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The 2012
AASHTO Bike
Guide: An
Overview
Presentation by:
Jennifer Toole, AICP, ASLA
Peter Lagerwey
August 10, 2012
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WEBINAR #1: OVERVIEW OF 2012 AASHTO BIKE
GUIDE
Today’s Webinar
(cid:194) Some Background
(cid:194) Major Content Changes
(cid:194) Chapter by Chapter
Intro to Content Changes
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FUTURE WEBINARS
(cid:194) August 22: Planning Chapter (cid:194) October 9: Shared Use Paths
(cid:194) September 4: On-Road (cid:194) General design principles
Bikeways (cid:194) Pathway geometry
(cid:194) Bike Lanes (including (cid:194) October 23: Shared Use Paths
Intersections)
(cid:194) Intersection Design
(cid:194) September 18: On-Road
(cid:194) Mid-block crossings
Bikeways
(cid:194) November 6: Bikeway
(cid:194) Shared lanes
Maintenance and Operation
(cid:194) Bicycle boulevards & signing
(cid:194) Signals
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DISCOUNT FOR WEBINAR PARTICIPANTS
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AASHTO_Promo_Flyer.pdf
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BACKGROUND
(cid:194)What is AASHTO?
(cid:194) Mission: “provides technical services
to support states in their efforts to
efficiently and safely move people and
goods”
(cid:194)Some history
(cid:194) 4th Edition of the Guide
(cid:194) Last Guide – 1999, largely written
in 96-98
(cid:194)Standards vs. guidance
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HOW THE GUIDE WAS DEVELOPED
(cid:194) NCHRP - National Academy of
Sciences
(cid:194) Pre-Study
(cid:194) Preparation of the content of the
4th Edition
(cid:194) Final edits/State DOT balloting
process
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PREPARATION OF CONTENT
Project Team NCHRP Panel
(cid:194) Toole Design Group (cid:194) Dwight Kingsbury, Chair
Jennifer Toole – Principal Investigator
(cid:194) Denise Chaplick
(cid:194) Subconsultants:
(cid:194) David Church, P.E.
(cid:194) John LaPlante, P.E., PTOE
(cid:194) Ann Do
(cid:194) Michael Moule, P.E.
(cid:194) Eric Glick
(cid:194) Michael Ronkin
(cid:194) Thomas Huber
(cid:194) Mia Birk
(cid:194) Mary Meletiou
(cid:194) Matthew Ridgeway
(cid:194) Shawn Turner, P.E. (cid:194) Richard Moeur, P.E.
(cid:194) Srinivasa Sunkari, P.E.
(cid:194) William Prosser, P.E.
(cid:194) Bill Hunter
(cid:194) William Riccio, Jr., P.E.
(cid:194) Cara Seiderman
(cid:194) Richard Pain
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HOW THE AASHTO BIKE GUIDE IS USED
(cid:194)State DOTs
(cid:194) Basis for State Guides or
Standards
(cid:194)Local Jurisdictions
(cid:194) Use State version of the
AASHTO Bike Guide, or
(cid:194) Develop own version of the
AASHTO Bike Guide
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RELEASE OF THE GUIDE – JUNE 2012
(cid:194)Sold 1200 copies in the first
month
(cid:194)Guide expanded from 75 pages
to over 200 pages
(cid:194)3 chapters to 7 chapters
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RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER MANUALS
(cid:194)2009 MUTCD – FHWA
(cid:194)2011 AASHTO Green
Book
(cid:194)Public Right-of-Way
Accessibility Guidelines
(PROWAG)
(cid:194)2010 Highway Capacity
Manual
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