestrian Plans
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool
- Pedestrian and Bicyclist Intersection Safety Indices
- How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
Resident’s Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities
This online publication from the Federal Highway Administration provides examples from other communities working to improve pedestrian safety. It includes fact sheets, worksheets, and sample materials that can be distributed or adapted.
Planning and Designing for Pedestrians: Model Guidelines for the San Diego Region
Published 6/2002, this document provides a primer for ‘Pedestrian Design’ written for a wide audience, but most likely an Urban Planner or Engineer. There are helpful pictures and sketches of the concepts described.
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