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Planning is an essential ingredient in trails and greenways, from single projects to statewide systems. American Trails brings you examples from across the country, planning techniques, and a range of trail corridor types:

Maximizing Trail Budgets through Competitive Bidding by Tony Boone
The Case For Trails: Well Done, Medium Rare and Works in Progress by Bob Searns
A new urgency for planning quality trail
Planning Trails for a "Fit" Community by Randy Martin
Inviting the Community Back Into the Woods: Natural Trails in Urban Landscapes (pdf of PowerPoint 760 kb)
Principles of Recreation Resource Planning, from National Association of Recreation Resource Planners
Four Simple Tasks to Do Prior to Trail Design by Jef Farland
Ensuring Successful Regional Planning for Multi-use Trails
Sample easements and agreements for trails
Programming public involvement for plans
GIS Role in Trails Planning in Florida
Florida turns to Web for state trails plan update
Trail Planning Process, Australia: step-by-step decision making and feasibility studies (PDF 163 kb)
Planning Successful Multi-use Trails (pdf 143 kb)
Proposed accessibility guidelines, 1999
Innovative Trail Projects and Ideas (PDF 87k)
Backcountry Trail Inventory: a GPS Application
Can ranchers and environmentalists get along?
Trails and wildlife task force convened
Applying Feng Shui to trails and greenways

CA: Coastal trails, waterfront access in Eureka(pdf 2.5 mb)
CA: San Diego County Trails Plan (pdf 940kb)
OR: Benton County Natural Areas & Parks Department Trail System Plan (pdf 464 kb)
NY: Rochester Regional Trails Plan (pdf 3.4 mb)
UT: Cache County-wide Trail & Parkway Master Plan
VA: City of Staunton Frontier Trail Plan: Creating Connections

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The process of creating a State Trails Plan
States plan networks for legacy of trails and greenways
Ohio Office of Trails: Process of updating statewide trails plan
AZ: Summary and Findings: State Motorized and Nonmotorized Trails Plan (2005)
AZ: Recommendations from Arizona Trails 2000 (PDF 220 kb)
AZ: AZ TRAILS 2000: Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Plan and State Trails Plan (pdf 1.3 mb)
CA: State Recreational Trails Plan 2001 Draft
CO: Public Survey on Attitudes toward Trails
CO: Strategic Plan for State Trails Program
CO: Colorado Trails Plan Update
IA: Iowa Trails 2000
KS: Kansas State Trails Plan 2008
MD: 20-year Bicycle & Pedestrian Access Master Plan, 2002
MT: Montana State Trails Plan includes both motorized and nonmotorized trails
NV: Issues Identified by the Public in 2005 State Recreational Trails Plan
NY: Getting Started: A Guide to Planning Trails in New York State (download six chapters)
OH: Trails for Ohioans: A Plan for the Future, 2003 (pdf 5 mb)
OR: Oregon Trails How-To Manual (pdf 1.8 mb)
OR: Oregon Statewide Trails Plans, 2005
OR: Issues ranked by planning workshop, 2003
TN: Tennessee Greenways and Trails Plan, 2008 (pdf 2.8 mb)
VA: Overview of Planning and Opportunities
VA: Trails Plan: Recommendations and Analysis
WV: Pathways to the Future, 2002
WY: Wyoming State Trails Program Plan, 2004
Trail and Bicycle Path Planning Documents Bibliography (Univ. of Minnesota Library)

CO: The $2 Million Bike Path: an ISTEA project

TX: City of Plano, Texas seeks Trails Master Plan proposals
UT: Ambitious Jordan River plan would extend Utah's major green north from Salt Lake city

photo: Bridge crossing over trail

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