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Creating Accessible, Equitable, Safe, and Complete Networks for Young Pedestrians
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Offers considerations for the needs and cognitive and physical abilities of children and youth as pedestrians and bicyclists, and three actionable ideas to improve planning and safety for child and youth active travel.
Read More >Source: Buehler, R. and Pucher, J. (2024). Transport Reviews 44
Discusses several specific issues that affect the comparability of walk trips as reported in travel surveys, including survey methodologies themselves.
Read More >Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Documents findings from a research team studying Australian and New Zealand approaches to reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on urban, signalized arterial roadways.
Read More >Source: Toole Design
Describes a new interactive tool to help communities identify higher risk portions of the roadway network as part of their safety planning efforts or Vision Zero initiatives.
Read More >Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Bus Rapid Transit and High-Priority Bus Corridors
Source: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Examines the state of practice in bus transit corridor planning, design, and construction in relation to pedestrian and bicyclist safety, public health, and equity, with a focus on dedicated bus lanes.
Read More >Incorporating Distributional Impacts in Equitable Transport Planning
Source: Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Provides guidance for considering several types of transportation equity, describes various perspectives and impacts, and offers practical ways to incorporate transportation equity goals into policy and planning analysis.
Read More >Book: New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies by Todd Litman
Source: Island Press
Examines and evaluates 12 emerging transportation modes and services, including: bike and carsharing, micromobilities, ridehailing and microtransit, public transit innovations, telework, autonomous and electric vehicles,
Read More >Speed, Affordability, Equity, and Transportation Planning Practices
Source: Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Provides slides of a presentation that describes how common planning practices favor faster modes and higher traffic speeds over slower but more affordable and resource-efficient options resulting in inequities.
Read More >Source: AASHTO
Provides guidance on pedestrian facilities along streets and highways and identifies effective measures for accommodating pedestrians in public rights-of-way as well as appropriate methods for accommodating them on a variety of roadway and facility types.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The new Active Transportation Funding and Finance Toolkit from FHWA highlights innovative funding and finance strategies for implementing active transportation projects.
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