Community FAQ & Resources

The BFC program is both a recognition/awards program AND an advocacy tool. As bike advocates, we have a responsibility to all people who ride bikes (or who want to ride bikes) across the U.S. to make sure that our standards for communities reflect the latest guidance and best practices that create safe, cohesive, low-stress bike networks and foster inclusive and representative biking cultures in communities of all shapes and sizes.  In 2022, the League updated the BFC application and awards criteria to reflect a number of changes, including:

• Adding a new Equity & Accessibility section to the application, as well as new and updated Equity- and Accessibility-related questions throughout each of the other "E" sections of the application.
• Updating the Engineering section of the application to reflect our priorities around low-stress, well-connected bike networks.
• Reflecting updated guidance, best practices, and standards from a number of national sources.
• Adding new topics such as regional coordination, community outreach and engagement, and funding sources.
• ...and more!

Learn more about the updates here: https://bikeleague.org/content/change-coming-bicycle-friendly-community-...

The Fall 2022 BFC submission deadline was September 29, 2022, with awards announced in December 2022. 

The Spring 2023 BFC submission deadline will be February 15, 2023, with awards announced in May 2023. 

The Fall 2023 BFC submission deadline will be August 30, 2023, with awards announced in December 2023. 

To ensure renewing BFCs have ample time to submit their applications, all current BFCs who are currently due (or overdue) for renewal in 2022 are welcome to apply in either the Fall 2022 or the Spring 2023 submission rounds, with no lapse in their current award status. 

Yes, applicants whose most recent submission was from April 2016 or later can still duplicate their most recent submission into the current online application form, but only the questions and answer options that haven’t changed since that last submission will carry over. This update included many small word changes and new answer options, even on existing questions, so if your community plans to use the “duplicate submission” feature, we strongly encourage you to review every question carefully to ensure your answers are current and accurate.

New BFC Report Card, updated Quick Assessments for all BFA programs, and other new and updated resources will be coming throughout the Fall of 2022 and into the future. 

We will also continue to listen and learn from BFC program participants and expect smaller iterative application changes to continue to happen with each new submission round, as has always happened in all the BFA programs. Later this summer, we are partnering with an academic group to conduct focus groups with BFCs about their equity work to further our understanding of the barriers and challenges faced in creating more equitable and accessible BFCs, to inform the resources and guidance that we offer applicants and advocates through the BFC program in the future. 

We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback about the updates, preferably via email at bfa@bikeleague.org. 

Bicycle Account Guidelines - This guideline document is meant to help communities, businesses, and universities learn about evaluation tools that they can adapt to their organization to measure bicycle-related improvements, including public surveys.

Tips for Current and Aspiring Bicycle Friendly Communities while the BFC application is offline. 

BFA Brochure - The BFA Brochure provides a high-level overview of the Bicycle Friendly America programs and the impact they have had. It is an ideal primer for the community, business, or university considering participating in a Bicycle Friendly America program.

View Action Plan for Bicycle Friendly Communities charter, download editable Word-document here.

• Log in to access the online BFC application here
• Download the latest Word version of the BFC application here (For informational purposes only -- applications must be submitted through the online form)
• Find local League Cycling Instructors, League affiliated clubs, bike shops and organizations
• Existing awardees: Find your current award level and BFC Report Card on the BFA Awards Map
• Guide to the Bicycle Friendly Community Report Card

• View Action Plan for Bicycle Friendly Communities charter, download editable Word-document here

• Guide for using policy to build Bicycle Friendly Communities
• IBPI's Guide to Creating Walkable and Bikeable Communities
• FHWA Works: How the Federal Highway Administration Makes Walking and Bicycling Safer (Video)
• Information on the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act

• USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx's Action Plan on Bike and Pedestrian Safety
• USDOT's Safer People, Safer Streets - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Initiative
• FHWA' memorandum to support taking a flexible approach to pedestrian and bicycle facility design. The memorandum recognizes the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities, AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, ITE Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares document, and the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide as resources to inform the design of safe, comfortable, and context-sensitive pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
• FHWA report: Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding, Design and Environmental Review: Addressing Common Misconceptions

General Resources: 

• UN Press Release: Bicycles as driver of post-COVID-19 ‘green recovery’
• PBIC: Local Actions to Support Walking and Cycling During Social Distancing Dataset
  
• The Untokening: Mobility Justice and COVID-19
  

Biking & COVID-19 in the News

• CityLab: In a Global Health Emergency, the Bicycle Shines (3/25/20)
• WRI: Biking Provides a Critical Lifeline During the Coronavirus Crisis (4/17/20)
• The Guardian: Cycling 'explosion': coronavirus fuels surge in US bike ridership (5/13/20)
• BBC: Will Covid-19 make urban cycling more inclusive?

