Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition
Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition

Author: National Association of City Transportation Officials

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2014-03-24

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1610915658

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NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide quickly emerged as the preeminent resource for designing safe, protected bikeways in cities across the United States. It has been completely re-designed with an even more accessible layout. The Guide offers updated graphic profiles for all of its bicycle facilities, a subsection on bicycle boulevard planning and design, and a survey of materials used for green color in bikeways. The Guide continues to build upon the fast-changing state of the practice at the local level. It responds to and accelerates innovative street design and practice around the nation.

Bicycling & the Law
Bicycling & the Law

Author: Bob Mionske

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13:

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According to statistics compiled by the League of American Bicyclists, more than 57 million Americans rode a bicycle in 2005. Of these, more than 9 million describe themselves as ""active cyclists"" -- weekend riders, off-road riders, commuters, and amateur and professional athletes. These 9 million face the daily hazards of commuting in traffic, overenthusiastic dogs, faulty roads, harassment, road rage, and bicycle theft. This book was written for them. Bicycling and the Law is designed to be the primary resource for cyclists faced with a legal question. It provides readers with information that can help them avoid many legal problems in the first place, and informs them of their rights, their responsibilities, and what steps to take if they do encounter a legal problem. This useful guide makes the law both entertaining and comprehensible, presenting an accurate and thorough explanation of the laws governing bicycles and the activity of bicycling.

Bicycle Laws
Bicycle Laws

Author: Barbara A. Scheib

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Legal rules are designed to influence behavior and balance competing needs. This report focuses on an area of state regulation that has received minimal recent attention: the laws that govern the operation of bicycles on public streets and their interaction with motor vehicles. The study provides a comparative analysis of the national model Uniform Vehicle Code and the 50 state codes, with special emphasis on the Code of Virginia. The researcher conducted a state-by-state comparison of ten specific legal issues: 1) carriage of passengers (particularly, of children by parents); 2) riding two abreast; 3) lane position; 4) method of giving turn signals; 5) use of bicycle sidepaths; 6) parental responsibility for children's violations; 7) application of traffic laws on paved shoulders; 8) mandatory safety helmet usage; 9) motor vehicle use of bicycle lanes; and 10) reflector requirements. The issues were chosen in part because they have generated significant variance in legal rules throughout the nation. Each state's rule is presented in tabular form in Appendix A of this report. Appendix B presents a sampling of state definitions of the term bicycle.