Bicycle Blueprint - Chapter 19 Recommendations

Introduction

NYC Cycling
1. NYC Bike Policy
2. State of NYC Cycling
3. Cyclists & Streets
“A Bike and a Prayer”

Riding Infrastructure
4. Street Design
5. Bridges
6. Road Surfaces
7. Greenways
8. Parks
9. Bicycles and Transit
10. Reducing Traffic

Security
11. Bicycle Theft
12. On-Street Parking
13. Indoor Parking

On the Job Cycling
14. Bicycle Messengers
“Fifth, Park & Madison”
15. Freight Cycles
16. Gov't Cycling

Reducing Risks
17. Accidents
“Three Who Died”
18. Air Pollution

Bicycle Education

Schools
20. Public Education

Appendices

Chapter 19:
Schools
a) Teaching Kids to Ride
b) Available Programs
c) The Bicycle Rodeo
d Bike Streets

Chapter 19 Recommendations, Suggested Publications
Figure 19: Find the Twelve Hazards

Chapter 19 Recommendations

AGENCIES

NYC Dept. of Transportation

Create “bike streets” along the lines of play streets near schools.

NYC Board of Education

Enforce 1973 amendment to Education Law specifying children's entitlement to bicycle education in the schools.

Adopt a curriculum for elementary school bicycle education, emphasizing the environmental and social advantages of cycling over driving. Even for students who do not learn to ride, include basic education in bicycling issues, including hand signals and watching out for cyclists.

Expand Safety City program to include one in each borough.

Bicycling Education Publications

Linda Tracy and John Williams, The Basics of Bicycling, 7-lesson manual and videotape, available through Bicycle Federation of America, 1818 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20009, (202) 332-6986.

John Williams, ed., Bikecentennial's Guide to Bicycle Rodeos, 2nd edition, April 1988, available through Bicycle Forum, Bikecentennial, P.O. Box 8308, Missoula, MT 59807, (406) 721-1776.

Sharing the Road; New York State Bicycle Laws, Statewide Bicycle Advisory Council, available through Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, NY State Department of Motor Vehicles, Empire State Plaza, Core 1, Room 414, Albany, NY 12228, (518) 473-3662; and through Bicycle Coordinator, New York City DoT, 40 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013, (212) 566-0751. This publication is suitable for high school students.

John Forester, Effective Cycling, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1984, teacher's manual available from League of American Wheelmen, 190 W. Ostend St., Suite 120, Baltimore, MD 21230, (301) 539-3399.

a) Teaching Kids to Ride
b) Available Programs
c) The Bicycle Rodeo

Bike Streets
e) Chapter 19 Recommendations, Suggested Publications
Figure 19: Find the Twelve Hazards