Skip to Content
Streetsblog California home
Streetsblog California home
Log In
Active Transportation Program

Active Transportation Resource Center Offers New Course in Planning and Designing for Bicycles

12:21 PM PDT on March 16, 2018

California's Active Transportation Program, which is funded through Caltrans, just launched a new training class called Bicycle Transportation: An Introduction to Planning and Design.

The first course took place in Marysville a few days ago; future courses are planned in Redding (May 8), Stockton (May 22), Oakland (June 12), and San Diego (November 6), with more to come throughout the state. The class, taught by retired Caltrans engineer Larry Moore, is a seven-hour introductory course designed for planners, design engineers, traffic operations engineers, and landscape architects at Caltrans and local and regional agencies.

It is open to anyone interested in learning about basic design standards, guidance, and tools for bicycle infrastructure design, and it is free. Register at this link.

According to the Active Transportation Resource Center website, the course “reviews California’s commitment to support all modes of transportation,” with participants learning “how to apply bicycle design concepts that best balance competing needs on a specific route.”

Learning objectives are to:

    • recognize California’s commitment to support all modes of transportation
    • discuss basic tools used to assess and evaluate the suitability of a roadway for the four bicyclist types
    • review planning and design standards, guidance, and tools for bicycle transportation design
    • explore trade-offs among potential design elements to balance competing needs for all users

In addition, the course promises to discuss “current policy as it relates to the future of active transportation.”

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog California

How — and Why — To Start a Neighborhood E-Bike Library

American advocates are loaning out e-bikes to their neighbors — and creating flocks of new riders.

March 18, 2024

Where L.A. City Will Add New Bus-Only Lanes

New bus lanes are coming to Broadway, Colorado Blvd., Crenshaw Blvd, Lincoln Blvd., Los Feliz Blvd., Santa Monica Blvd., Valley Blvd., Vermont Avenue, Westwood Blvd., Whittier Blvd. and many more city streets!

March 18, 2024

Monday’s Headlines

Oil industry ad campaign on gas prices is deceptive, cynical, insulting; Subsidies for methane reductions in dairy industry are doing more harm than good; Why do traffic laws prioritize speed over safety? More

March 18, 2024

CalBike releases 2024 Bike Summit Agenda

The biannual Bike Summit will take place April 18-19 in San Diego, and it's packed.

March 15, 2024
See all posts