Federal Highway Administration University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation: Lesson 7: Adapting Suburban Communities for Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bicycling
  • Pedestrians
  • Education and training
  • Nonmotorized transportation
  • City planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-05-097
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Typically, suburban areas in the United States are exclusively oriented to automobile travel. Most suburbs do not accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians, and they rarely provide good access to transit (with a few exceptions). With all this in mind, however, it is necessary to expand walking and bicycling travel opportunities in the suburbs without eliminating the car. Suburbs were organized around automobile travel and, in many instances, will not function well without it. This session explores methods of redesigning suburban communities to better accommodate nonmotorized transportation. It discusses how the suburbs developed, the hierarchy of the street system, and appropriate modifications that can accommodate and encourage bicycling and walking. It includes a discussion of Safe Routes to Schools programs, and how they can be utilized to focus attention on pedestrian conditions within suburban neighborhoods. This session is mostly oriented toward suburban planning considerations—with references to other sections that focus on design issues such as traffic calming and walkway/bikeway design.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85990/dot_85990_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.75 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
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