Research Article
Aug 1974
Investing in Urban Bicycle Facilities
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 100, Issue 3
Abstract
A new mode of transportation and recreation—the bicycle—has explosively entered the public's consciousness. Accompanying this phenomenon has been a rash of problems including a sharp increase in accident rates and thievery. There is a need to provide facilities that will alleviate these problems as well as accommodate the expected increase in bicycling popularity. To assist planning urban bicycle facilities on a more organized basis, with a minimum of misdirected effort and a maximum amount of coordination, at least three basic questions are raised in this paper: (1) how much money should be invested in bicycle facilities; (2) what type of bicycle facilities should be provided; and (3) where should these bicycle facilities be placed? Planning and engineering of bicycle facilities is essentially in a shake-down period in which many good and bad ideas will be tested before the best solutions surface as the norm.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 100 • Issue 3 • August 1974
Pages: 687 - 700
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© 1974 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1974
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Richard C. Podolske, M.ASCE
Planner-Engr., Barton-Aschman Assoc., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
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