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There are many benefits of trails and greenways that planners, funders, and the public need to know about: they make our communities more liveable; improve the economy through tourism and civic improvement; preserve and restore open space; and provide opportunities for physical activity to improve fitness and mental health.

• Great Rivers Greenway District (MO) leads community efforts for greenways and parks
• Report of Greenways and Trails Forum for Orlando Area Development Professionals
• Teton Valley grows a trail system
• Teton Valley Trails and Pathways publication: Pathways- how they are important - how they help sell homes - how to build them
• Teton Valley Trails and Pathways promotes a trails-connected community (pdf from Powerpoint 1.1 mb)
• The Park City, Utah Story: Town to Trail (pdf from Powerpoint 1.1 mb)
• Trails and Greenways for Livable Communities (pdf 310kb)
• Bicycling and Walking to Healthy Communities, by Andy Clarke
• San Jose's trail network is the foundation for its Green Vision
• Anchorage trails system adds to quality of life
• Blazing a path to heath and happiness: Collingwood, Ontario, promotes trails
• Artful Ways: enhancing trails and greenways with art and artists
• Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century in concert with land planning and development

• Trails add value to new homes and give the developer the highest investment return
• Award-winning trails community: Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Award-winning trails community: Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton/Sarasota, Florida
• Award-winning trails community: Woodlands Edge in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Trails are the vision at Sequoia Ranch community by Randy Martin
• West Coyote Hills (Fullerton, CA) is discussing an "early trails plan" to open some trails to the public even before new homes are even built
• Top 10 ways to work with a developer, By Jim Coffman
• Trails in New Developments: a case study; by Roger Bell
• The (almost) perfect trails community, by Robert Searns
• Trails are important to home buyers, survey shows

• Walking the Walk: How Walkability Raises Home Values in U.S. Cities
• Walkable Edmonton Toolkit promotes a more active community
• Inviting the Community Back Into the Woods: Natural Trails in Urban Landscapes (pdf of PowerPoint 760 kb)
• A Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities (pdf 3.7 mb)

• Trails Lead to a "Fit" Community by Randy Martin
• San Bernardino County finds trails are an essential part of healthy communities
• 25 Communities Begin Projects to Promote Active Living
• Healthier suburbs, where cars sit idle and people get moving
• Smart Growth America, Measuring Sprawl and Its Impact
• Travel and Environmental Implications of School Siting, EPA 2003 (pdf 1.3 mb)
• How land use and transportation systems impact public health from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: the relationship between physical activity and community design (6,350k pdf)
• How land use and transportation systems impact public health: An Annotated Bibliography (635k pdf)

• Beyond Greenways: Green Communities and Sustainability in Southeast Michigan
• Right Trail, Right Place: Community Trail Planning, The Greenway Collaborative, Inc. (pdf 5.9 mb)
• CA: Creating the Town of Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access Master Plan
• CA: Coastal trails, waterfront access in Eureka (pdf 2.5 mb)
• CA: San Diego County Trails Plan (pdf 940kb)
• CO: Blue Sky Trail connects fragments into regional trail system
• FL: Indian River Greenways Plan seeks to improve transportation as well as recreation
• MO: Kansas City Walkability Plan
• MO: Great Rivers Greenway District works for St. Louis region trails system
• OR: Benton County Natural Areas & Parks Department Trail System Plan (pdf 464 kb)
• NY: Rochester Regional Trails Plan (pdf 3.4 mb)
• UT: Regional Trails Planning for Salt Lake County
• UT: Cache County-wide Trail & Parkway Master Plan
• VA: City of Staunton Frontier Trail Plan: Creating Connections
• See State and Regional Planning documents

• Moving Cooler study from Urban Land Institute analyzes strategies to reduce greenhouse gases from transportation
• New economic trends make a sense-of-place more important than ever

 

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