The New York Bicycling Coalition is pleased to offer you: “Improving Bicycling and Pedestrian Safety”, a problem-solving manual aimed at both advocates and transportation professionals, with applications throughout New York State and beyond.

You may download the entire manual, individual chapters of higher graphic quality and larger file size are listed below. You may also contact us for a hard copy directly via phone, mail or e-mail. If you want a hard copy of the manual, please send us a check for $3.50 JUST- REDUCED! for the first copy and $2.50 for each additional copy to cover shipping and handling costs.

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Safety Manual Contents by Chapter

Cover, Table of Contents and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - How to Use This Manual
Chapter 2 - Bicycling and Pedestrian Engineering Design Vocabulary and Design Principles
Chapter 3 - Maintenance Issues
Chapter 4 - Traffic Calming
Chapter 5 - New York Agencies
Chapter 6 - Communicating Between Advocates and Transportation Professionals
Chapter 7 - Gathering Data and Reporting
Chapter 8 - Project Proposal: 12 Case Studies
Appendices