Designing bicycle facilities for rural communities

November 2019
The need for improved bicycle facilities in rural communities is becoming more apparent, but the standard national bicycle design guide is aimed at larger urban communities rather than smaller rural communities. MPC researchers at the University of Wyoming used current design guides to develop a resource focused on rural communities to aid in making design choices about bicycle transportation facilities The resource addresses the key challenges faced by rural communities that want to expand bicycle facilities: severe funding limitations, fewer staff engineers, and differences in population characteristics and the mixes of vehicles on the road compared with more urban areas.
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Lead investigator:
Rhonda Young, Ph.D.
University of Wyoming
New Publication

Rural Bicycle Design Guide
for Wyoming

MPC 19-393
The Mountain-Plains Consortium is a University Transportation Center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation serving the Mountain-Plains Region. Consortium members: Colorado State University, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Utah, University of Wyoming, and Utah State University.

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