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Evaluation + Planning

Evaluation + Planning involves the studying, planning and measuring of the walking and biking environment. Activities include using land use codes, strategic initiatives and bicycle and pedestrian plans to achieve community aspirations to become more bike and walk friendly. It also involves measuring the success of investments in achieving desired outcomes. 

Steps that local governments can take...

  • Evaluate subdivision and land development ordinances and reform as needed to foster a built environment that supports walking and biking for people of all ages and abilities.
  • Review the American Planning Association's  Aging in Community Policy Guide and identify opportunities to apply sound planning approaches and policies to improve communities for older adults. (Also see the Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh Action Plan).
  • Adopt Vision Zero and Complete Streets policies.
  • Incorporate Health in All Policies.
  • Develop a pedestrian and bicycle safety plan or active transportation plan.
  • Conduct a pedestrian and bicycle road safety audit.
  • Let PennDOT know your community's priorities for walking and biking. Learn more at PennDOT Connects >
  • Complete a sidewalk assessment inventory and prioritize projects to create a safe, connected walking network that includes access to transit. 
  • Check out pathVu...they can assist municipalities with sidewalk data collection and improvement prioritization. pathVu is building a global database of sidewalk and pedestrian pathway data to improve the accessibility, walkability, and safety of all pedestrians -of any ability. 
  • Collect bicycle and pedestrian counts to help prioritize improvements and measure trends in facility use. SPC may be able to help with this (see "SPC non-motorized data collection program" below).
  • Conduct walking and bicycling audits and implement safety recommendations to improve conditions for people who walk and bike.
  • Engage in tactical urbanism and undertake a small-scale demonstration projects to experiment with and gather input on potential street design changes. 
  • When constructing bicycle and pedestrian projects, consider green street practices and include green infrastructure elements to help manage stormwater.
using land use codes and policy to creatE walkable + bikeable communities
  • Form Based Codes Institute
  • Getting the Wheels Rolling: A Guide to Using Policy to Create Bicycle Friendly Communities
  • Health in the Development Review Process
  • Move this Way
  • Noteworthy Local Policies that Support  Safe and Complete Pedestrian and Bicycle Networks
  • User's Guide to Code Reform
linking to transit
Manual on Pedestrian + Bicycle Connections to Transit
conducting Walk + Bike Audits
  • Bikeability Checklist
  • Pedestrian and Bicyclist Road Safety Audit (RSA) Guide and Prompt List
  • Sidewalks and Street Survey
  • Walkability Checklist
collecting Pedestrian + Bicycle counts
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Programs: Summary of Practice and Key Resources
  • FHWA Traffic Monitoring Guide
              See Chapter 4
  • Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection / National Cooperative Highway Research Program 
  • National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project
  • WalkWorks Data Collection Guide to Measure Walking Activity
improving roadway safety
  • LTAP -PennDOT Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)
  • Making Our Roads Safer One Countermeasure at a Time


​SPC pilot non-motorized data collection program
SPC implemented a pilot, non-motorized data collection program and has been using automated bike counters to collect bike  counts on trails and mixed traffic settings throughout region.  If you're interested in getting bike counts on a street or trail in your community, send us a note!

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​Funding opportunities for developing active transportation plans

Active Allegheny Grant Program (AAGP)
The AAGP provides financial assistance to municipalities and councils of government to develop community plans and design transportation projects that will, when implemented, provide bicycle and pedestrian connections to important local destinations and transportation systems and increase residents’ opportunities for physical activity.  Learn more >
​WalkWorks
WalkWorks advances policy development by offering financial assistance to a limited number of municipalities or similar local governing bodies for the development of Active Transportation Plans, Complete Streets policies and/or Vision Zero policies.
bicycle + Pedestrian planning
  • Complete Street Policies and Bicycle + Pedestrian Plans
  • Creating Walkable + Bikeable Communities: A user guide to developing pedestrian and bicycle master plans
  • ​​​FHWA's Strategic Agenda for Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation 
  • How to  Develop a Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Action Plan
  • Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Along Existing Roads - ActiveTrans Priority Tool Guidebook/NCHRP Report 803
  • Pursuing Equity in Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning

Additional planning resources

planning multimodal networks
  • ​Bicycle Network Planning and Facility Design Approaches in the Netherlands and the United States
  • ​Bike Network Mapping Idea Book
  • Case Studies in Delivering Safe, Comfortable and Connected Bicycle and Pedestrian Networks
  • Delivering Safe, Comfortable and Connected Pedestrian and Bicycle Networks: A Review of International Practices
  • ​​​Pennylvania's Top Ten Trail Gaps
developing bicycle + pedestrian performance measures
Guide for Developing Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance Measures
Project delivery resources
  • PennDOT Publication 740, the Local Project Delivery Manual
  • PennDOT Publication 93, Policy and Procedures for the Administration of Consultant Agreements
  • Strategies for Accelerating Multimodal Project Delivery

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  • Home
  • Initiatives
    • Safe System Approach >
      • Vision Zero
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  • Encouragement
    • Walking
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    • TDM
  • Evaluation + Planning
    • Steps that local governments can take
    • Maps >
      • Active Transportation Network
      • Sidewalks, Steps, Crosswalks, and Connecting Trails
  • Education
  • Engineering - Design Guidance
  • Find Funding
  • Plan Library