*From People for Bikes:*
If the new *Protected Bikeways Practitioners Guide *from the Institute for Transportation Engineers were a record, it'd be a Jay-Z album: sampling the famous and the obscure to create something new.
The 36-page document published this week (and available http://ecommerce.ite.org/IMIS/ItemDetail?iProductCode=IR-144&Category=PUB&WebsiteKey=d5326f96-5db7-43ca-89dc-c6ef0daae20e to ITE members for $25, nonmembers for $31.50) remixes some of the most useful data, recommendations and perspectives from the latest bikeway design guides, from the 2016 Dutch CROW manual http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/the-worlds-best-bikeway-manual-just-updated-and-its-in-english to the 2015 Separated Bike Lane Planning & Design Guide http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/massachusetts-is-about-to-release-a-new-bikeway-guide-and-its-going-to-be-a from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. In addition to including a helpful list and healthy sampling from other guides, it also adds original work in several areas: how to integrate protected bike lanes on suburban-style curving roads, how to clear snow from protected lanes and how to evaluate their performance after installation.
Read on for more highlights http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/heres-a-new-authoritative-quick-reference-on-protected-bikeways