Rapid Response & Implementation

• NACTO's COVID-19: Transportation Response Center
  

Remote Education & Encouragement Resources

• Be a Bike Ambassador During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Back to School 2020: Recommendations for Safe Routes to School Programming
• COVID-19 Resources from Safe Routes National Partnership
• National Bike Challenge
• Smart Cycling videos
• BikeMN: Walk! Bike! Fun! At Home Distance Learning Resources

Outreach and Engagement

• Principles For Equitable Public Outreach & Engagement During Covid-19 and Beyond
  

Youth/Schools Engagement

• Safe Routes Partnership Report: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: COVID-19’s Impact on Youth Physical Activity and Safe Routes to School.
• Safe Routes Partnership Guide: Back to School 2020 Programming Guide
  
• Discover Traffic Gardens: Fun at Home

Bike Counts during the Pandemic

• Eco-Counter's COVID-19 Dashboard: Understand the impact of the pandemic on cycling
• Temporary and pop-up bike-ped infrastructure: measure impact and make it count  (from Eco-Counter)
• COVID-19: Using count data to understand changing bike and pedestrian trends.  (from Eco-Counter)
• COVID-19: the evolution of bicycle and pedestrian activity following containment measures. (from Eco-Counter)
• StreetLight Data COVID-19 VMT Monitor
  

Policy & Advocacy

• Congress Must Fast-Track Transit and Active Transportation Invesments in Pandemic Response
• Designating Bike Shops as Essential Businesses
• Advocates Adapting Streets to COVID-19
• Lobbying in a Time of COVID-19

Equity & Racial Justice Resources for Bike Advocates and BFCs

• League of American Bicyclists Equity Reports and Resources
• Race Forward Racial Justice Trainings
  
• Book (for charge): Bicycle/Race. Transportation, Culture, & Resistance by Dr. Adonia Lugo
• Fighting For Equitable Transportation: Why It Matters
• Toole Design Group: The New E's of Transportation
• Bridging the Divide: A Transportation Plan for the 21st Century
  
• Reconnecting to the New Majority: Webinar on the 2021 Report by the Bike League "to update our understanding of demographic trends in bicycling, identify areas of focus to ensure that all people — particularly Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color (BIPOC) — have access to safe bicycling, and further progress actions that promote equity in bicycling."
• Principles For Equitable Public Outreach & Engagement During Covid-19 and Beyond
• Resources from the Transportation Equity Caucus
• Active Transportation and Equity: Key Challenges and Opportunities from the Field
• Tamika Butler Consulting & Training Services
• List: Recommended Reading About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Resources from The Untokening
• The Untokening: Mobility Justice and COVID-19
• The Untokening: Equity and Mobility Justice
• Equiticity Racial Equity Statement of Principle
• Attention Transportation Advocates: Race is a Part of the Work
• Bicycling Magazine: Why we Must Talk About Race
• Grist: "Biking While Black" is a thing, too
• Anti-Racist Resources for White Cyclists

Bicycling/Transportation Equity Research & Reports

• An Examination of Active Commuting by Race/Ethnicity, Income and Location
• ite journal Report: Fear: A Silent Barrier to Bicycling in Black and Hispanic Communities
• Making Bicycling Equitable: Lessons from Sociocultural Research
• Disparities in Bicycle Commuting: Could Bike Lane Investment Widen the Gap?
• “Are We Building Biking Solidarity:” Gendered, Racial, and Spatial Barriers to Bicycling in Portland, Oregon
• Sustainable Cycling For All? Race and Gender-Based Bicycling Inequalities in Portland, Oregon: Sustainable Cycling For All

Equitable Infrastructure

• BUILDING EQUITY: Race, ethnicity, class, and protected bike lanes: An idea book for fairer cities
• Equity of Access to Bicycle Infrastructure: GIS methods for investigating the equity of access to bike infrastructure
• Biking practices and preferences in a lower income, primarily minority neighborhood: Learning what residents want
• Not all crashes are created equal: Associations between the built environment and disparities in bicycle collisions
• Women and Biking: A Case Study on the Use of San Francisco Bike Lanes

