The Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation (DBPT) is a comprehensive operation, touching all aspects of bicycling and walking; whether designing facilities, creating safety programs, mapping cross-state bicycle routes, training teachers, sponsoring workshops and conferences, fostering multi-modal planning or integrating bicycling and walking into the ongoing activities of the Department of Transportation. Created in 1974 as a result of North Carolina bicycle program legislation and expanded to encompass pedestrian activities in 1992 as a result of federal legislation, the DBPT is the oldest comprehensive state program of its kind in the United States.
This section provides detailed information about our structure, function, and activities as well as a history of the program and a list of achievements.
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Bicycling and Walking in North Carolina:
A Long-Range Transportation Plan
The guiding document for our mission and activities is our long-range plan, Bicycling and Walking in North Carolina: A Long-Range Transportation Plan (November, 1996). After an introduction chapter, the plan includes chapters that describe in detail the History, Organization and Function of DBPT; Current Conditions; Goals and Focus Areas; and Actions and Opportunities.
Click here to view or download the full text of the plan. (PDF, 3.1Mb)
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