Course Materials
Slides
- Bikes with benefits (Mike)
- Cycling is healthy … but (Kay)
- Bicycling within the transportation planning paradigm (Larry)
- Policy context, network planning principles (Dale)
- Relevant laws, policies & guidelines (David)
- Facility preferences & safety (Kay)
- Busy street cycle tracks (Brian)
- Busy street intersections (David)
- Quiet street bikeways (Brian, David)
- Off street bike paths (Catherine, Brian)
- Monitoring & evaluating results (Meghan)
- People with a stake in it (Lisa)
- Seville (Kay)
Case studies
Videos
- Cycling Copenhagen, through North American eyes (10:45)
- North American cycling from a Dutch perspective (5:19)
- The case for separated bike lanes (8:30)
- Dunsmuir separated bike lane in Vancouver (3:34)
- Cycling & trucks, the Dutch way (3:59)
- Protected intersections for bicyclists, by Bicycle Dutch & Nick Falbo
- Dutch roundabouts (6:09)
- Neighbourhood bikeways in Portland (3:08)
- Cycling in Brisbane with ideas for bike paths (4:43)
Other resources
Europe
- Bicycle Dutch
- CROW Design Manual for Bike Traffic
- Cycling Embassy of Denmark Collection of Cycle Concepts 2012
- Focus on Cycling: Copenhagen Guidelines for the Design of Road Projects
- Copenhagenize: Where do cyclists want to go?
- Copenhagenize: Four basic route designs
- The ultimate bicycle roundabout
- Raised crossings at intersections of major & minor streets
- Talk by Jan Gehl: Cities for people (60:42)
North America
- Bicycle Facilities Design Course Manual
- New York City Street Design Manual, 2013
- New York City Sustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond
- Vision Zero Changes Everything video (24:04)
- NACTO on cycle tracks
- NACTO on neighbourhood bikeways
- NACTO on intersections
- OTM Book 18: Cycling facilities
- Vélo Québec publications
- US DoT Shared-Use Path Level of Service Calculator
- TAC Bookstore (e.g., 2012 Pedestrian Crossing Control Guide)
- Lane widths via NACTO and SmarthGrowthAmerica
- Boulder goes Platinum video (9:35)
- STROADS – the problem with street-road combinations
Cycle Tracks
- Green Lanes Project: spreadsheet comparing 15 ways to protect bike lanes
- 19 ways to protect bike lanes
- Queensland Dept of Transport & Main Roads: Separated Cycleways
- Traffic Safety Store: Protected bike lanes pushing cycling into the mainstream?
- Protected bike lanes mean business
- Cost of a protected bike lane in San Francisco
- An old trick to find the best streets for protected bike lanes
- Removing a lane to improve traffic?
Monitoring, Evaluation, Stakeholder Engagement
- 2011 National Household Survey (bike to work data under “Labour” tab within city or province)
- Monitoring Bicyclist & Pedestrian Travel & Behavior
- Traffic Monitoring Guide
- Bike Score
- A nice Public Process Guide for the stakeholder engagement process. Note that it is not a City of Vancouver document, but a guide created for them by Dovetail Consulting.
Health & Safety
- World Health Organization Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) for cycling & walking
- International Transport Forum
- Transport Canada “Motor Vehicle” Safety
- Ontario Road Safety Annual Report
- Alberta Traffic Collision Statistics
- Insurance Corp of BC Quick Statistics
- Cycling Embassy of Great Britain on Sustainable Safety
- Cycling Embassy of Great Britain on the Inquiry into Cycling Safety
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