Anti-Displacement & Gentrification Strategies

• Bike facilities often follow income gains, not the other way around
• Sharing the Benefits of a Greening City
• Inclusionary Trail Planning Toolkit
• Portland, Oregon Parks and Nature Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Action Plan
• Data-Smart City Solutions: Where is Gentrification Happening in Your City?
• LISC Community Benefits Agreements Toolkit
• Community Benefits Agreements Law Center

Bike Share Access & Equity

• Better Bikeshare Partnership
• Breaking Barriers to Bike Share: Insights on Equity
• Equitable bike share systems: Removing barriers to access
• Engaging Youth in Urban Biking and Bike Share Toolkit
  
• Who is Biking for? Urban Bikeshare Networks’ Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Disparities in Bikeshare Access, and a Way Forward
• 6 Ways to Correct Bike Share’s Social Equity Problem

Equity & Accountability in Enforcement

• Center for Policing Equity: a national nonprofit organization eliminating bias in policing by measuring it
• Create Fair and Effective Policing Practices from The Opportunity Agenda: Transforming the System
• A Toolkit for Promoting Justice in Policing from PolicyLink and The Center for Popular Democracy
• Vera Institute of Justice: Ending Police Violence and Ensuring Accountability
• Campaign Zero: Police Use of Force Policy Analysis
• Changelab Solutions: Equitable Enforcement to Achieve Health Equity
• The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL): Defund the Police Resources and Messaging Guidance
• Black Cyclists Are Stopped More Often Than Whites, Police Data Shows
• In Chicago, cyclists in Black neighborhoods are over-policed and under-protected
• Technical report on bicycle infractions in Seattle (2003-2020): Methodology and preliminary findings on racial disparities
• ProPublica: Chicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most

Equity in Staffing & Hiring

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Recruitment, Hiring and Retention from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network
  

Equity in Evaluation & Planning

• Portland State University's Bicycle Master Plan Equity Report
• Planning While Black: A Powerful Call for Racial Equity by Tamika Butler
• Advancing Transportation Equity through Inclusive Travel Survey Data Methods (Portland State University TREC)
• Minneapolis Bike Equity Report. A Tool for Reviewing the Minneapolis Master Bicycle Plan with a Health Equity Lens
• Pursuing Equity in Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning

Inclusive and Accessible Bike Education

• European Cycling Lexicon for bicycling terms in 27 languages

Rapid Response & Implementation

• NACTO's COVID-19: Transportation Response Center

Equitable Infrastructure

• BUILDING EQUITY: Race, ethnicity, class, and protected bike lanes: An idea book for fairer cities
• Equity of Access to Bicycle Infrastructure: GIS methods for investigating the equity of access to bike infrastructure

Complete Streets and Routine Accommodation

• Complete Streets resources, reports & guidance from Smart Growth America
• Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center Complete Streets Resources
• American Planning Association report on Complete Streets Best Policy and Implementation Practice
• Smart Growth America's Best Complete Streets Policies of 2018
• Complete Streets in Rural Contexts

Bicycle Facility and Streetscaping Design Standards

• Design Resource Index - Identifies the specific location of information in key national design manuals for various pedestrian and bicycle design treatments
• AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, 4th Edition
• MUTCD Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities (Also see FWHA's Bicycle Facilities and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices webpage)
• FHWA Bikeway Selection Guide
• Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety Information Search Tool
• NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
• NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
• NACTO All Ages & Abilities Design Resources
• Model Design Manual for Living Streets
• FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning, Program, and Project Development
• FHWA Small Town and Rural Design Guide: Facilities for Biking and Walking
• Cambridge, MA Cycling Safety Ordinance
• Washington County Bicycle Facility Design Toolkit
• Scottsdale, AZ Road Streetscapes Design Guidelines

Network Connectivity

• Guidebook for Measuring Multimodal Network Connectivity, find PDF here
  
• Measuring Multimodal Network Connectivity Pilot Grant Program Final Report, find PDF here
• FHWA reports on bicycle networks: Delivering Safe, Comfortable, and Connected Pedestrian and Bicycle Networks - A Review of International Practices and Case Studies in Delivering Safe, Comfortable, and Connected Pedestrian and Bicycle Networks

