Bicycling is good for cities. Providing safe, comfortable, convenient bicycling facilities is a cost-effective way for American municipalities to improve mobility, livability and public health while reducing traffic congestion and CO2 emissions.

Cities for Cycling focuses on implementing world-class bicycle transportation systems through design innovation and the sharing of best practices. American municipalities are increasingly pioneering new designs and adapting international best practices to local conditions. To assist this local-level leadership, the Cities for Cycling project works to share and promote state-of-the-art practices that ensure safe traffic conditions for all modes of travel.

Cities for Cycling is pleased to present a sampling of Design Resources for Urban Bicycle Transportation that have been developed by and for leading bicycling cities.

Cities for Cycling and NACTO seeks to create a comprehensive Urban Bikeway Design Guide which will have two major final products: a web-based version that includes a platform for discussion and information exchange, and a printed summary that will be updated regularly.

This RFP is now closed. Thank you for your interest.

This project will build on Cities for Cycling's initial Emerging Best Practices Sheets that highlight a few of the engineering techniques being deployed by NACTO members to make bicycling safer, more comfortable and more convenient. The dissemination and fine-tuning of these designs will prove to be key elements in unleashing the potential of American cities to achieve world-class levels of bicycling.

Emerging Best Practices Sheets

• Bike Boxes
• Bicycle Preferred Streets
• Bike Signals
• Buffered Bike Lanes
• Colorized Pavement
• Contra-flow Bike Lanes
• Cycle Tracks
• Shared Roadway Markings