Books, Articles, Blogs & Other References
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Building the Cycling City – The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality, by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett (Island Press, 2018)
Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism, by Mikael Colville-Andersen (Island Press, 2018)
Cycling for Sustainable Cities, edited by Ralph Buehler and John Pucher (MIT Press, 2021). Looks at cycling developments in NY, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Portland, and Seville. The authors give a good overview in this Youtube video.
SPIN: Resources for mobility planners
Strong Towns: Founded by Chuck Marohn, a self-described “recovering engineer,” Strong Towns seeks to reverse the auto-centric, sprawl-inducing development patterns that have guided urban development in post-WW2 America. The site offers articles, podcasts, information resources, and more on subjects related to transportation, urban design, municipal financing, and more.
The True Cost of Car Ownership, by Lloyd Alter (Treehugger, January 2021)
Unraveling the Cycling City: A free online course on planning for Bicycle Urbanism. The course “…bundles the state-of-the-art knowledge that emerges from research and practice on the Dutch cycling system.” Offered by University of Amsterdam.
Urban Springtime: A good overview of bicycle urbanism
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Quick Build: City of Atlanta “Tactical Urbanism Guide.” March 2022
Quick Build: “Quick Build Projects for Small Towns, Rural and Suburban Contexts” – A well-done 70-slide presentation by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) explaining the Quick Build process and highlighting examples from small cities in the U.S.
Quick Build: Quick Builds for Better Streets: A New Project Delivery Model for U.S. Cities. People for Bikes. 24 pages, 2016
Quick Build: CalBike Quick-Build Guide -- How to Build Safer Streets Quickly and Affordably: A 77-page pdf put out by the California Bicycle Coalition. Also condensed into a 4-page Quick-Build Brochure (“Quick-Build Bikeway Networks for Safer Streets”)
Quick Build: Community-Led Demonstration Project Policy + Guide. City of Burlington, VT. Includes sample forms (Permit Application, Release of Liability, Recap Worksheet, Project Feedback Form, and more). 50 pages, 2018
Quick Build: City of Burlington (VT) Quick Build Design and Materials Standards: guide put out by Burlington Public Works “…intended to help Burlington build safer streets for everyone – quickly.” Excellent presentation of design elements (eg: chicanes, vehicular pinch points, bike boxes, etc). 80 pages
Quick Build: Tactical Urbanists’ Guide to Materials and Design v1.0. The Street Plans Collaborative. Emphasis on the individual tools and elements (eg: delineator posts, armadillos, galvanized steel planters, paints, striping materials, etc.). Also lots of case studies. Annoying online reader. 2016
AASHTO Geometric Design of Highways and Streets 2018: For use by and benefit of traffic engineers only. It’s $409.99 on Amazon.
Bicycle Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)
California Transportation Plan 2040 – Integrating California’s Transportation Future, Caltrans (June 2016)
ChangeLab Solutions: What are Complete Streets? and Policies at the Local Level
City of Santa Rosa’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update 2018 (March 2019)
City Ratings: People for Bikes rates cities in the U.S. and worldwide for their degree of bike-friendliness, akin to a “walk score.”
NACTO Designing for All Ages and Abilities – Contextual Guidance for High-Comfort Bicycle Facilities
NACTO Oregon Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines (2000) Simple drawings showing recommended configurations for residential streets
NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide. NACTO is the National Association of City Transportation Officials.
NACTO Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide
Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines – An Oregon Guide to Reducing Street Widths (November 2000)
Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)
People for Bikes reference library. Statistics, reports
Plan Bay Area 2050 Implementation Plan Briefs (October 2021). Published by Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). Among the 12 “transportation strategies” are these: Strategy T8: Build a Complete Streets network and Strategy T9: Advance regional Vision Zero policy through street design and reduced speeds.
SCTA Countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (May 2008, updated 2014)
Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)
Smart Mobility 2010 -- A Call to Action for the New Decade, Caltrans (February 2010)
Sonoma County Shift Low Carbon Transportation Action Plan (SCTA, 2018)
Sonoma County Travel Behavior Study presented by Fehr and Peers at the December 9, 2019 SCTA/RCPA Board of Directors meeting
Top 100 U.S. Cycling Cities – U.S. Bicycling Trends 2021 Update – streetlightdata.com uses cellphone location data to visualize bike patterns across North America.
Toward An Active California – State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Caltrans (May 2017)
Wyandotte County, Kansas Complete Streets ppt presentation. Some great visual examples!
Wyandotte County, Kansas Complete Streets ppt presentation. Some great visual examples!
