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Talking Headways Podcast: Bike Guides to Build Your City

Bill Schultheiss on AASHTO and NACTO bike lane design guides, the importance of history, political will and the stress of being an expert witness in court.

By Jeff Wood

10:20 AM EDT on May 29, 2025

Talking Headways Podcast: Bike Guides to Build Your City

AASHTO and NACTO's respective guides provide two similar but distinct rubrics for bike lane design. Image via Toole Design Groupe

Let's talk bike lane design guides, the importance of history, political will, and the stress of being an expert witness in court.

Jeff Wood

Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.

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