Bicycles and Pedestrians

Research Reports

• How Do Complete Streets Matter for Communities? The Case of Richfield, Minnesota
  July 2020 Report no. MnDOT 2020-22
• Access Across America: Biking 2017
  July 2019 Report no. CTS 19-19
• Access Across America: Biking 2017 Methodology
  July 2019 Report no. CTS 19-20
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Risk and Equity: Implications for Street Improvement Projects
  June 2019 Report no. CTS 19-15
• Modeling Bicyclist Exposure to Risk and Crash Risk: Some Exploratory Studies
  July 2018 Report no. CTS 18-15
• A Novel Collision Avoidance System for a Bicycle
  April 2018 Report no. CTS 18-06
• Traffic Impacts of Bicycle Facilities
  June 2017 Report no. MnDOT 2017-23
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Collection Manual
  January 2017 Report no. MnDOT 2017-03
• The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Institutionalizing Bicycle and Pedestrian Monitoring
  January 2017 Report no. MnDOT 2017-02
• Assessing the Economic Impact and Health Effects of Bicycling in Minnesota
  December 2016 Report no. MnDOT 2016-36
• The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Implementation Study
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-34
• Statewide Cycloplan: Bicycle Planning Tool & Participatory GIS
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-29
• Nice Stations: An Exploration of Nice Ride Bike Share Accessibility and Station Choice
  February 2014 Report no. CTS 14-03
• The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Methodologies for Non-motorized Traffic Monitoring
  October 2013 Report no. MnDOT 2013-24
• Bike, Bus, and Beyond: Extending Cyclopath to Enable Multi- Modal Routing
  July 2013 Report no. MnDOT 2013-19
• Feasibility of Using GPS to Track Bicycle Lane Positioning
  March 2013 Report no. CTS 13-16
• Investigation of Pedestrian/Bicyclist Risk in Minnesota Roundabout Crossings
  September 2012 Report no. MnDOT 2012-28
• Understanding the Use of Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities
  July 2012 Report no. CTS 12-24
• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Community-Wide Evaluation Study (Research Brief)
  October 2011 Report no. CTS Research Brief 2011-03
• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Evaluation Study, Phase 2
  May 2011 Report no. CTS 11-13
• Practical Methods for Analyzing Pedestrian and Bicycle Use of a Transportation Facility
  February 2010 Report no. Mn/DOT 2010-06
• Access to Destinations: Application of Accessibility Measures for Non-Auto Travel Modes
  July 2009 Report no. Mn/DOT 2009-24
• The Impact of Bicycling Facilities on Commute Mode Share
  August 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-33
• Access to Destinations: Parcel Level Land Use Data Acquisition and Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
  July 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-19
• Access to Destinations: How Close is Close Enough? Estimating Accurate Distance Decay Functions for Multiple Modes and Different Purposes
  May 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-11
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus - Technical Summary
  April 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 200704TS
• Interim Report to the U.S. Congress on the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program SAFETEA-LU Section 1807
  November 2007 Report no. None
• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Evaluation Study, Phase 1
  June 2007 Report no. NTPP Evaluation 07-06
• Commuter Bicyclist Behavior and Facility Disruption
  May 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-15
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus
  January 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-04
• Tools for Predicting Usage and Benefits of Urban Bicycle Network Improvements
  December 2005 Report no. MnDOT 2005-50
• Sample-Based Estimation of Bicycle Miles of Travel (BMT)
  October 2001 Report no. MnDOT 2001-23
• Creating bicycle transportation networks : a guidebook
  July 1996 Report no. Mn/DOT 1996-14

Active and completed research projects

• Quantifying the Impacts of Complete Streets: The Case of Richfield
  (08/2018) Status: Completed
• Guidance for Protected/Buffered Bike Lanes With Delineators
  (09/2018) Status: Active
• Criteria and Guidelines for Three-Lane Road Design and Operation
  (09/2018) Status: Active
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Equity, and Street Funding: New Criteria for Prioritizing Multimodal Street Projects in Minneapolis
  (02/2018) Status: Completed
• Smart Human-Centered Collision Warning System: Sensors, Intelligent Algorithms and Human-Computer Interfaces for Safe and Minimally Intrusive Car-Bicycle Interactions.
  (09/2016) Status: Active
• Novel Collision-Avoidance System for Bicycles
  (05/2014) Status: Completed
• Performance Measures for Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety: Methodologies for Monitoring Traffic Volumes and Assessing Exposure to Risk
  (07/2014) Status: Completed
• Traffic Impacts of Bicycle Facilities
  (07/2014) Status: Completed
• Assessing the Economic Impact and Health Effects of Bicycling in Minnesota
  (07/2014) Status: Completed
• Safety in Numbers? Accessibility, Traffic, and Safety of Nonmotorized Travelers
  (08/2014) Status: Completed
• Institutionalizing Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts and Data Collection
  (12/2014) Status: Completed
• Implementing Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts and Data Collection
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Statewide Cycloplan: A Bicycle Planning Tool with Online Participatory GIS
  (02/2012) Status: Completed
• NiceStations: Optimally Locating NiceRide Minnesota Bike Share Stations
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Measuring particulate air pollution using a mobile, bicycle-based platform: Implications for cyclists' and pedestrians' exposure to urban air pollution
  (05/2012) Status: Completed
• Methodologies for Counting Bicyclists and Pedestrians in Minnesota: An Integrated Approach to Measuring and Modeling Non-motorized Traffic
  (10/2011) Status: Completed
• Testing and Development of Smartphone Applications for Bicycle Route Tracking - FY12 TechPlan
  (11/2011) Status: Completed
• Bike, Bus, and Beyond: Extending Cyclopath to Enable Multi-Modal Routing
  (07/2010) Status: Completed
• Investigation of Pedestrian/Bicyclist Risk in Minnesota Roundabout Crossings
  (06/2010) Status: Completed
• Understanding Use of Non-Motorized Transportation Facilities - FY10 TechPlan
  (11/2009) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Application of Accessibility Measures for Non-Auto Travel Modes
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Analysis of Practical Methods for Counting Bicycling and Pedestrian Use of a Transportation Facility
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• Bike Leadership Project
  (04/2007) Status: Completed
• Non Motorized Transportation Project
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• Impact of Bicycle Facilities on Commute Mode Share
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: How Close is Close Enough? Estimating Accurate Distance Decay Functions for Different Purposes and Multiple Modes
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Parcel Level Land Use Data Acquisition & Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Commuter Bicyclist Behavior and Facility Disruption
  (08/2005) Status: Completed
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota
  (08/2004) Status: Completed
• Tools for Predicting Usage and Benefits of Urban Bicycle Network Improvements
  (01/2004) Status: Completed
• Economic Benefits of Bicycling in Minnesota
  (03/2003) Status: Completed
• Guidelines for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities
  (10/2003) Status: Completed
• Minnesota Community Bicycle Safety Project
  (01/1997) Status: Completed
• Bicycle Counter
  (08/1997) Status: Completed
• Sample-Based Estimation of Bicycle-Miles of Travel
  (04/1997) Status: Completed