What is a state Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator, and what are the Coordinators primary responsibilities?
The 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) mandated that all state departments of transportation have a bicycle and pedestrian coordinator or program manager. A coordinator’s primary functions are to institutionalize nonmotorized transportation within a larger state agency and to increase the number of citizens safely bicycling and walking in the state. To do this, coordinators must be generalists who can build internal and external partnerships, manage projects, provide technical review, secure funding, implement safety education programs, work with the public and the media, conduct research, and share resources. A bicycle/pedestrian coordinator works with advocates, state and local elected officials, business leaders, media, law enforcement, public health officials, transit providers and the general public to build partnerships providing leadership and vision so these groups may embrace and implement facilities and programs that increase the number of residents
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