Determination of Appropriate Railing Heights for Bicyclists - Final

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• Creators:
  Lewendon, J. Scott ; Papile, Anthony M. ; Leslie, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  CHA Consulting, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bikeways Bridges Crash Data Cyclists Snow Steel
• Publication/ Report Number:
  20-7 (168)
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Abstract:
  This study summarizes the bicycle railing height guidelines and specifications used by AASHTO, state departments of transportation (DOTs), international transportation agencies, and local governments. The objectives of this study include the following: • Research the history of the adoption of bicycle railing heights • Survey state DOTs to identify practices regarding the use of bicycle rails and any history of incidents involving bicycles and rails • Survey European countries with significant bicycle usage to identify railing height practices • Survey bicycle advocacy groups to determine opinions and concerns of constituents • Outline the relative benefits and liabilities of a 1.1-meter (42-inch) versus a 1.4meter (54-inch) railing height • Determine the critical heights for bicycle railings • Develop criteria for using the determined appropriate bicycle railing height This report provides documentation for the design of bicycle railings, and facilitates the resolution of the inconsistency between the two AASHTO publications.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0bee248d4f2c0dd5f55039aa7205434a2cf8deb33a8b9d6e33273174f363d178af565df9621aae5df0894dc9e621531fb9c6685a7248667abec44edb096ecd23
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29455/dot_29455_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.26 MB ]