scope:

This guide provides part of the information necessary for a safe bicycling environment. Facilities are only one of the several elements essential to a community's overall bicycle program. Bicycle safety education and training, bicycle use encouragement, and the application and enforcement of the Rules of the Road as they pertain to bicyclists should all be combined with facilities to form a comprehensive community approach to bicycle use. This guide provides information on facilities. Information on other elements of an overall bicycle program can be found in other publications.

The provisions for bicycle travel are consistent with and similar to standard highway engineering practices. Signs, signals, and markings for bicycle facilities which are presented in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) should be used in conjunction with this guide. State and local specifications for the construction of roads and constructing bicycle facilities and projects.