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S: WSDOT should continue to provide information to local governments when changing its <br /> Design Manual procedures that relate to bicycle and pedestrian transportation facilities. <br /> S: WSDOT should continue to target its bicycle and pedestrian funding to remove barriers on <br /> the state system and improve access to local bicycle and pedestrian networks. <br /> S: WSDOT should continue to provide technical assistance to local agencies on bicycle and <br /> pedestrian facility design and site location. <br /> SAFETY EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT <br /> L: High school driver's training courses should include a section on the most frequent crashes <br /> motorists have with bicycles and pedestrians. <br /> C: The Washington State Patrol (WSP) and local police officers should ensure pedestrians and <br /> bicyclists correctly use traffic facilities and that motorists obey traffic laws so that traffic <br /> facilities are safe to use. <br /> C: The state, schools, and local governments should continue to provide safety education <br /> materials to students in K-12 and targeted population groups on appropriate pedestrian and <br /> bicycle actions. <br /> C: State and local governments should ensure police training occurs on how to report pedestrian <br /> and bicycle crashes. This may require modifying the existing police report sheet in order to <br /> better record bicycle and pedestrian crashes. <br /> C: Ensure state and local updates of the Highway Safety Management System incorporates <br /> bicycle and pedestrian safety issues. (For example, pedestrian risk at intersections, right-turn <br /> movements where bicycle lanes are present.) <br /> C: WSDOT should develop a memorandum of understanding between the Washington State <br /> Traffic Safety Commission, WSP, OSPI, and the Department of Health that clearly defines <br /> the roles and responsibility for providing bicycle and pedestrian safety education to targeted <br /> population groups. This can include designating a clearing house of model bicycle and <br /> pedestrian curriculum for schools. <br /> S: WSDOT and the Department of Licensing should work together to include more information <br /> in the driver's manual and exam on correct traffic procedures between drivers and bicyclists <br /> or pedestrians. <br /> V: Volunteer bicycle organizations should continue to provide bicycle safety education materials <br /> to their local communities. <br /> W:\PLANNING\TRAILS\COMP96.DOC 49 <br />