Acknowledgements
Funding for this work was provided by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (Project 7 – 14) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Several individuals were instrumental in devising the guidelines including David Levinson, Nebiyou Tilahum and Katherine Reilly (University of Minnesota), David Loutzenheiser and Don Kidston (Planner's Collaborative) and Bill Hunter (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Notes
1. The Bicycle Encyclopedia of 73 terms includes a mix of definitions and illustrations.
2. Data related to cost was not uncovered for either Alaska or Hawaii. The user may use the default national values, though it is suspected that construction costs in both states may be higher than average due to their remote locations. The user is encouraged to enter construction factors if known.
3. Three different groups provided written comments to the online tool: active living by design partnership communities (4), specifically targeted individuals familiar with bicycle planning issues (5) and responses to a general announcement of the beta form of the online tool sent to interested email groups (5).