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The Transportation Research Board just last week released A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Bicycles, a comprehensive 177 page manual meant to assist state and local agencies in reducing bicycle related traffic accidents. This is one small part of the Strategic Highway Safety Plan originally approved in 1998 with an overall goal of reducing the annual number of highway deaths in the United States by a figure of 5000 – 7000. Many of the solutions are obvious — increasing visibility at intersections, reducing motor vehicle speed, increased helmet use — but nice to see written down in such a comprehensive manner even if there is room to squabble about certain details of implementation and policy. The cover choice is pretty awesome too, in that government sort of way.
These are your tax dollars at work. Download the PDF for free!
Huh! How on earth does “increased helmet use” help reduce collisions involving bicycles?
It may not reduce the actual collisions, but the consequences of thus contributing to the goal of a 5000 – 7000 person decrease in the number of fatalities on the highways.
Thanks for sharing the link. I just added it to my blog.