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BICYCLING SITES

Updated November 9, 2008

This is my collection of links to bicycling and other transportation web sites. I am not endorsing all of them. Some of them I like. Some of them I hate, but I list them because they are good examples of bad bicycling information or policy.

Home pages of major, multi-page cycling sites

John Forester
John Allen
Bicycle Transportation Institute
Bicycling Life
Ken Kifer's Bike Pages
Humantransport
Fred Oswald
John Franklin
Richard C. Moeur
Cycle Media
Sheldon Brown
Institute for Traffic Safety Analysis
Bicycle Science
Bike Plan Source
North Carolina Coalition for Bicycle Driving
LAB Reform
North Carolina Coalition for Bicycle Driving
PBIC Bicycling The bicycling part of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
National Center for Bicycling and Walking
Bikes Belong, This is an industry group that cares only about increasing bicycle sales, not improving cycling conditions.
FHWA Bicycle & Pedestrian Program

PICTURES

Alan Forkosh
Traffic Signs (Richard Mouer)
Bike Lane Stripes: Do they create better conditions for cycling? Steve Goodridge
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center's Image Library

HOW TO RIDE

Ken Kifer's "How to Ride in Traffic"
Mass Bike Basics
Mass Bike Commuting
Mass Bike Children
Mass Bike Paths
Mass Bike Winter
Bicycling "Safely" on the Road An example of some of the nonsense one can find on the internet. This site advocates such behavior as riding on sidewalks and always giving motorists the right of way.
The Door Zone, City of Chicago DOT
Bike Sense, B.C.'s bike operators' manual

BICYCLE FACILITY DESIGN

"Bicycle Facility Design" by Richard C. Moeur
Evaluation of the Shared Use Arrow, Wayne Pein
Wide Outside Lanes Are Superior to Bike Lanes, Wayne Pein
Trail Intersection Handbook, Wayne Pein
The Effect of Bikelane System Design upon Cyclists' Traffic Errors, John Forester
Design and Engineering, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center. Has links to pages of such things as on- and off-street facilities, signs, and parking. Each of these pages has links to specific information.
About Bicycle Sidepaths, John Allen
Bike Lane Design Guide, Chicago's guide to designing bike lanes
The Bike Lane Design Guide -- "Honey, they shrunk the cars!," by John Allen. A critique of Chicago's Bike Lane Design Guide with particular emphasis on the not-to-scale drawings that make it appear that the designs actually provide adequate room for both cars and bicycles
Bicycling and On-Street Parallel Parking with Critiques of Two Related Documents, Wayne Pein. Appendix B is a critique of Chicago's Bike Lane Design Guide
Bicycle Lanes Versus Wide Curb Lanes: Operational and Safety Findings and Countermeasure Recommendations, University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
A Comparative Analysis of Bicycle Lanes Versus Wide Curb Lanes: Final Report, University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
An Evaluation of Bike Lanes Adjacent to Motor Vehicle Parking, by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center for the Florida DOT
Bicycling and On-Street Parallel Parking with Critiques of Two Related Documents, Wayne Pein. Appendix A is a critique of An Evaluation of Bike Lanes Adjacent to Motor Vehicle Parking

BICYCLE CRASH TYPES AND STATISTICS

Crash Type Manual for Bicyclists, by Carol Tan, published by FHWA
10 Most Common Crashes posted by Marin County
John Allen's Presentation
(You will need Internet Explorer with the vector graphics component to display this, and the Traditional Chinese component or you will see some gibberish in the left column, which is a table of contents to the slides. Note that the first slide is blank; click on the link to the second on,e "bicycle crashes", to begin the show. The files are rather large, and people with a dial-in connection will spend some time waiting between slides.)
Crash Analysis in Three Cities by Wein Pein (on Bicycling Life site)
Bicyclist Injuries: Learning from the Statistics by Paul Schimek, Ph.D. (Mass Bike)

CRASHES

Dana Laird, R. Winters

RODEOS

Rodeos (on Bicycling Life site)

ADVOCACY

What Cycling Needs (on Bicycling Life site)
Misplaced Advocacy
Bikes Belong Guide to Bicycle Advocacy This is on the FHWA site. I have not read it, but I'm skeptical of its value since it was written by Bikes Belong,an industry group that cares only about increasing bicycle sales, not improving cycling conditions.
Association of Drivers Against Daytime Running Lights

LAWS

Pedal Power, by Ray Thomas. Oregon laws for cyclists
Miscellaneous Law Links (Mass Bike)
Miscellaneous Links (Mass Bike)
List of state law links (Mass Bike)

BOOKS

Listed by classification (Mass Bike)

MOVIES

List of movies (Mass Bike)

