Best Design Practices

Many documents are large PDFs.

Design Guideline documents

• Guide for the development of bicycle facilities -- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (1999)
• Bicycle Facility Design Guidelines -- Vancouver consultant
• Bike Lane Design Guide -- Chicago
• Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities
• Cycling Improvements Strategies to Make Cycling Convenient, Safe and Pleasant
• Bike Facility Selection Guide -- University of North Carolina
• Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach -- US DOT
• Guidelines for the Design and Application of Bikeway Pavement Markings -- TAC (I need a link)
• A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Bicycles
• Traffic calming (Seattle's Neighborhood Traffic Control Program Studies & Reports -- 6 documents)
• Berkeley Bicycle Boulevard Design Tools and Guidelines
• Portland's Bicycle Transportation Alliance Bike Boulevard Campaign
• Rails-with-Trails: Lessons Learned
• Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps
• Bicycle Boulevard Planning & Design Guidebook
• Cycle Tracks: Lessons Learned - Alta Planning
• BikeSafe: Bicycle countermeasure selection system -- US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. (2006).

Design Guideline resources

• NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide (part of the Cities for Cycling initiative)
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
  PBIC Image Library -- photos
• Community Transportation Planning
• The National Center for Bicycling and Walking
• Investigation of Cycling Sensitivities
• Cycle Tourism Statistics
• Cycling Research at UBC
• Pedestrian and Bicyclist Intersection Safety Indices
• Bicycle Victoria (Australia) Design Guideline Resources
• Vic Roads Cycle Notes: Design standards for bicycle facilities -- Australian State Government Resource
• US Federal Highway Administration course: Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
• Fiestsberaad -- Dutch bicycling expertise centre
• Shared-Use Path Level of Service Calculator -- US Department of Transportation
• City of Winnipeg Universal Design Standards
• SusTrans Connect2, Other Resources

Bicycle Parking (Please also see our Cyclists' Resources / Bicycle Parking page.)

• Bicycle End-of-Trip Facilities -- A guide for Canadian municipalities and employers -- Transport Canada
• Bicycle Parking Guidelines
• Bicycle Information Center
• Bicycle Parking, Storage and Changing Facilities
• International Bicycle Fund -- Bike Parking
• Bicycle Parking Handbook: A Developer's Guide -- Calgary
• Guidelines for the Design and Management of Bicycle Parking Facilities -- Toronto
• Bicycle Parking: A Guide for Business Owners & Cyclists in the City of Toronto
• Bicycle Victoria (Australia) Bicycle Parking Resources
• State of Oregon info sheets 1 2 3 4 5
• Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities
• Bike Storage -- Wikipedia
• Bike Cage Tips -- Resource Conservation Manitoba
• Bicycles at Rest - A bicycle parking best practices resource
• What Would Get Americans Biking to Work? Decent parking.
• Danish Bicycle Parking Manual (in English)

Photos

• Image Gallery of European bicycling infrastructure -- many PPTs and videos
• Your Fuide To Cycling Treatments
• 8 examples of bicycling infrastructure
• Photo Gallery: Capital Bike and Walk Society
• Contra flow bike lane
• Luton's photosets on Flickr
• Richard Drdul's photostream of Flickr
• Winnipeg Infrastructure -- Anders Swanson's animated GIFs
  — UofWinnipeg, Portage Ave & Spence St
  — Assiniboine Ave
  — Osborne St at the Legislative Grounds
  — Sherbrook St at Cousin's Deli
  — Bridge Drive In
  — Pembina Hwy