Integrating Transportation and Recreation: It isn’t either/or!

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Integrating Transportation and Recreation: It isn’t either/or! We can and should integrate transportation and recreation infrastructure. Trails often are bicycle and pedestrian through routes: spines for nonmotorized networks. Left: Olympia, Washington. Taken in 2006 by Dan Burden Middle: Trail next freeway, Salt Lake City, UT. Probable source: Stuart Macdonald. Right: Tennessee Riverwalk, Chattanooga TN, Source: National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse project library: www.enhancements.org. This was transformed from a divided highway.

Bridges and Tunnels: Essential Links for Networks Top left: Union Street Railroad Bridge, Salem OR. National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse Image Library: www.enhancements.org/library/index.asp. http://images.enhancements.org/8-Rail-Trails/Union-Street-Railroad/8030192_Wpdnk#531489639_RoHXz. Photo credit: City of Salem OR. Top middle: Red Creek Bridge over I-75, near MI-134 (Upper Peninsula). From Coalition for Recreational Trails, Recreational Trails Program Annual Achievement Awards, www.americantrails.org/awards/CRT05awards/redcreek.html. Top right: Walkway Over the Hudson Poughkeepsie – Highland NY; Photo source: Stuart Macdonald, American Trails: www.americantrails.org. See more at www.americantrails.org/photoGalleries/cool/16-Hudson-Poughkeepsie-rail-trail-bridge-photos.html Bottom left: Big Dam Bridge near Little Rock AR. Photos: National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse Image Library: www.enhancements.org/library/index.asp. http://images.enhancements.org/1-Ped-Bike-Facilities/Big-Dam-Bridge-Little-Rock-AR/10382656_MPu9W#718960593_52RUA Bottom right: Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway Land Bridge over I-75, south of Ocala FL, www.americantrails.org/i/resourceimages/landbridge2.jpg. On the Florida National Scenic Trail.

Tunnels and Underpasses: Essential Links for Networks Top left: I-5 Colonnade, Seattle. Photos from Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance: http://evergreenmtb.org/colonnade/ Bottom left: Clear Creek Trail crossing under Burlington Northern Railroad embankment, Jefferson County, CO; photo by Stuart Macdonald, August 1, 2009. www.americantrails.org/photoGalleries/cool/13-trails-under-railroads.html Middle: Silver Comet Trail, Georgia. http://images.enhancements.org/8-Rail-Trails/The-Silver-Comet-Trail-Smyrna/7170279_hKnYc#460273845_FGWbj Right: Dalecarlia Tunnel, Capital Crescent Trail, Montgomery County MD. http://images.enhancements.org/8-Rail-Trails/Capital-Crescent-Trail/9797893_2gEWj#665062936_Jb6Y3

Recreational trails used for transportation Rail-trails and other shared use paths. No Federal law or regulation requires pavement, although accessibility requires “firm and stable”. No Federal law or regulation prohibits equestrian use. Top left: High Line Canal Trail, Cherry Hills Village, CO. Photo by Stuart Macdonald, American Trails, www.americantrails.org/photoGalleries/cool/26-crusher-fines-rock-trail-surface-photos.html Top middle: Holmes County Rail-Trail, Ohio. National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse project library: http://images.ta-clearinghouse.info/3-Rail-Trails/. Top right: USDA Forest Service: Equestrian Design Guidebook for Trails, Trailheads, and Campgrounds. www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/fspubs/07232816/page06.htm#use Bottom left: Mineral Wells to Weatherford Rail-Trail , Mineral Wells, TX. National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse: www.enhancements.org/examples.asp. Opening day and dedication. (Photo: Texas DOT). Bottom right: American Tobacco Trail, Durham NC: National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse project library: http://images.ta-clearinghouse.info/3-Rail-Trails/.

Integrating Transportation and Recreation: Resources Shared Use Path presentation: www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/guidance/design_guidance/design_nonmotor/shared/ Recreational Trail presentation: www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/guidance/design_guidance/design_nonmotor/recreation/ Right: Pinellas County Rail-Trail, Florida. Stuart Macdonald, American Trails. www.americantrails.org/photoGalleries/cool/4-dual-tread-trail-bike-walk.html Left: Peter Axelson, Beneficial Designs, www.beneficialdesigns.com. Contractor for FHWA’s Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access, Best Practices Design Guide: www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sidewalk2/index.htm.