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Alta Planning & Design: Creating Walkable + Bikeable Communities: A user guide to developing pedestrian and bicycle master plans
This guidebook is intended to serve as a guide for planners, engineers and elected officials who will be producing a new or updated bicycle and/or pedestrian master plan. Data for this guide was developed from literature review, case study interviews, and input from staff at Alta Planning + Design.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | planning guide |
Subtopic: | active transportation & recreation, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | master plan, transportation master plan, pedestrian master plan, bicycle master plan, walkable community, bikeable community, bicycle infrastructure, bicycle-friendly community, active transportation, health, physical activity, active living, built environment, infrastructure, planning |
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Link: | webpage |
Alta Planning & Design: Essentials of Bike Parking
Alta and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals prepared Essentials of Bike Parking for people planning to purchase or install bike parking fixtures on a limited scale.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | planning guide |
Subtopic: | active transportation & recreation, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | bicycle infrastructure, bicycle-friendly community, bicycle-friendly business, active transportation |
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Link: | webpage |
Alta Planning & Design: Innovation in Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts White Paper
This paper outlines the challenges that many communities face with conventional pen and paper count programs. It then identifies many new technologies that can automate, simplify, and expedite the collection of bicycle and pedestrian data.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | assessment tool or guide |
Subtopic: | assessment & evaluation, active transportation & recreation, Data Collection & Analysis, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | assessment, assessment tool, active transportation, bicycle, pedestrian, data collection |
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Link: | webpage |
Alta Planning & Design: Small Town and Rural Planning Multimodal Networks Webinar
This webinar discussed the creation and implementation of small town and rural mutimodal transportation networks.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | educational resource |
Subtopic: | active transportation & recreation, Recreation & Health, |
Tags: | planning, transportation, rural community |
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Link: | webpage |
American Planning Association: Policy Guides & Frameworks
The American Planning Association's (APA) policy guides represent the collective thinking of our members on positions of both principle and practice. They represent APA's official position on issues central to building communities of lasting value. Topics include: Climate Change, Energy, Hazard Mitigation, Sustainability, Housing, and more.
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Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health, Inc.
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health, Inc. is a non-profit private foundation established by Blue Cross of Idaho. This foundation provides money for planning and projects that encourage active living (e.g. biking).
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Geography: | Idaho |
Resource Type: | information source, organization, funding resource |
Subtopic: | collaboration & community engagement, rural community issues & solutions, development & smart growth, infrastructure & communications, health & health care, active transportation & recreation, environmental health & quality, Community Building, Land Use Planning & Housing, Recreation & Health, Issues & Opportunities, |
Tags: | active transportation, active living, health, health care, bicycle-friendly community, planning, transportation, funding |
Telephone: | 208-387-6817 |
Link: | webpage |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is a politically objective supplier of trusted and statistically sound baseline, contextual, and trend information used to shape transportation policy, investments, and research across the U.S. and abroad. One is able to access both national and state transportation-related statistcal data through BTS.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | data source |
Subtopic: | transportation, Issues & Opportunities, |
Tags: | data & analysis, transportation data, information, statistics |
Telephone: | 800-853-1351 |
Link: | webpage |
U.S. Census Bureau: The American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) collects and provides data every year to help communities plan investments and services. It provides general demographic data, information about how people commute to work, general education levels, and more.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | data source, information source |
Subtopic: | employment & workforce, assessment & evaluation, data & analysis, socio-economic & other data, housing & real estate, planning, transportation, Business & Economy, Data Collection & Analysis, Land Use Planning & Housing, Issues & Opportunities, |
Tags: | census, assessment, data & analysis, data collection, statistics, socio-economic data, financing, education, economic data, planning, transportation, transportation data, demographics |
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Link: | webpage |
Community Builders
Community Builders colloaborates with communitys in "community assistance projects". Areas of assistance include: redevelopment and revitalization, transportation, transportation issues, housing issues, community and regional planning, and economic and policy analysis.
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Geography: | Idaho, Montana, Wyoming |
Resource Type: | information source, organization, educational resource, training |
Subtopic: | data & analysis, surveys & analytic tools, community & capacity development, rural community issues & solutions, redevelopment & revitalization, planning, local government, housing & real estate, Data Collection & Analysis, Community Building, Land Use Planning & Housing, Local Government & Services, |
Tags: | community development, community building, transportation, housing, planning, economic development, redevelopment, community revitalization |
Telephone: | 406-225-0065 |
Link: | webpage |
U.S. Department of Transportation: Formula Grants for Rural Areas
The Formula Grants for Rural Areas program provides capital, planning, and operating assistance to states to support public transportation in rural areas with populations of less than 50,000, where many residents often rely on public transit to reach their destinations. The program also provides funding for state and national training and technical assistance through the Rural Transportation Assistance Program. Eligible activities include planning, capital, operating, job access and reverse commute projects, and the acquisition of public transportation services.
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Geography: | United States |
Resource Type: | funding resource, information source, resource guide, planning guide |
Subtopic: | transportation, rural community issues & solutions, Issues & Opportunities, Community Building, |
Tags: | funding, transportation, transportation planning |
Telephone: | 202-366-2053 |
Link: | webpage |