01485122

Component

The Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (GUAMPO), along with its partners in Guilford County, Greensboro Parks and Recreation and the City of Greensboro, adopted the consolidated Greensboro Urban Area Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenways Master Plan in 2006. Through a series of interactive public meetings, the plan helped to spawn a new bicycle advocacy group and brought new ideas for bike lanes and edgelines into the public realm. Implementation of the plan, especially bicycle improvements, began immediately upon adoption. Since the community was unfamiliar with bike lanes, edge lines and bike routes, an education campaign was needed to familiarize them with these features and their purpose. After initial implementation of the plan, a growing number of bicyclists turned into a growing numbers of crashes. Once again, it was obvious that engineering by itself wasn’t enough and a targeted education campaign was needed. Through the use of public outreach, advertising and partnerships, a successful bike safety campaign was launched with a dedicated Bike Safety Month. This has become an annual event to celebrate bicycling and refresh the safety dialogue. In 2009, Greensboro was recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community. This presentation will highlight those strategies and techniques that have worked well in the community and those things that haven’t. Bicycle safety is an ongoing process that is more than just education and engineering. Interaction with the public, and encouraging communication amongst residents, is a key to bicycle safety. These are ideas that can be replicated in other communities, especially those that are just beginning to implement new bicycle facilities and want to become more bicycle-friendly.

01483192

English

9p

2010

12th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities

Digital/other

CD-ROM; Photos; References; Tables

Advertising campaigns; Bicycle travel; Bikeways; Master plans; Metropolitan planning organizations; Public participation; Safety campaigns

Greensboro (North Carolina)

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 25 2013 1:50PM

• A Literature Review of Current Events and Trends in Ciclovía Programs across America
• A New Traffic Assignment Method for Small and Medium Communities
• A Standardized Tool for Calculating Road User Benefits
• A Transportation Safety Planning Tool for the City of Ames
• An Economical Methodology for Development of Land Use and Socio-economic Forecasts for Long-range Transportation Plans (LRTPS)
• An Investigation of the Transferability of Trip Generation Models
• Application of a Combined Travel Demand and Microsimulation Model for a Small City
• Application of Dynamic Traffic Assignment in a Small-Urban Area
• Applying a Multi-Resolution Modeling Approach for Master Planning of State Route 285 Corridor at Wenatchee Valley, WA
• Applying the Housing + Transportation Affordability Index in Your Metro Area
• Circulator Guidebook: Dupage Local Area Circulator Study
• Comparison of Five Metropolitan Washington Travel Demand Models
• Data Alternatives in Support of Regional Travel Demand Modeling
• Developing Travel Demand Modeling Tools for Medium-Sized Communities in Virginia
• Dynamic Model Visualization and Investigation
• Estimating Arterial Performance in Small and Medium-Sized Communities
• GLOBEWARM – A Tool to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Roadway Vehicles
• Integrating Planning and Operations for a Comprehensive Transportation Management System
• Lessons Learned: A Community Driven Approach to Infrastructure Improvement
• Moving the Guests at a 400th Anniversary: Jamestown 2007
• MPO Planning Resources – An Internet-Based Tool
• Northern Minnesota/Northern Wisconsin Freight Plan
• Prioritizing Projects for the Metropolitan Transportation Plan -- The Lexington Experience
• Safe Routes to School: A Collaborative Approach
• Small-Town Transportation Assessments that Work: Combining Community Learning and Research Strategies
• The School Travel Plan as a Community Planning Tool
• Transit Node Analysis: Comparing Street-Level Physical and Socioeconomic Factors Using a Layered GIS Approach
• Transportation of Wind Energy Industry Components: Planning for Growth in the Heartland
• Using a Federal Database and Local Industry Sector Knowledge to Develop Future Freight Forecasts
• Using Decision Trees in Transportation Planning and Analysis
• Vacant Land Inventory and Development Assessment Tool