Active Transportation
The Center offers resources to support active and multimodal transportation in livable and sustainable communities, including modes like bicycling, walking, and public transportation, which can help advance public health goals.
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Active Transportation Safety Virtual Peer Exchange (April 2021)
In April 2021, AASHTO’s Center for Environmental Excellence — in partnership with the Committee on Safety, the Council on Active Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration — hosted a three-day peer exchange on active transportation safety. Each day of the event focused on a different topic:
- Safety data collection
- Asset management
- Project planning and delivery
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Active Transportation Overview
Active transportation, such as walking and biking, is important to making communities livable and sustainable.
Find all the information you need to know about how Active Transportation impacts the transportation system at large.
External Links
- FHWA Moving Healthy: Linking FHWA Programs and Health
- FHWA Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)
- Federal Transit Administration: Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Initiatives
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Transportation Health Impact Assessment Toolkit
- Healthy Community Design Checklist Toolkit
- Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments (2013, Public Health Institute)
- Journal of Transport & Health (subscription)
- Rails to Trails Transportation Alternatives Data Exchange
- AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities
- AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities
- AASHTO: A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets
- NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, National Association of City Transportation Officials
- U.S. Bicycle Route System (Adventure Cycling)
- FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
- FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Resources
- Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks
- Achieving Multimodal Networks: Applying Design Flexibility and Reducing Conflicts
- Accessible Shared Streets: Notable Practices and Considerations for Accommodating Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities
- Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide
- Guidebook for Developing Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance Measures
- Incorporating On-Road Bicycle Networks into Resurfacing Projects
- Strategic Agenda for Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation
- Coding Nonmotorized Station Location Information in the 2016 Traffic Monitoring Guide Format
- Metropolitan Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning Handbook
- Statewide Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning Handbook
- Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding, Design, and Environmental Review: Addressing Common Misconceptions
- FHWA Guidance: Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions of Federal Transportation Legislation
- Bicycle/Pedestrian Count Technology Pilot Project
- Current Research and Activities
- The Pedestrian and Bicycle Program of the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning
- FHWA Transportation Planning Capacity Building
- FHWA Office of Safety Bicycle & Pedestrian website
- U.S. DOT Safer People, Safer Streets: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Initiative
- Bicycle Friendly America, League of American Bicyclists