RECAP: The 2020 Edition of Our Yearly Summit

Thanks to you and our partners and allied organizations our 2020 Annual Summit was a great success!

This year’s edition, held virtually, had a stellar set of participants and presentations.

We are grateful for the participation this year of the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and for the opportunity to contribute the voice and guidance of North Dakota bicycle riders and walkers to orient the goals and priorities of Transportation Connection, NDDOT’s Long-Range Transportation Plan which will guide the state’s priorities for transportation for the next 20 years.

Our summit took place online on July 23 and included an introduction to Transportation Connection, an overview of ND Moves, the state’s new Active Transportation Plan (completed April 2019), and discussion of innovative treatments and approaches for improving bicycling and walking.

A video of the presentations is available here:

Other resources

Resources discussed at the event include:

Protected intersections

• Protected intersections for bicyclists (video)
• NACTO Protected Intersections Guide (PDF) | Web page home
• Massachusetts DOT Protected Intersection Design Guide (PDF) | Web page home for MassDOT Separated Bike Lane Planning Design Guide

Best design guides (if you only read a couple, read these)

• NACTO Global Street Design Guide
• MassDOT Separated Bike Lane Planning Design Guide
• NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
• FHWA Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks Design Guide (download document | website)

Selecting treatments / Facility selection guides

• NACTO Bicycle Facility Selection Guide
• City of Boulder Pedestrian Crossing Treatment Installation Guidelines (PDF)

Safety resources

• FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures: FHWA support for road diets, installation of pedestrian crossing medians, HAWK signals, and other measures
• Systematic Safety: The Principles Behind Vision Zero (video) – Overview of sustainable safety policies in the Netherlands, narrated by Professor Peter Furth (Northeastern University), one of the contributors to “City Cycling” text recommended below

Pilot projects / Tactical urbanism

• MnDOT Demonstration Projects Implementation Guide (PDF)
• AARP Pop-Up Placemaking Tool Kit
• Pilot projects / tactical urbanism design guide

Recommended texts

• Walkable City – By Jeff Speck
• Walkable City Rules – By Jeff Speck
• City Cycling – Edited by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler

Technology tools

• Streetmix.net: a drag and drop tool to easily and quickly illustrate streetscape cross-sections
• Wikimapping: an interactive mapping tool to easily collect public feedback about routes, barriers, destinations, and other geo-specific information
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center Image Library: a free online image library
• Abogo: Find out what households spend on transportation depending on location

Other excellent design guides and manuals

• Model Design Manual for Living Streets (excellent introduction to the full range of concepts and ideas for making cities and places more walkable, bikeable, and good for everyone)
• 2012 AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities
• Minnesota DOT 2020 Bicycle Facility Design Manual
• APBP Essentials of Bike Parking

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Resources

• Minnesota Walk! Bike! Fun! Curriculum: guide for teachers and school administrators to integrate SRTS education into classroom lessons
• Programs Finder Database: Customized list of potential programs based on input criteria
• Build your school or district’s SRTS policy with Changelab’s Safe Routes to School District Policy Workbook

Organizations

• National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)
• National Complete Streets Coalition
• Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)
• Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)