EP 278 BILL SCHULTHEISS: Introducing the new AASHTO Bicycle Facilities Guide

Описание: In this episode, I connect with Bill Schultheiss, a partner with Toole Design Group and one of the key contributors to this much-anticipated rewrite of the official AASHTO Bicycle Facilities Design Guide. We'll discuss the origins and evolution of the guide and why this version will have such a profound impact on creating networks of all ages and abilities cycle facilities throughout the United States. You'll learn how the promotion of vehicular cycling by John Forester, among others, set the United States on a path that deprioritized the development of cycle infrastructure in favor of a "control the lane" philosophy employed by mainly highly skilled, strong, and confident male riders. This new guide will allow, as Bill says, designers in the United States to build out cycle networks similar to those seen in The Netherlands.
Thumbnail Photo: Two people riding bikes on a Dutch-inspired protected and separated cycle path in the Mueller community in Austin, TX

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Video Timeline / Chapters:
0:00:00 Cold Open
0:01:13 Introductions
0:01:59 Toole Design
0:04:18 Bike Guide Intro
0:06:57 Update from 2012
0:8:54 Comparison to CROW
0:11:00 Engineering Training
0:18:14 Vehicular Cycling
0:29:25 Urbanism Factors
0:31:00 NACTO Design Guide
0:40:49 Pride in our Streets
0:52:17 Other Design Guides
0:57:49 TRB Intro
1:08:50 Closing Comments

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, 5th Edition: https://bit.ly/3CrNeqm
Toole Design Group: https://tooledesign.com/
Toole Design Guide Post: https://bit.ly/4hFKhRN
Bill on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/schlthss.bsk...
Bill on LinkedIn:   / bill-schultheiss-3641959  
My Livestream Episode with Wes Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/live/26LuHqFQ0bY
My episode with Chuck Marohn about his Confessions book:    • Confessions of a Recovering Engineer  
My live episode with Chuck Marohn about who should design our streets: https://www.youtube.com/live/uiraPn8iesY
My most recent episode with Prof. Peter Norton:    • EP 228 PETER NORTON: The long-forgotten hi...  
Killed By A Traffic Engineer book: https://bit.ly/40HyfAR
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer book: https://bit.ly/4jAOuIr
Conversation with an Engineer video:    • Conversation with an Engineer  
NACTO Design Guide: https://bit.ly/3PV7tzP
TRB Annual Meeting: https://bit.ly/4gqnMiO
My recent on-bike interview with Dan Burden:    • AUSTIN: Dan Burden with Blue Zones Rides t...  
MUTCD: https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/

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