More Design and Engineering Guidance Resources


An Advocacy Guide to Repealing Harmful Traffic Laws: Setting Up Your Policy Campaign for Success

Source: Safe Routes Partnership
Provides strategies for repealing racially enforced traffic laws.
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Actions for Decriminalizing Transportation and Movement: A Vision for Antiracist Approaches to Safety

Source: Transportation Equity Caucus
Proposes principles for equitable transportation to ensure safety for marginalized groups.
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Dangerous by Design 2024

Source: Smart Growth America
Summarizes a 40-year high in pedestrian deaths and identifies those most at risk.
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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.
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Reactions to and Recommendations for the Updated MUTCD

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Compiles initial reactions to and recommendations for the updated 11th Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
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Background and Summary of a Guide for Roundabouts

Source: NCHRP, NASEM
Provides a primary resource for guidance on all aspects of roundabouts.
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Residential Local Street Sidewalk Survey

Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Compiles basic residential sidewalk details.
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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.
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Cincinnati Uses Quick-Build Project to Address an Urgent Safety Need

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) and National Center for Safe Routes to School
Provides a look at a quick-build project in Cincinnati to address an urgent safety need and offers insights that can inform cities interested in implementing quick-build projects.
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Designing for All Ages and Abilities

Source: NACTO
Provides All Ages and Abilities criteria for selecting and implementing bike facilities.
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