State of California DOT (Department of Transportation) web addresses

www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/survey/pedestrian/pedbike.htm

Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities in California A Technical Reference and Technology Transfer to Caltrans Planners and Engineers. July 2005. A very complete summary of bicycle regulations, design guidelines and facilities design.

www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/hdm/hdmtoc.htm

Caltrans Highway Design Manual. Pdf files for all chapters. Chapter 1000 provides design guidelines for on and off street bikeways

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/bike/bikesites.htm A good listing of web resources.

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/mutcdsupp/pdf/CA-Part9.pdf  MUTCD 2003 California     Supplement Part 9 Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/tocd11c7a1.htm  California Vehicle Code Division 11 Rules of the Road Chapter 11 Speed Laws.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vctoc.htm  California Vehicle Code Table of Codes

State of California DMV ( Department of Motor Vehicles): California Vehicle Code

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/tocd11c1a4.htm Go to division 11 "Rules of the Road, sections 21200-21211 (chapter 1 article 4), 21750 and 22517.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/tocd11c1a4.htm

San Mateo County web resources

San Mateo County Comprehensive Bicycle Route Plan

www.ccag.ca.gov/plans_reports.html scroll down and select San Mateo County Comprehensive

Bicycle Route plan.

Thunderhead Alliance www.thunderheadalliance.org

Complete the Street Report: http://www.thunderheadalliance.org/doc/Thunderhead%20Complete%20Streets%20Report%2012-11-04.pdf

Complete the street communication: http://www.thunderheadalliance.org/worddocs/Complete%20the%20streets%20as%20a%20communications%20tool.doc

Federal High Administration (FHWA)

FHWAS Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/univcourse/swtoc.htm

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/

Sharrows- On Street bicycle Logos

http://www.bikexprt.com/massfacil/nonstandard/share.htm

Photos of share the road and sharrows at various locations. With comments on

2.  http://www.bicycle.sfgov.org/site/dptbike_index.asp?id=28414

    Diagrams showing sharrow placement in San Francisco vis a vis the parked car "door zone":

 3. http://www.sfgov.org/site/dptbike_index.asp?id=28372

Sharrow FAQ from the San Francisco Bicycle Program.

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/signdel/policy/05-10.pdf

Detailed schematic of the "Sharrow" symbol (with

dimensions, etc.), see page 5 of:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0831/p14s02-ussc.html

      Christian Science Monitor article about sharrows:

6. http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/City+Council/Boards+and+Commissions/Bicycle

City of Sunnyvalve bike-ped committee's website

7. http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/signdel/policy/05-10.pdf

 Caltrans policy/information on Sharrows.

 8.http://www.bicycle.sfgov.org/site/dptbike_index.asp?id=22747

Bike Lane Information

City of Chicago Bike Lane Design Manual: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_EDITORIAL/bike_lane.pdf

Shared Lane Studies

http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/dpt/bike/Bike_Plan/Shared%20Lane%20Marking%20Full%20Report-052404.pdf    Study in San Francisco.

http://www.humantransport.org/bicycledriving/library/Share_Road.pdf

http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/0_5157_1.pdf

Bicycle Parking

http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm85.htm    Information from the Victoria Transportation Policy Institue. Contains many additional references.

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategies

  http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/      Comprehensive source of information on solutions to transport problems.

Signage

US Dept of Transportation Federal Highway Adminstration

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/

Link to Part 9 Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities

http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2003r1/Ch9.pdf

California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

Bicycle Section (Part 9)  http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/mutcdsupp/pdf/camutcd/CAMUTCD-Part9.pdf  All other parts of the California MUTCD at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/mutcdsupp/pdf/camutcd

Best Practices in Bicycling and Pedestrian Wayfinding in the Washington Region June 11 2007

http://www.mwcog.org/uploads/committee-documents/tFdXXVY20070620170244.pdf

Misc Sources and Information

1. http://www.cyclelicio.us/files/scr-47-report.pdf

SCR47 Statewide Bicycle Committee Final Report 1975. This report contains valuable information on California bicycle laws, bike lane laws and considerations. A good source of historical information and the reasoning before the wording and intent of bicycle regulations in California.

2. http://www.cyclistview.com  Website with power point presentations on traffic signal detection, lane positioning, cyclist behavior and other road cycling consideration.

Website Dealing with issues with the League of American Bicyclists

http://www.labreform.org/

Design Guidelines San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara County

http://www.sccrtc.org/bikes/VTA_BikeTechGuidelines.pdf

TOD (Transit Oriented Development) Reference Information

http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/smart_growth/parking_seminar/Toolbox-Handbook.pdf

Information an various parking reduction methods for improved transit usability and better pedestrian and bike access.