NCHRP Legal Research Digest 53:

Liability Aspects of Bikeways

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Publication Year:2010

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Larry W Thomas; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 53: Liability Aspects of Bikeways explores the liability of public entities for bicycle accidents on bikeways as well as on streets and highways. The report also examines the federal laws ...
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COVER	1-1	(skim)
CONTENTS	2-2	(skim)
SECTION 1. FEDERAL LAWS ENCOURAGING THE DESIGNATION AND USE OF BIKEWAYS	3-3	(skim)
A. Introduction	4-4	(skim)
B. Whether a Public Entity Has a Duty to a Bicyclist	5-5	(skim)
C. Whether a Public Entity's Alleged Negligence Was the Proximate Cause of the Plaintiff's Claim	6-6	(skim)
A. Interplay Between a Tort Claims Act and a Recreational Use Statute in Bikeway-Accident Claims Against Public Entities	7-7	(skim)
B. Immunity From Bikeway Claims Under Some Recreational Use Statutes	8-8	(skim)
A. State Tort Claims Acts	9-9	(skim)
B. No General Duty to Install or Provide Highway Signs, Signals, or Pavement Markings	10-10	(skim)
C. Whether a Public Entity Had Notice of a Dangerous Condition	11-11	(skim)
D. The Governmental/Proprietary Test Applicable to Municipal Corporations in Some States	12-12	(skim)
A. The Meaning of the Discretionary Function Exemption	13-13	(skim)
B. The Meaning of the Discretionary Function Exemption in State Tort Claims Acts	14-15	(skim)
C. The Discretionary Function Exemption and Bikeway Claims Against Public Entities	16-16	(skim)
D. Immunity for Negligent Design Based on a Statutory Exemption for Discretionary Activity	17-19	(skim)
E. Application of the Discretionary Exemption to the Maintenance of Bikeways	20-20	(skim)
A. Warning Signs	21-21	(skim)
B. Traffic Control Devices	22-22	(skim)
C. Stop Signs and Speed Limit Signs	23-23	(skim)
D. Pavement Markings	24-24	(skim)
F. Guardrails and Barriers	25-25	(skim)
G. Shoulders and Adjacent Areas	26-26	(skim)
H. Requirement That Bicyclists Be Intended or Permitted Users	27-27	(skim)
A. Overview of Recreational Use Statutes	28-30	(skim)
B. Whether Public Entities Are Owners Under Recreational Use Statutes	31-32	(skim)
C. Whether Bikeways Come Within the Meaning of Recreational Use Statutes	33-37	(skim)
A. Localities' Laws and Policies Regarding Bikeways	38-38	(skim)
B. Types of Bikeways	39-39	(skim)
C. Responsibility for Designating Bikeways	40-40	(skim)
D. Design and Maintenance Guidance for Bikeways	41-41	(skim)
E. Localities' Reported Litigation over Bikeway Designations	42-42	(skim)
CONCLUSION	43-44	(skim)
APPENDIX A. SURVEY QUESTIONS	45-45	(skim)
APPENDIX B. LIST OF AGENCIES RESPONDING TO SURVEY QUESTIONS	46-47	(skim)
APPENDIX C. STATE RECREATIONAL USE STATUTES	48-49	(skim)
APPENDIX D. CASE/ISSUE INDEX	50-54	(skim)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	55-55	(skim)
BACK COVER	56-56	(skim)

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 53: Liability Aspects of Bikeways explores the liability of public entities for bicycle accidents on bikeways as well as on streets and highways. The report also examines the federal laws that encourage the designation and use of bikeways; the elements of a claim in tort against a public entity for a bicycle accident, whether on a public street or some type of bikeway; defenses to bikeway accidents under tort claims acts and applicable to public entities; immunity for bicycle claims under some state recreational use statutes that in a majority of states are applicable to public entities; and public entities' laws and policies on the accommodation of bicycles on streets and highways and the designation of bikeways.

NCHRP Legal Research Digest 53:

Liability Aspects of Bikeways

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