Target/Low Design Speed

• NACTO City Limits: Setting Safe Speed Limits on Urban Streets
• FHWA: Self-Enforcing Roadways: A Guidance Report
• NACTO on design speed and speed reduction measures
• WHO's Speed Management Road Safety Manual for Decision-makers and Practicioners
• Blog: Slowing Traffic to a Target Speed: How to make our Streets Safer
• World Resources Institute: Low-Speed Zone Guide
• Philadelphia Automated Speed Enforcement Pilot Program - 2021 Annual Report

Training for Bicycle Program Coordinators, Engineers and Planners

• Training opportunities related to trails and greenways
• Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
• National Highway Institute
• Pro Walk Pro Bike Conference (held every 2 years)

Liability 

• National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s Liability Aspects of Bikeway

Bicycle Parking

• APBP Bike Parking Guidelines 
  
• A review of bike parking considerations and costs
• Guidelines for Artistic Bicycle Rack
• Model bicycle parking ordinance
• Dero's Bike Parking Guide
• Making a Place for Bicycles fact sheet
• Portland, OR bike parking ordinance (starting page 266-22) and bike parking design and placement guidelines
• Mobility Lab's 10 Rules for Construction of Good Bicycle Parking
• League Webinar: Two Hours Or More, Long term Bike Parking For Sure

End of Trip Facilities

• Guidelines by the European Union on Bicycle Maintenance and Repair Facilities

Bike Sharing Programs

• Bike Share in the United States (NACTO)
• North American Bikeshare Association Resources Overview and Advocacy Toolkit
• Better Bikeshare Partnership
• Engaging Youth in Urban Biking and Bike Share Toolkit from the Better Bikeshare Partnership

Bikes and Transit 

• First Mile, Last Mile: How Federal Transit Funds can improve access to public transit for people who walk and bike
• FTA Manual on Pedestrian and Bicycle Connections to Transit
• Connected Multimodal Networks
• Information from the FHWA regarding bicycles connection to transit

On-Street Bike Facilities and Treatments

• FHA Bicycle Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System
• FHWA's guide to signing, striping and marking bike lanes on streets
• DOT FHWA's Road Diet Informational Guide
• DOT FHWA's Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide
• Study: Evaluating the Safety Effects of Bicycle Lanes in New York City
• Study of Contra-Flow Bike Lanes in Cambridge, MA
• Bicycle Boulevard Planning & Design Guidebook
• Barre-Montpelier Road Diet video

Off-Road Trails and Other Recreational Facilities

• The Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
• The Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Trail Building Toolkit
• Trailbuilding Resources
• Philadelphia - Wissahickon Trail
• San Francisco- Mt Sutro Open Space
• Tuscon- Fantasy Island at Saguaro National Park
• NYC - Highbridge Bike Park
• Seattle - Colonnade Mountain Bike Skills Park
• Boulder - Valmont Bike Park

Bicycle Facility Maintenance

• FHWA's Guide for Maintaining Pedestrian Facilities for Enhanced Safety
• Iowa DOT's statewide network and trail maintenance recommendations
• Seattle Spot improvement program
• How Communities are Paying to Maintain Trails, Bike Lanes, and Sidewalks
• Winter Bike Lane Maintenance
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Maintenance Program in San Francisco County

Land Use and Urban Form

• Building in Healthy Infill
• Planetizen's DIY Form-Based Code: An Introduction (28 min video, free)
• Understanding Smart Growth Savings - Evaluating Economic Savings and Benefits of Compact Development, and How They Are Misrepresented By Critics
• Attracting Infill Development in Distressed Communities - 30 strategies to help local governments overcome obstacles and encourage infill development in distressed communities

 Resources for Rural Communities

• FHWA Small Town and Rural Design Guide: Facilities for Biking and Walking
• Complete Streets in Rural Contexts
• Rural Transportation.org
• National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Rural Bicycle & Pedestrian Resources
• NADO Rural and Small Urban Bicycle and Pedestrian Inititatives (2014-2020)
• NADO Rural Transportation Technical Assistance Reports (March 2019)

Adult Cyclist and Motorist Education

• The League's Bicycle Friendly Driver Program
• The League’s Ride Better Program
• The League’s Smart Cycling Tips and Presentations
• The League's Smart Cycling Quick Guide
• Ticket diversion: Bicyclist traffic education and enforcement programs in Arizona
• Share the Road public service announcements
• OCTA's humorous Bike Smart, Bike Safe - 3 Feet for Safety Act PSA video
• Bicycle Education en Español (the option to switch to Spanish is in the upper right-hand corner of the page)
• League Cycling Instructor seminar
• Marin County Bicycle Coalition’s Share the Road and Share the Path Campaigns
  
• Florida's Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow Education Campaigns
• Using rewards, This App Saves Lives is out to make roads safer for cyclists and distracted driving a habit of the past. Students and employees at BFUs can find TASL in the iOS App Store or go to this link: apple.co/3kQAISu to download directly. Use referral ID ”LEAGUEBFU” at sign-up.

