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原文传递 National Bicycling and Walking Study: Ten Year Status Report.

题名：	National Bicycling and Walking Study: Ten Year Status Report.
关键词：	bicycles, bikeway planning, urban transportation, suburban areas, safety, publicity, benefit cost analysis, program evaluation, government policies, commuter transportation, facilities
摘要：	In 1990, the Federal Highway (FHWA) Administrator described bicycling and walking as 'the forgotten modes' of transportation. For most of the preceding decade, these two nonmotorized transportation options had been largely overlooked by Federal, State, and local transportation agencies. An average of just $2 million of Federal transportation funds were spent each year on bicycle and pedestrian projects, and the percentage of commuting trips made by bicycling and walking fell from a combined 6.7 percent to 4.4 percent. In the same year, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) adopted a new national transportation policy that, for the first time, specifically sought to 'increase use of bicycling, and encourage planners and engineers to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian needs in designing transportation facilities for urban and suburban areas', and 'increase pedestrian safety through public information and improved crosswalk design, signaling, school crossings, and sidewalks.' This policy signaled an increase in attention to bicycling and walking. This report builds on the previous work to assess the Department of Transportations activities and progress in respect to the National Bicycling and Walking Study goals and action plans in the ten years since the Study was released. Chapter 2 provides an overview of progress towards the two national goals and the Federal, State and local action plans. Chapter 3 discusses the status of bicycling and walking within the Department of Transportation ten years after the release of this landmark study. Chapter 4 identifies conclusions and recommendations for action that can reinvigorate the Department's commitment to achieving the overall goals of the study. A detailed assessment of how the Department has responded in the last five years to each of the 60 activities in the nine-point Federal Action Plan is provided in Appendix 1. Appendix 2 presents the detailed assessment of the Departments response that was prepared for the first five-year report. Appendix 3 presents funding information for bicycle and pedestrian projects using Federal-aid funds.
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