Planning and Designing the Physically Active Community
The American Planning Association provides an extensive bibliography of reference materials entitled "Planning and Designing the Physically Active Community Resource List".
The list is comprehensive, although it is simply bibliographical, without description of individual items. It is a good basic reference source for anyone beginning to build a file or library of pedestrian/bicycle materials.
Pedestrian and bicycle travel create no adverse impact on emissions or climate change. Since pedestrian amenities facilitate the use of transit, they can be part of an overall strategy to reduce driving and encourage transit use. Policies that link cycling with transit, like bike racks on buses or bikes-on-trains, also encourage mode change. These modes improve community livability and urban form by minimizing the amount of pavement required. Pedestrians require no parking facilities and bicycles require minimal space for parking. Because pedestrian and bicycle facilities carry much smaller weight loads than roads, a greater variety of materials can be used in constructing them. Some of these materials can be permeable. Overall impermeable coverage for ped/bike travel is nominal, creating little in the way of water management problems.
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