Web Sites

There are dozens of Web sites that contain information on bicycle safety and mobility. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) maintains a list at http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/links of national and international government agencies, state and local government agencies, professional organizations, advocacy groups and other sites as listed in the following sections.

Government Agencies and Offices

Danish Road Directorate: http://www.vejdirektoratet.dk/roaddirectorate.asp? page=dept&objno=1024
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
FHWA Office of Highway Safety: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/bike/index.htm
FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center: http://www.ncac.gwu.edu
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: http://www.house.gov/transportation
International Bicycle Fund: http://www.ibike.org/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
Transportation Association of Canada: http://www.tac-atc.ca
U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board): http://www.access-board.gov
U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT): http://www.dot.gov

Government Programs and Initiatives

FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped
FHWA Office of Safety: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/index.htm
FHWA Bicycle Safety: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/bike/index.htm
FHWA Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Page: http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/pedbike.htm
FHWA Pedestrian/Bicyclist Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT): http://www.walkinginfo.org/pc/pbcat.htm
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS): http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/main.cfm
NHTSA Traffic Safety: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.5928da45f99592381601031046108a0c/; For NHTSA Bicycle Safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.810acaee50c651189ca8e410dba046a0/; For NHTSA Pedestrian Safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.dfedd570f698cabbbf30811060008a0c/
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) Web Sites: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org; http://www.walkinginfo.org; http://www.bicyclinginfo.org; http://www.pedbikeimages.org; http://www.iwalktoschool.org; http://www.walktoschool.org; http://www.saferoutesinfo.org
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).: August 10, 2005, bill authorizing the Federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 5-year period 2005-2009.; http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/

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Professional Organizations

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO): http://www.aashto.org/aashto/organization.nsf/homepage/overview
American Planning Association (APA): http://www.planning.org/
American Public Works Association: http://www.apwa.net/
American Society of Landscape Architects: http://www.asla.org
American Traffic Safety Services Association: http://www.atssa.com/
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP): http://www.apbp.org/
Bicycle Federation of America/National Center for Bicycling and Walking: http://www.bikewalk.org/
Human-Powered Transportation Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers: http://www.ascehpt.homestead.com/
Institute of Transportation Engineers: http://www.ite.org/
League of American Bicyclists: http://www.bikeleague.org/
National Safety Council: http://www.nsc.org/
Transportation Research Board: http://www.trb.org/

Other Organizations (Including Advocacy Organizations)

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety: http://www.aaafoundation.org/home/
America Bikes: http://www.americabikes.org/
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute: http://www.bhsi.org
Bikes Belong Coalition: http://www.bikesbelong.org
Better Environmentally Sound Transportation: http://www.best.bc.ca
Brain Injury Association of America (formerly National Head Injury Foundation): http://www.biausa.org/Pages/home.html
Chainguard — Bicycle Advocacy Online: http://probicycle.com/
Conservation Law Foundation: http://www.clf.org
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center: http://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/
Highway Safety Research Center: http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/
International Mountain Bicycling Association: http://www.imba.com
Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition: http://www.massbike.org
National Center for Bicycling and Walking: http://www.bikewalk.org
National Safety Council: http://www.nsc.org/
National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse: http://www.enhancements.org
Rails to Trails Conservancy: http://www.railtrails.org
Surface Transportation Policy Project: http://www.transact.org
Texas Bicycle Coalition: http://www.biketexas.org
Thunderhead Alliance: http://www.thunderheadalliance.org
Transportation Alternatives Citizens Group (New York City Area): http://www.transalt.org
Transportation Research Board: http://www.trb.org
Travis County (Austin, TX) SuperCyclist Project: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/bicycle/super.htm
Tri-State Transportation Campaign (New York/New Jersey/Connecticut): http://www.tstc.org
Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition: http://www.vtbikeped.org
Victoria Policy Institute: http://www.vtpi.org
Walkable Communities, Inc.: http://www.walkable.org/
Washington Area Bicyclist Association: http://www.waba.org/

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Local/State Sites

City of Boulder, CO, Transportation Planning: http://www3.ci.boulder.co.us/publicworks/depts/transportation.html
City of Cambridge, MA, Environmental and Transportation Division: http://www.cambridgema.gov/~CDD/et/index.html
City of Eugene, OR, Bicycle Information: http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=3&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=435&PageID=541
City of Portland, OR, Pedestrian Transportation Program: http://www.trans.ci.portland.or.us
City of Seattle: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/transportation/bikeprogram.htm
City of San Francisco (and County): http://www.bicycle.sfgov.org/site/dptbike_index.asp
City of Tallahassee, FL, Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan: http://www.crtpa.org/
Florida Department of Transportation Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/Safety/ped_bike/ped_bike.htm
Missouri Department of Transportation Bicycle/Pedestrian Program: http://www.modot.org/othertransportation/bicyclepedestriangeneralinformation.htm
Montgomery County, MD, Residential Traffic-Calming Program: http://www.dpwt.com/TraffPkgDiv/triage.htm
North Carolina Department of Transportation Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation: http://www.ncdot.org/transit/bicycle/; Note: Information from more than 9,000 recent bicycle and pedestrian crashes in North Carolina has been compiled in an interactive database.
Oregon Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Program: http://www.odot.state.or.us/techserv/bikewalk/
University of California-Davis Bicycle Program: http://www.taps.ucdavis.edu/bicycle/
Virginia DOT Traffic Calming Guide: http://www.virginiadot.org/infoservice/resources/TrafficCalmingGuideOct2002.pdf
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Information: http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/modes/pedestrian.htm

Pedestrian and Bicycle Link Pages

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center bicycling information sites: http://www.bicyclinginfo.org
Bicycle advocacy Web sites provided by Chainguard: http://probicycle.com/mainnet.html
Bicycle education and safety sites provided by Chainguard: http://probicycle.com/mainedu.html
Pedestrian and bicycle sites provided by TransAct: http://www.transact.org/issues/intro_hss.asp
State bicycle laws provided by Bicycle Coalition of Massachusetts: http://www.massbike.org/bikelaw

Pedestrian and Bicycle Studies and Statistics

Bike Plan Source Hot Topics provided by Tracy-Williams Consulting: http://www.bikeplan.com/traxq.htm
BTS National Transportation Library Links to Bike/Pedestrian Transportation Research: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Databases.asp?Mode_ID=7&Mode_Desc=Bike/Pedestrian&Subject_ID2=0
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://www.bts.gov
Consumer Product Safety Commission Recreational Safety Publications: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/rec_sfy.html
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – Bicycle Fatality Facts: http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts/bicycles.html
National Bicycling and Walking Study Ten-Year Status Report: http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/pp/nbws1.htm
Nationwide Household Travel Survey: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/nhts/index.htm
Northwestern University Traffic Institute: http://server.traffic.northwestern.edu/
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute: http://www.umich.edu/~industry/pedvis.html
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center: http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/

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