Good Practices Guide for Bicycle Safety Education

Download or read book Good Practices Guide for Bicycle Safety Education written by United States. Federal Highway Administration and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this Guide is to serve as an informational resource for educators and other interested professionals in planning and developing bicycle safety education programs. The Guide examines 15 existing bicycle safety education programs in the United States and one from Canada. The Guide consists of the following three primary sections: (1) Case Studies - specific examples of how educators have developed bicycle safety programs; (2) Planning Your Program - describes lessons that can be learned from the bicycle safety education programs surveyed in six topic areas: funding your program, bicycle safety education and public schools, developing partnerships, alternative venues/subjects, evaluation methods, and publicity; and (3) Conclusion - summarizes the major issues that should be considered when developing a bicycle safety education course.