DEVELOPING A PLAN
TITLE: Organizing Citizen Support and Acquiring Funding for Bicycle and Pedestrian Trails AUTHOR: The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, for the Federal Highway Administration NUMBER: FHWA-PD-93-007, Case Study #8 YEAR: 1993 FORMAT: Booklet LENGTH: 118 pages FEE: INTENDED
AUDIENCE:Traffic Engineers, Planners, Pedestrian Program Coordinators
DESCRIPTION: This study examines successful strategies for converting abandoned railroad corridors to bicycle and pedestrian trails. A five-step process through which most trail projects pass - initiation, advocacy, acquisition, development, and operation/management is identified. Four case studies, Snohomish County Centennial Trail, WA, Rock Island Trail, IL, Pinellas Trail, FL, and Sugarbush Trail, MI, demonstrate the steps. Sources of funding are listed, along with an annotated bibliography broken down by introductory materials, citizen advocacy and public support, ownership and legal issues, trail planning, design, and construction, and operation and management.
HOW TO GET: Order from:
The National Bicycle and Pedestrian Clearinghouse
1506 21st Street, NW
Suite 210
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 800 760-NBPC, or 202 463-8405
Fax: 202 463-6625CROSS LISTINGS: funding, trails, advocacy