Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach

Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach is a policy statement adopted by the United States Department of Transportation. USDOT hopes that public agencies, professional associations, advocacy groups, and others adopt this approach as a way of committing themselves to integrating bicycling and walking into the transportation mainstream.

The Design Guidance incorporates three key principles:

1. a policy statement that bicycling and walking facilities will be incorporated into all transportation projects unless exceptional circumstances exist;

2. an approach to achieving this policy that has already worked in State and local agencies; and

3. a series of action items that a public agency, professional association, or advocacy group can take to achieve the overriding goal of improving conditions for bicycling and walking.