scope:

This book provides part of the information necessary for a safe bicycling environment. Facilities are only one of several elements essential to a community's overall bicycle program. Bicycle safety education and training, encouraging bicycle use, and the application and enforcement of the rules of the road as they pertain to bicyclists and motorists should 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 obtained from state or local bicycle coordinators and other publications. (See References at the end of this Guide.)

The provisions for bicycle travel are consistent with, and similar to, normal highway engineering practices. Signs, signals and pavement markings for bicycle facilities which are presented in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD²) should be used in conjunction with this guide. For construction of bicycle facilities, state and local construction specifications should be used.