The papers in this volume cover three areas of considerable interest and importance to highway and traffic planners, designers, and operators. The first four papers, sponsored by the TRB Committee on Bicycling and Bicycle Facilities, will be of use to bicycle facility designers and planners. The long-standing problems of pedal power and use of the roadway by motorized vehicles are addressed, and tools to aid in resolving these dilemmas are presented. The fifth paper on bicycling, in which bicycle accidents are described in some detail, should be of value to the traffic safety community. Since data on these types of crashes are underreported, this paper helps fill that gap. The next four papers in this volume concern pedestrians and pedestrians facilities. The final three papers are a question of great interest to the safety community has been whether older driver performance can be changed through training.
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