Enforcement & Safety

Bicycle Friendly Community Application

A. Community Profile
B. Engineering
C. Education
D. Encouragement
E. Enforcement & Safety
F. Evaluation & Planning
G. Final Overview
Supplementary Materials

E1. How does your police department interact with the local cycling community? Check all that apply.

A police officer is an active member of or regularly attends meetings of the bicycle advisory committee, Identified law-enforcement point person to interact with bicyclists, Identified law-enforcement point person to Safe Routes to Schools program, Police department assists with bicycle events/rides, Police department hosts bicycle events/rides, Officers provide bike safety education, Officers distribute bike safety/theft deterrent information

E2. What percentage of patrol officers are regularly on bikes?

More than 50%

E3. What other public or private bicycle safety programs are in place? Check all that apply.

Helmet giveaways, Light giveaways

E4. What kind of bicycle-related training is offered to police officers? Check all that apply.

Basic academy training, Institute for Police Training and Development bicycle training, Training on bicycle crash types, numbers and locations

E5. Are there any local ordinances or state laws that protect bicyclists in your community? Check all that apply.

It is illegal to park or drive in a bike lane (intersections excepted), Ban on texting while driving, Safe passing distance law

E6. Do any local ordinances in your community place restrictions on bicyclists? Check all that apply.

None of the above

E7. Which of the following bicycle-related enforcement practices exist in the community? Check all that apply.

Positive enforcement ticketing

E8. How does your community use traffic citation data? Check all that apply.

Unknown

E9. Is there a specific plan, policy or program to further increase bicycle safety in your community?