PeopleForBikes’ Legislative Guide to Advancing Bike Infrastructure outlines the most effective policy approaches to accelerate the construction of safe and connected places to ride.
The guide includes diverse examples from communities and states across the country with tips on adjusting policies to suit your own community’s needs. The guide also features links to existing legislative language to use when crafting your own bills.
State and local funding are crucial to building more bike infrastructure. Our guide offers examples of more than a dozen different state and local funding mechanisms for bike infrastructure including tax increment financing (TIF) districts, sales tax revenue, and more.
One of the key strategies for advancing bike infrastructure is the implementation of Complete Streets mandates. Complete Streets ensure that all road users, including people walking, rolling, biking, and using transit, have safe and accessible options to get where they need to go. Our guide provides examples of legislation that include strong and specific requirements for creating Complete Streets, limited exceptions, and clear roles and responsibilities to make Complete Streets mandates effective.
State and local climate legislation can facilitate the construction of bike projects by prioritizing the reduction of vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions, ultimately contributing to serious environmental and fiscal benefits for communities.
Making streets safer for people riding bikes is paramount to encouraging biking as a mode of transportation and recreation and will benefit all members of a community. Our guide highlights several strategies for local communities and states to achieve safer streets for all road users, including reducing traffic speeds and adopting modern design standards.
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