Professional Driver Education

• San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Frequent Driver Training

Children and Youth Cycling Education 

• Back to School 2020: Recommendations for Safe Routes to School Programming
• Safe Routes to School Guide
• Bike Texas' SafeCyclist Curriculum and Certification designed for fourth and fifth grade
• FHWA's Bicycle Safer Journey
• Youth bike clubs – After-school Bike Education
• Bike Rodeo Manual
• Kidical Mass DC's ABC of Family Biking class
• Community Cycling Center and Summer recreation programs
• Sheriff’s Safety Town in Shreveport, LA
• High School NORCAL Bike League

Bike Ambassador Program

• Chicago program
• Philadelphia program
• Fort Collins Program
• Washington, DC Program

Bike Month, Bike to Work Day and Bike to School Day

• Guides and materials for Bike Month and Bike to Work Day 
Bike to School Day

Bike Commuting

• An Employer Guide to Bike Commuting
• Create-a-Commuter program at the Community Cycling Center in Portland, OR

Bike Challenges

• The National Bike Challenge
• Active Transportation Alliance’s Bike Commuter Challenge

Women Biking Resources

• The League's Women Bike program
• Report: Engaging More Women in Bicycling
• Women Bike Grants and Toolkits
• Women Bike Webinars and Webcasts
• How to Host a Women's Bicycling Forum
• The Atlantic article: There's a Biking Gender Gap. And It Has A Real Economic Impact.
• Black Girls Do Bike

Family Biking

• Family Biking Guide (in English, Spanish and Chinese) by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
• Portland's Family Biking Guide
• Kids and Bicycling Resource example for Maine
• Kidical Mass DC, Kidical Mass Chicago, Kidical Mass Portland
• Family Biking Ages and Stages
• Gear Guide
• Child Seat Reviews
• Discover Traffic Gardens
• Using Safe Routes to School to Combat the Threat of Violence

Events

• Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Community Bike Events
• Implementation & Advocacy Manual for Summer Streets/Ciclovia/Sunday Parkways (in Spanish)
• Open Streets Event Toolkit
• Bike Events in Portland, OR

Other Encouragement Groups, Activities, Services, etc.

• The League’s guide on how to start a bike club or advocacy organization
• League of Michigan Bicyclists guide on how to start a bike club
• Friends of the Trail Groups
• National Mountain Bike Patrol
• Bicycle Co-ops
• An example of the benefits of a community bike shop
• Find specialty bicycle retailers
• Recycle-a-Bicycle program
• Bucks for Bikes program
• Local Trips for Kids chapters
• Black Girls Do Bike

Maps

• The top online bike route mapping websites
• Pittsburgh’s award-winning bike commuter map
• Aspen & Pitkin County trails map
• Colorado's interactive trail map

Evaluating and Prioritizing

• NCHRP's Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Along Existing Roads - ActiveTrans Priority Tool Guidebook
• League of Illinois Bicyclists' Bicycle Level of Service Calculator
• OTREC Report: Improving Regional Travel Demand Models for Bicycling
• Mineta Transportation Institute Research Report on Low-Stress Bicycling and Network Connectivity
• Use the bikeability checklist for evaluating the bikeability of a community

Staffing

• Your Guide to forming a Bicycle Advisory Committee by MassBike
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee best practices
• Find your state bicycle coordinator
• Association of Bicycle and Pedestrian Professionals
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Recruitment, Hiring and Retention from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network

Surveys & Bike Counts

• Advancing Transportation Equity through Inclusive Travel Survey Data Methods (Portland State University TREC)
• National Bicycle & Pedestrian Documentation Project (NBPD)
• See the Final Report from the BPAC of Alexandria, VA, for an example of how the NBPD project is used to benefit a community
• Bike Count Resources from Eco-Counter
• Eco-Counter COVID-19 Dashboard: Understand the impact of the pandemic on cycling
• Automatic bicycle counters in Arlington, VA
• Strava Metro for Cities

