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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF THE BICYCLE COMPATIBILITY INDEX
Accession Number: 00757460
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Presently, there is no methodology that is widely accepted by engineers, planners, or bicycle coordinators that will allow them to determine how compatible a roadway is for allowing efficient operation of both bicycles and motor vehicles. Determining how existing traffic operations and geometric conditions affect a bicyclist's decision to use or not use a specific roadway is the first step in determining the bicycle compatibility of the roadway. The Federal Highway Administration sponsored a study in which a methodology for deriving a bicycle compatibility index was developed. This tool can be used by bicycle coordinators, transportation planners, traffic engineers, and others to evaluate the capability of specific roadways to accommodate both motorists and bicyclists. It is intended to provide practitioners with the ability to assess the bicycle level of service present on existing facilities or on proposed facilities and can be used for operational, design, and planning analyses.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1636, Bicycle and Pedestrian Research 1998.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Harkey, D LReinfurt, D WKnuiman, MPagination: p. 13-20
Publication Date: 1998
Serial: ISBN: 0309065089
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Dec 4 1998 12:00AM
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