FHWA should follow the NTSB Recommendations to Promote Separated Bike Lanes and Safer Intersections

Please join the League of American Bicyclists' in supporting the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations that the Federal Highway Administration take stronger steps to support and promote separated bike lanes and intersection safety treatments for people who bike.

Recommendation 7. Include separated bike lanes and intersection safety treatments on the list of Proven Safety Countermeasures.

Recommendation 8. Include separated bike lanes and intersection safety treatments in the Every Day Counts program.

Contact the FHWA staff that can implement these important recommendations!

Subject:

Please Implement NTSB Recommendations 7 & 8

Dear FHWA Staff,

On November 5th, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made three findings that support the need for better bicycle infrastructure:

Finding 5. "Separated bike lanes could prevent bicycle crashes involving motor vehicles at midblock locations and, thereby, also reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries associated with such crashes."

Finding 6. "Combining proven countermeasures to improve bicyclist safety at intersection and midblock locations can create a network of safer roadways for bicyclists."

Finding 7. "Consolidating guidance concerning separated bike lanes, intersection treatments, and the transition between them may increase the implementation of separated bike lanes by transportation planning and engineering practitioners.”

Accordingly, the NTSB made two recommendations deserving immediate attention by the FHWA:

Recommendation 7. Include separated bike lanes and intersection safety treatments on the list of Proven Safety Countermeasures.

Recommendation 8. Include separated bike lanes and intersection safety treatments in the Every Day Counts program.

Please take action on these recommendations as soon as possible in order to advance the safety of people who bike and reverse the trend of increasing bicyclist fatalities.

Best Regards, Your Name

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FHWA should follow the NTSB Recommendations to Promote Separated Bike Lanes and Safer Intersections

Contact the FHWA staff that can implement these important recommendations!

Subject:

Please Implement NTSB Recommendations 7 &amp; 8

Please Implement NTSB Recommendations 7 & 8