Bike Counts & Data Collection Webinars

• How to Make Your Bike Data Count (July 20, 2021) - Download Slides
• Doing More with Bike Data (October 28, 2020) 
• Collecting and Applying Bike Data: Current and Future Trends (September 25, 2019)

Safety

• FHWA's BIKESAFE: Bicycle Countermeasure Selection System
• Bicycle crashes and safety facts
• New York's Vision Zero campaign and Transportation Alternatives' analysis
• STI's Vision Zero: Adopting a Target of Zero for Road Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
• Seattle's Vision Zero plan
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT)
• Intersection Magic – Crash Records Analysis
• Synthesis of Methods for Estimating Pedestrian and Bicyclist Exposure to Risk at Areawide Levels and on Specific Transportation Facilities
• Researchers Examine Race Factor In Car Crashes Involving Pedestrians
• 2020 St. Louis City Crash Report

Bicycle Master Planning and Implementation

• Seattle, WA's Neighborhood Planning Outreach and Engagement Program to engage residents in ethnically diverse and historically underrepresented neighborhoods
• Video produced by Arkansas State University explaining the bike planning process
• A case study on Houten, Netherlands for the design of a bike-centered suburb

Transportation Demand Management Ordinances and Strategies

• Trip reduction ordinance database
• EPA resource on Estimating Emission Reductions from Travel Efficiency Strategies
• 7 Best Practices in Transportation Demand Management
• An analysis of Portland's Smart Trips Welcome Program
• Comparison of Arlington, VA's and Washington, DC's Transportation Demand Management programs
• FHWA report: Developing a Regional Approach to Transportation Demand Management and Nonmotorized Transportation: Best Practice Case Studies

Public Outreach

• Principles For Equitable Public Outreach & Engagement During Covid-19 and Beyond

Equity in Planning

• Portland State University's Bicycle Master Plan Equity Report
• Planning While Black: A Powerful Call for Racial Equity by Tamika Butler
• Advancing Transportation Equity through Inclusive Travel Survey Data Methods (Portland State University TREC)
• Sharing the Benefits of a Greening City
• Inclusionary Trail Planning Toolkit
• Oregon Metro's Strategic plan to advance racial equity, diversity and inclusion
• Oregon Metro's Equity Baseline Report 2015

Read our full statement: Removing Enforcement from the '5 E' Framework as well as our FAQs and additional Resources about this change. 

As of October 5, 2020, the League has officially and permanently removed ‘Enforcement’ as one of the pillars of the Bicycle Friendly America program’s ‘5 E’ framework.

As applicants and advocates consider how to apply these changes in their own community, we invite participants to consider these resources on equitable solutions and alternatives to enforcement:

• Center for Policing Equity: a national nonprofit organization eliminating bias in policing by measuring it
• Create Fair and Effective Policing Practices from The Opportunity Agenda: Transforming the System
• A Toolkit for Promoting Justice in Policing from PolicyLink and The Center for Popular Democracy
• Vera Institute of Justice: Ending Police Violence and Ensuring Accountability
• Campaign Zero: Police Use of Force Policy Analysis
  
• Our Streets Minneapolis: Why we don't Support Traffic Enforcement
• Transportation Alternatives: The Case for Self-Enforcing Streets
• Changelab Solutions: Equitable Enforcement to Achieve Health Equity

Read how other national organizations are making similar changes:

• Safe Routes to School National Partnership: Dropping Enforcement from the Safe Routes to School 6 E’s Framework
• Vision Zero Network: Active for Racial Justice & Just Mobility More Resources for Bicycle Friendly Communities

Equity & Accountability in Enforcement

• Center for Policing Equity: a national nonprofit organization eliminating bias in policing by measuring it
• Create Fair and Effective Policing Practices from The Opportunity Agenda: Transforming the System
• A Toolkit for Promoting Justice in Policing from PolicyLink and The Center for Popular Democracy
• Vera Institute of Justice: Ending Police Violence and Ensuring Accountability
• Campaign Zero: Police Use of Force Policy Analysis
• Changelab Solutions: Equitable Enforcement to Achieve Health Equity
• 2021 National Bike Summit Keynote: Arrested Mobility - Exploring Impacts of Over-policing on BIPOC
• ProPublica: Chicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most

