posted Jan 20, 2020
To better understand and promote physical activity on a newly constructed trail, the present study examined the demographic characteristics and physical activity behaviors of trail users
posted Oct 11, 2021
These Trail User Survey examples show how trails across the country are listening to their trail users to gather data for funding, maintenance, events, and more.
posted Dec 11, 2019
by Rails to Trails Conservancy
RTC's guide to conducting a survey, including sample surveys and methods.
posted Feb 19, 2018
San Jose California and Atlanta Georgia are advancing large scale trail developments as core elements of sustainable development.
posted Feb 19, 2018
Learn strategies to build support for trails in agricultural settings, and design techniques to mitigate potential conflict between adjacent land uses.
posted Mar 13, 2018
Golf courses, with their large expanses of undeveloped land, can appear to be a tempting place to locate a trail or bikeway in a community seeking to overcome gaps in their trail system.
posted Apr 12, 2023
by Federal Highway Administration
Trails are often overlooked as elements of essential infrastructure for a resilient transportation system.1 In emergencies where other transportation facilities are shut down or inaccessible, people may use trails to get where they need to go.
posted Feb 19, 2018
Explore multiple uses for GIS data beyond simple mapmaking and inventory.
posted Feb 14, 2023
by Equine Land Conservation Resource
Horses are prey animals and naturally can be afraid of unfamiliar people and objects. Horses have natural "flight“ survival instincts and prefer to move their feet towards an exit route. Therefore, people with horses should pass at a walk while other trail users remain STOPPED until passed.
posted Apr 23, 2018
by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
The Ice Age Trail Triad shows that the federal government, a state agency, and a nonprofit can all work together to accomplish a lot more than they could if they worked on their own.
posted Dec 22, 2020
This guidance has been created to help mountain bikers and land managers understand different perspectives on this issue, in the context of the Scottish access rights, and to suggest ways in which they can work together and try where possible to find solutions.
posted Feb 19, 2018
Learn the historical and contemporary sources of grassroots opposition to rail trails and several principles for accommodating critics.
