Bicycle

Madera County Transportation Commission Needs Your Help!

March 3, 2017
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

Madera County Transportation Commission will be hosting a roundtable meeting and workshop on Thursday, March 9 to gather input on the amendments to the 2014 Madera County Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Stategy RTP/SCS update.

Please see the flyer below for additional information.

Roundtable Meeting & Workshop
Thursday, March 9, 2017
5:30 pm to 7:30pm

Webster Elementary School
36477 Ruth Avenue
Madera, CA 93636...

CicLAvia - Culver City Meets Venice: March 26

February 28, 2017
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

CicLAvia March 26 Culver City meets Venice

Sunday, March 26

9am-4pm

Save the date! On March 26, CicLAvia- Culver City Meets Venice will return to the Westside.

CicLAvia closes streets to car traffic and opens them for people to walk, skate, bike, play, and...

2017 Transportation Equity Summit

February 24, 2017
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

2017 Transportation Equity Summit

2017 Transportation Equity Summit

(Photo courtesy of TransForm)

The 2017 Transportation Equity...

Recently Published TRR: Bicycle and Motorcycles

February 21, 2017

Bicycle and MotorcycleTRB’s recently published Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2587 consists of 17 papers that explore issues related to bicycles and motorcycles, including:

Learning from Insurance Data: Injuries to Other Road Users in Motorcyclist At-Fault Crashes Modeling the Speed...

Provide Feedback for Development of CalTrans District 4 (Bay Area) Bicycle Plan

February 17, 2017
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

Caltrans is developing a Bicycle Plan for the Bay Area district to improve bicycling on and across the State-owned transportation network.

Please take a moment to complete a brief survey for the Caltrans District 4 Bicycle Plan. This survey is one of the opportunities to help shape the bicycle network in your local community and the Bay Area region. The District 4 Bicycle Plan builds on the goals and objectives being developed in the policy-level...

Caltrans releases the Draft Bike & Pedestrian Plan & Upcoming Webinars

February 10, 2017
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

Caltrans has recently released “Toward an Active California,” the Draft California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. The public is invited to provide comments (by March 1st) through their online comment tool or by attending an upcoming meetings/webinar. Caltrans will be hosting four meetings across the state from February 23- March 1, 2017.

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New and Updated Website: Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS)

October 21, 2016
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

The TIMS website has a new design and new features! First, the site has been migrated from HTTP to HTTPS, increasing site security. Secondly, the new SWITRS GIS Map tool has been launched. Third, the site is now mobile-friendly. We will continue to work on adding and improving the tool over the next several months. For full updates, please visit our new TIMS website. See the available tools to map bike and...

2017 Lifesavers Conference Traffic Safety Scholar Program - Due Nov.18

September 30, 2016
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN



Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities Traffic Safety Scholars Program (TSS). The TSS Program provides awards of up to $1,000 to help full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students defray the cost of attending the nation's largest gathering of traffic safety professionals March 26-28 in Charlotte,...

New FHWA Guide: Separated Bike Lane Planning & Design

October 9, 2015
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) new Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide is an important resource for communities across the United States to use in building safe and connected bicycle networks that meet the needs of people of all ages and abilities.

This...

2017 TRB Annual Meeting: Registration is Open!

September 16, 2016
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

2017 TRB Annual Meeting: Registration is Open!


Register by November 30 to take advantage of lower fees and make your hotel reservations for TRB’s 96th Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C....