Alternatives to Enforcement

• The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL): Defund the Police Resources and Messaging Guidance
• Our Streets Minneapolis: Why we don't Support Traffic Enforcement
• Transportation Alternatives: The Case for Self-Enforcing Streets
• Atlanta Bicycle Coalition: Petition to Remove Police Enforcement from Vision Zero
• Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia: We Are Dropping Police Enforcement From Vision Zero
• Walk Bike Berkeley: De-policing transportation to create safe streets
• Philadelphia Automated Speed Enforcement Pilot Program - 2021 Annual Report
• Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia Blog on Automated Speed Enforcement Pilot Program May 2021

Bike Theft Prevention

• Bicycle Theft, Problem Oriented Guide for Police
• Bait bike program

Laws & Regulations

• Bicycle laws by state

Costs

• Building a new roadway for motor vehicles can cost millions of dollars to construct, and many of the pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure facilities are extremely low-cost in comparison. Use this database and this resource document to review up-to-date estimates of infrastructure costs of pedestrian and bicycle treatments from states and cities across the country.

General Resources

• Advocacy Advance report: How Communities are Paying for Innovative On-street Bicycle Infrastructure
• Advocacy Advance report: How Communities are Paying to Maintain Trails, Bike Lanes, and Sidewalks

Federal Funding

• Since  1992  bicycle and pedestrian projects have been eligible for federal transportation funding. To learn more about what federal funds are available for bicycle projects, FHWA provides a table of eligible funding programs by bike/ped project type
  
• FTA Program & Bicycle Related Funding Opportunities

State Funding

• Biking and walking dollars aren't only available from the federal government. States can also have their own revenue sources that can be used to fund active transportation. Use this report to explore your state’s funding sources for bicycle and pedestrian improvements.

Local Funding

• Local governments can also create their own revenue streams to improve conditions for bicycling and walking. Three common approaches include: special bond issues, dedications of a portion of local sales taxes or a voter-approved sales tax increase, and use of the annual capital improvement budgets of Public Works and/or Parks agencies. Bicycle facility improvements can also be tagged on to larger projects to create economies of scale that results in reduced costs and reduced impacts to traffic, businesses, and residents. For example, if there is an existing road project, it is usually cheaper to add bike lanes and sidewalks to the project than to construct them separately. To learn more about public funding of bicycle infrastructure improvements, visit http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/planning/funding_government.cfm.

Resources and Support

• Our page of resources for Advocates offers several tools, resources, and workshops to help advocates and agency staff maximize eligible funding programs.

General Information

• Infographic on Bicycling in the United States
• Infographic on American's Support for Funding Sidewalks and Bike Lanes
• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Report: Active Transportation Transforms America. The Case for Increased Public Investment in Walking and Biking Connectivity
• European Cycling Lexicon for bicycling terms in 27 languages

Economic Benefits of Bicycling

• 2021 League Report: Bicycling Benefits Businesses (Blog)
• Economic and Health Benefits of Bicycling Northwest Arkansas (2018 Report by BBC Research & Consulting)
• A collection of studies and other resources on the economic benefits of bicycling
• Economic Impacts of Bicycling in the US (infographic and report)
• Smart Growth America's report: Safer Streets, Stronger Economies
• Protected Bike Lanes Mean Business
• A study on the Economic Value of Active Transportation
• A study of the economic impact on local business when adding bike lanes to a commercial area
• A study of business and user perceptions of bike sharing in Washington DC
• NYDOT: The Economic Benefits of Sustainable Streets
• Portland/OR Bicycling Economic Impact Studies: Bicycling for recreation contributed $1.5 billion to Oregon economy in 2019 and Portland State Study Finds Bike Lanes Provide Positive Economic Impact  
• Virginia Creeper Trail Economic Impact Case Study
• FHWA's White Paper: Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Nonmotorized Transportation

Health Benefits of Bicycling

• Research Article: Evidence on Why Bicycle-Friendly Cities Are Safer for All Road Users
• The health risks and benefits of cycling in urban environments compared with car use: health impact assessment study
• In the Northeast, Improved Walking and Bicycling Infrastructure Could Save Hundreds of Lives, Billions of Dollars

Case Studies and BFC Spotlights

• Michigan DOT's Grand Rapid's Case Study - Community and Economic Benefits of Bicycling
• Improving Conditions for Bicycling and Walking - A best practices report listing outstanding projects that communities have undertaken
• 10 lessons from the world's great biking cities
• Bloomington, IN, Platinum Bicycle Task Force Final Report: Breaking Away: Journey to Platinum