Safer Streets, Sidewalks and Trails

Do your jurisdiction's street or sidewalk standards and guidelines make it difficult to create an active, healthy and prosperous community? HTN will provide training and resources to ensure that streets, sidewalks and trails enhance community environments and improve public safety for all users.

Success Stories

  • Bicycle Technical Guidelines Lead the Way in Santa Clara
    Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) developed the Bicycle Technical Guidelines: A Guide for Local Agencies in Santa Clara County (Guidelines) in 1999 to complement or exceed Caltrans Highway Design Manual Chapter 1000 for the design of bikeways and roadways, bicycle parking, and maintenance of on-street bikeways.

  • City of L.A. Citywide Bicycle Plan
    In 1994, the City of Los Angeles, lead by its Department of City Planning, undertook the development of its first comprehensive Bicycle Plan.

  • Gridley’s Highway 99 Streetscape Project
    The City of Gridley has had to deal with a major state highway in its efforts to calm traffic and create a safe, inviting pedestrian space.

  • Iron Horse Trail
    The Iron Horse Trail is a 35-mile rail-trail (25 miles are complete to date) built on former Southern Pacific right-of-way, which has been built in phases since 1987.

  • Modesto Non-Motorized Transportation Master Plan
    The City of Modesto is currently preparing an updated Non-Motorized Transportation Master Plan.

  • Oakland’s Walkways: Remembering and Rebuilding Walkable Neighborhoods
    Oakland’s stairpaths still representa vital link from the city’s hills to the flats and from the present to the past. Learn about how the community renewed both interest and functionality to these almost forgotten gems.

  • Sacramento’s Pedestrian Friendly Street Standards
    Sacramento has been moving forward to enhance the city’s pedestrian environment, beautify neighborhoods, and encourage alternate transportation modes.

  • Traffic Calming with a Small Staff and Limited Budget
    Lafayette’s traffic calming program takes a unique approach to education, incorporating the principles of successful marketing and advertising to effectively communicate a message.

  • Tulare’s Santa Fe Trail
    A rail-trail conversion in this rich agricultural town has drawn walkers and cyclists and turned a rail history into a healthy future.

  • Whittier Greenway Rail-Trail
    The Whittier Greenway Trail is planned as a multi-use trail system to be built on 5 miles of abandoned Union Pacific Right of Way.

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