Bicycle Technical Guidelines (BTG)
In 1998, VTA launched a Bicycle Program that is committed to improving the bicycle infrastructure in Santa Clara County - to enable and encourage people to bike to work, school, errands and for recreation.
The Bicycle Technical Guidelines (BTG) was first adopted by VTA in 1999. In December 2007, VTA re-adopted the revised and updated version of the BTG. The BTG manual is a set of optimum standards and best practices for roadway and bikeway design. They are intended to help Member Agencies in providing optimal bicycle accommodation and ensuring that bicycle planning as well as roadway planning remains consistent countywide. The BTG is the complementary companion to the Santa Clara Countywide Bicycle Plan (CBP) and the Bicycle Expenditure Program (BEP) and should be used as a resource by both roadway and bikeway planners and designers.
The BTG will continuously be updated as the need arises. Revised individual pages should be downloaded by manual holders in order to have the most recent and updated version available. To receive an email notice of future revisions, send an email to: bikes@vta.org
The online BTG can be found here: http://www.vta.org/schedules/bikeways_program.html