U.S. Federal Highway Administration
Web Site: U.S. Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Bicycle and Pedestrian Program: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/index.htm
FHWA program offices have resources that promote pedestrian transportation accessibility, use, and safety:
The Bicycle & Pedestrian Program of Office of Human and Natural Environment: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/index.htm
POLICY MEMORANDA
The Americans with Disabilities Act Policy promotes universal design and the development of a fully accessible transportation system. This document calls for mainstreaming facilities for people with disabilities in our nation's transportation system:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/atl.htm
Use of 2005 PROWAG draft: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/prwaa.htm
Detectable Warnings: FHWA and the US Access Board encourage the use of the latest recommended design for truncated domes.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/dwm04.htm (2004)
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/dwm.htm (2002)
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices (signs, signals and markings) on all streets and highways. The MUTCD is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 655, Subpart F. The MUTCD audience includes the insurance industry, law enforcement agencies, academic institutions, private industry, and construction and engineering concerns: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-2003r1.htm, http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/HTM/2003r1/html-index.htm
Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access Part I of II: Review of Existing Guidelines and Practices
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/Access-1.htm
Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access, Part II of II: Best Practices Design Guide
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sidewalk2/index.htm
FHWA two-part guidebook on planning and designing sidewalks and trails for access. Created to provide planners, designers, and transportation engineers with a better understanding of how sidewalks and trails should be developed to promote pedestrian access for all users, including people with disabilities.
Design Guidance Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach is a policy statement adopted by the United States Department of Transportation. USDOT encourages public agencies, professional associations, advocacy groups, and others to integrate bicycling and walking into the transportation mainstream. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/Design.htm
Freedom to Travel Survey, The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS),(U.S. Department of Transportation), survey designed to identify the impact of transportation on the work and social lives of people with disabilities, and the extent to which such impact is unique to that population..
http://www.bts.gov/publications/freedom_to_travel/
Safety Effects of Marked Versus Unmarked Crosswalks at Uncontrolled Locations Final Report and Recommended Guidelines, includes recommendations on how to provide safer crossings for pedestrians.http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pubs/04100/index.htm
How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, guide and resource for improving pedestrian safety intended to assist agencies in enhancing their existing
pedestrian safety programs and activities, including identifying safety problems and selecting optimal solutions through redesign and engineering countermeasures.
http://www.walkinginfo.org/pp/howtoguide2006.pdf
Accommodating Pedestrians in Work Zones, illustrated brochure. http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/wzp3.htm