Useful literature and references

The following list of recources has been composed to provide a starting point for professionals to locate key references on various PedBikeTrans planning issues.

Key Journals

Transportation Research Record - The Transport Research Record is complied by the Transport Research board in the United States, different issues focus on individual topics. About every six months to a year they release an issues focus entirely on pedestrian and/or bicycle planning. The journal articles are often very technical and stem from an engineering perspective. http://www.nas.edu/trb/

New Mobility Partnerships 2010-2012 – the politics of transportation: new thinking and worldwide collaborative problem-solving. http://ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm

World Conference on Transport Research Society - an international journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport. Its subject areas reflect the concerns of policymakers in government, industry, voluntary organisations and the public at large, providing independent, original and rigorous analysis to understand how policy decisions have been taken, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved. http://www.wctrs.org/

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Queensland Government Reports

Queensland Transport (1998) Cycle South East - Integrated Cycle Strategy for South East Queensland. Queensland Government Printing, Brisbane. http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Projects_and_initiatives/Plans/
Integrated_transport_plans/Cycle_south_east/Publication_cycle_south_east

South East Queensland Principal Cycle Network Plan – the key, region-wide cycle network for South East Queensland, containing all proposed and existing principal routes. http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Projects_and_initiatives/Plans/
South_east_Queensland_principal_cycle_network_plan/

Far North Queensland Principal Cycle Network Plan – the key, region-wide cycle network for Far North Queensland, containing all proposed and existing principal routes.
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Projects_and_initiatives/Plans/
Principal_cycle_network_plan_for_far_north_queensland/

Queensland Transport Projects – a full list of the key integrated transport planning projects currently under investigation by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Projects_and_initiatives/Projects/

Queensland State Cycle Strategy
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/General_information/Cycling/Strategy/

Cycle Notes http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/General_information/Cycling/Bike_user_guide/
Technical_information/

Easy Steps
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Safety/Road/Pedestrians/Easy_steps/

Queensland Police Service CPTED Guidelines
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/crimePrevention/cpted.htm

Travelsmart bikeability toolkit
http://www.travelsmart.gov.au/bikeability/

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Other Australian Government Reports or Strategies and Sites

Austroads (1999b) Australia Cycling, The National Strategy, Austroads incorporated, SydneyBikewest (1992) Guidelines for the design of bicycle facilities, Department of Transport Western Australia, Perth
http://www.austroads.com.au/documents/TheAustralianNationalCyclingStrategy
2005-2010.pdf

McClintock, H. (2001). "Local Transport Plans, Planning Policy Guidance & Cycling Policy: issues & future challenges." World Transport Policy and Practice 7(3): 13-20

AUSTROADS traffic and transport planning publications
http://www.onlinepublications.austroads.com.au/script/home.asp

New South Wales Pedestrian Access Management Plan (PAMP) Guidelines
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/doingbusinesswithus/downloads/technicalmanuals/
mobility-plan_how-to.pdf

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Bicycle Route Planning

Cycling Super Highways, Rachel Smith AITPM Conference 2010 Presentation
http://www.4shared.com/document/COLaHTtt/AITPM_JBMS_Cyling_Super_
Highw.html

Aultman-Hall L., Batez, B. B., and Hall, F. L., (1997) Analysis of Bicycle Commuter Routes Using Geographical Information Systems; Implications for Bicycle Planning. In Transportation Research Record, 1578, pages102-110

Balshone, B. L., (1975) Bicycle Transit: Its planning and design Praeger Publishers, New York

New South Wales Bicycle Guidelines http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/usingroads/downloads/bicycle_guidelines.html

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Pedestrian Environments

Zacharias, J. (2001). "Pedestrian Behaviour and Perception in Urban Walking
Environments." Journal of Planning Literature 16(3): 3-18

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Bicycle Modelling

Katz, R., (1995) Modeling bicycle demand as a Mainstream Transportation Planning function. In Transportation Research Record, Number 1502, p22- 28

Porter, C., Suhrbier, j., and Schwartz, W. L., (1999) Forecausting Bicycle and Pedestrian travel, State of the practice and Research Needs, in Transportation research Record, 1674, pages 94 -101Schwartz, W.L., Porter, C.D., Payne, G.C, Suhrbier, J.H., Moe, P.C., and Wilkinson, W.L. (1999a) Guidebook on Methods to Estimate Non-Motorised Travel; Overview of Methods. Federal Highway Administration, McLean, FHWA-RD-98-165 http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/vol1/contents.htm

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Urban Form

Victorian Transport Policy Institute - an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. www.vtpi.org

Tolley R., (1997) Obstacles to walking and cycling, in Tolley R., Greening of Urban Transport edition 2, John Wiley and Sons, New York

Newman, P. and Kenworthy J., (1999) Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming automobile dependence. Island Press, Washington, D.C

Gehl Architects. http://www.gehlarchitects.dk/ Specific publications include:

Adelaide City: Public Spaces and Public Life
http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/adccwr/publications/reports_plans/
public_spaces_public_life.pdf

Melbourne Places for People, Gehl Architects, 1994 and 2004 (go to http://www.gehlarchitects.dk/ to access report)

New City Spaces by Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe, 2000

Public Spaces - Public Life by Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe, 1998

New City Life by Jan Gehl, Lars Gemzøe, S. Kirknæs and Britt S. Søndergaard, 2006