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FAQ's
: Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinators
Is my State or City required to have a bicycle
and/or pedestrian coordinator?
Federal transportation law requires every State to have at least
a part-time bicycle and pedestrian coordinator in their Department
of Transportation. Most states have chosen to make the position
full-time, and many have added support staff and technical experts
to create bicycle and pedestrian programs. link
to policy
A list of state coordinators is available at design.transportation.org/tf_nonmotorized_bikeped.html.
There is no equivalent requirement for cities or counties to have
a bicycle and/or pedestrian coordinator, but an increasing number
of communities are choosing to make this commitment. A partial list
of communities with bicycle and pedestrian staff (FHWA Program Guidance,
February 1999) includes:
| Cities |
Population
of City ('99) |
| |
|
| Albuquerque |
420,000 |
| Alexandria |
117,000 |
| Ann
Arbor |
109,00 |
| Asheville |
65,000 |
| Auburn |
40,000 |
| Austin |
587,000 |
| Berkeley |
108,000 |
| Billings |
92,000 |
| Binghampton |
|
| Boca
Raton |
72,000 |
| Boulder |
91,000 |
| Cambridge |
92,000 |
| Chandler |
169,000 |
| Charlotte |
520,000 |
| Chicago |
2,799,000 |
| Cincinnati |
330,000 |
| Columbus,
OH |
671,000 |
| Corvallis |
50,000 |
| Dallas |
1,076,000 |
| Davis |
56,000 |
| Denver |
499,000 |
| District
of Columbia |
519,000 |
| Durham |
179,000 |
| Eugene |
130,000 |
| Fayetteville |
58,000 |
| Ft.
Collins |
113,000 |
| Gainesville |
92,000 |
| Gresham |
87,000 |
| Honolulu |
395,000 |
| Houston |
1,845,000 |
| Jackson,
WY |
8,647 |
| Key
West |
27,000 |
| Lafayette,
CA |
23,975 |
| Las
Vegas |
418,000 |
| Lawrence,
KS |
78,000 |
| Los
Angeles |
3,633,000 |
| Madison |
210,000 |
| Mesa |
368,000 |
| Minneapolis |
353,000 |
| Missoula |
58,000 |
| Modesto |
188,000 |
| New
York |
7,428,000 |
| Oakland |
365,000 |
| Olympia |
42,000 |
| Palo
Alto |
58,000 |
| Philadelphia |
1,417,000 |
| Phoenix |
1,211,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
336,000 |
| Portland |
503,000 |
| Rockville,
MD |
47,388 |
| Sacramento |
406,000 |
| Salinas,
CA |
123,000 |
| San
Diego |
1,238,000 |
| San
Francisco |
746,000 |
| San
Jose |
867,000 |
| Santa
Barbara |
86,000 |
| Santa
Cruz |
53,000 |
| Seattle |
537,000 |
| Shoreview,
MN |
26,500 |
| St.
Paul |
256,000 |
| Tallahassee/Leon
County |
135,000 |
| Tempe |
167,000 |
| Tucson |
466,000 |
| Vancouver,
WA |
118,000 |
 |
| Canadian
Cities |
Population
of City ('99) |
| Montreal |
|
| Ottawa-Carleton |
|
| Saskatoon |
|
| Toronto |
|
|
| Counties |
Population
of County ('99) |
| |
|
| Arlington,
VA |
174,000 |
| DuPage,
IL |
904,000 |
| Jefferson,
KY |
693,000 |
| Kane,
IL |
404,000 |
| Lancaster,
PA |
470,000 |
| Maricopa,
AZ |
3,072,000 |
| Marin,
CA |
247,000 |
| Merced,
CA |
210,000 |
| Multnomah,
OR |
660,000 |
| Sacramento,
CA |
1,223,000 |
| Santa
Barbara, CA |
399,000 |
| York,
PA |
381,000 |
|
| Florida
Counties |
Population
of County ('99) |
| |
|
| Brevard |
476,000 |
| Broward |
1,623,000 |
| Charlotte |
141,000 |
| Hillsborough |
998,000 |
| Lake |
210,000 |
| Miami-Dade |
2,253,000 |
| Monroe |
79,000 |
| Naples-Collier |
251,000 |
| Palm
Beach |
1,131,000 |
| Pinellas |
921,000 |
| Sarasota |
325,000 |
| Seminole |
365,000 |
| Volusia |
443,000 |
|
| Metropolitan
Planning Organizations (MPO) |
Population
of MPO ('99) |
| |
|
| Baltimore
Metropolitan Transportation Council |
2,491,000 |
| Birmingham,
Alabama RPC |
915,000 |
| Capital
District Transportation Commission (Albany, NY) |
869,000 |
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg
County Unified Planning Agency |
1,417,000 |
| Chicago
Area Transportation Study |
8,008,000 |
| Delaware
Valley Regional Planning Commission (Philadelphia) |
4,949,000 |
| East
West Gateway Coordinating Council (St. Louis) |
2,569,000 |
| First
Coast (Jacksonville, FL) |
1,056,000 |
| Genessee
Transportation Council (Rochester, NY) |
1,079,000 |
| IndyMPO
(Indianapolis) |
1,536,000 |
| Lee
County (FL) |
|
| Metro
(Portland, OR) |
1,845,000 |
| Metroplan
Orlando |
1,535,000 |
| Metropolitan
Area Planning Council (Boston) |
3,297,000 |
| Metropolitan
Government of Nashville and Davidson County (TN) |
506,000 |
| Metropolitan
Washington COG |
4,739,000 |
| Michiana
Area COG (South Bend) |
258,000 |
| Mid
America Regional Council (Kansas) |
1,755,000 |
| Mountainland
Association of Governments (Orem, UT) |
346,000 |
| New
York Metropolitan Transportation Council |
8,712,000 |
| North
Central Texas COG |
3,280,000 |
| Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana
COG (Cincinnati) |
1,627,000 |
| Pima
Association of Governments, AZ (Tucson) |
803,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Dutchess
County Transportation Council |
|
| Puget
Sound Regional Council (Seattle) |
2,334,000 |
| San
Diego Association of Governments |
2,820,000 |
| Santa
Cruz Regional Transportation Commission |
245,000 |
| Southern
Windsor RPC (VT) |
|
| Southern
Pennsylvania RPC (Pittsburgh) |
2,331,000 |
| Southwest
Florida RPC |
400,000 |
| Washoe
Regional Commission (Reno, NV) |
3,319,000 |
| West
Florida RPC |
403,000 |
| Wilmington
Area Planning Commission (DE) |
571,000 |
|
| University
Campuses |
Population
of College Campus ('99) |
| |
|
| Cornell |
20,000
(12,000) |
| Stanford |
10,000
(1,600) |
| UC
Berkeley |
32,000 |
| UC
Davis |
26,000 |
| UC
Santa Cruz |
12,000 |
| University
of Arizona |
35,000
(13,000) |
| University
of Florida |
44,000
(4,000) |
| University
of Minnesota |
45,000 |
| University
of Oregon |
17,000
(1,400) |
| University
of Pittsburgh |
23,000
(9,000) |
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