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

Bicycle signs (Richard C. Moeur)
Evaluation of the Shared Use Arrow, Wayne Pein
Wide Outside Lanes Are Superior to Bike Lanes, Wayne Pein
Trail Intersection Handbook, Wayne Pein
Detection of Bicycles by Quadrupole Loops at Demand-Actuated Traffic Signals, Steve Goodridge
Traffic Signal Timing
The Effect of Bikelane System Design upon Cyclists' Traffic Errors, John Forester
Bicycling and On-Street Parallel Parking with Critiques of Two Related Documents, Wayne Pein

MANUALS

MUTCD PDF (Links to each part)
MUTCD html (Links to each part)
MUTCD general info
MUTCD Part 1 General Provisions
MUTCD Part 9 Traffic Controls far Bicycle Facilities. Includes R- series (regulatory), W- series (warning), and D-and M- series( guide signs) for on-and off-road bicycle facilities. The same letter series are used for general traffic signs in other chapters.
Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities. Published, 1999. Contains only the table of contents and the text of the introduction. Has a note saying that the full text version is available from AASHTO. This may or may not be the often referred to "Guide for the Development of New Bicycle Facilities."
FHWA's Flexibility in Highway Design Also called The Green Book
National Strategies for Advancing Bicycle Safety, NHTSA
FHWA Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
FHWA Publications

GLOSSARY

Bike Terms (Sheldon Brown)

PRODUCTS

SRAM SmartBar
SRAM Technical Manual SmartBar is on PDF pages 46 to 56
Bike World
Park Tools
Performance
Rivendell
Review of SmartBar Wired Magazine
Another review of SmartBar
Bike Tags (pseudo license plates)
Bilenkey Tandem combination upright and recumbent

ONLINE VIDEOS

Drive Your Bike, A 10 minute instructional film produced in 1954 instructional. Made with the premise that bicycles are legitimate vehicles and that cyclists should obey traffic laws.
NHTSA Video, Bicycle Safety Tips for Adults. At 5:06 note the cyclists who don't need to swerve out of the way of an opening car door.
The Case for Separated Bike Lanes in NYC. It makes an unintentional case for educating cyclists. Notice that the cyclists' poor skills put them in more danger than the roadway design or motorists do.
Speed Bandits A Danish video about bare breasted women holding speed limit signs along roadways.
The Cyclists A short animated video showing cyclists flouting the rules of the road
One Got Fat 1963 film of monkey children on bikes

STUDIES

DOT Digital Collection Links to online documents about such things as crashes, helmets, parking, local bike plans
Bike/Car Crashes in Cary, Wayne Pein
Portland's Blue Bike Lanes: Improved Safety Through Enhanced Visibility
Review of Portland's Blue Lanes, John Forester's review of the study described in the pamphlet.
Injuries to Pedestrians and Bicyclists: An Analysis Based on Hospital Emergency Department Data Jane C. Stutts and William W. Hunter
Bicyclist Fatalities and Serious Injuries in New York City 1996-2005, A Joint Report from the New York City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, and the New York City Police Department
Evaluation of Shared-Use Facilities for Bicycles and Motor Vehicles by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center for the Florida DOT
Critique of Evaluation of Shared-Use Facilities for Bicycles and Motor Vehicles

BICYCLING HISTORY

Pedaling History Bicycle Museum Links to photographs from the museum in Orchard Park, NY and to a very brief history of bicycle design.

EDUCATION

Proposed College-Level Courses in Cycling Affairs: Cycling, Cycling Transportation Engineering, Cycling Instruction, Bicycles in Law Enforcement, John Forester
Elementary-Level Cyclist Training Program Objectives, Techniques & Results, John Forester
Bicycle Driving Seminar, Slides and comments from Fred Oswald

MISCELLANEOUS

Pro-Bicycle, articles, many ads, e-mail list
Bear-AID Universal Traffic Template and some other things Click on "Bear-AID." There are several sets from which to choose. It's useful for drawing roads, cars, and bikes, but the bike stencil seems a bit large relative to the car stencils.
Improving Conditions for Bicycling and Walking, FHWA
Bicycle Compataibility Index, FHWA--Development of the Bicycle Compatibility Index: A Level of Service Concept
Critique of Bicycle Compataibility Index, by Wayne Pein
NHTSA/FHWA Bicycle Safety Resource Guide A 1923 page PDF file. It contains detailed informataion on crashes, errors, countermeasures, and other things.
International Bicycle Fund Table of links to such things as education, history, travel, conferences. It links to pages of more links, so it takes time to find anything useful.
Stepping stones to a better cycling future A presentation by Malcolm Wardlaw to the CTC/CCN conference in Chesterfield on 13 th October 2001.
Other Links A page with links to sites for such things as advocacy, science, museums, news, etc.
Links to VC sites
Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions ef the Federal-aid Program

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