TRAVEL BY TRAILS IN PARK AREAS

This paper is essentially an early conceptual approach to formulate a more comprehensive program for studying and improving trails for park and recreational areas. A review of the growing impact of park and recreation areas is given, and the importance of trials is presented. Recent recreation studies and their theoretical approaches are evaluated, and significant trail problems, such as increase in demand, periodicity, lack of overall planning, and poor design standards, are discussed. The paper also addresses user characteristics, costs, signing, and accidents. Examples of minor administrative and engineering improvements are given that might make for more efficient park use. The paper concludes that many principles applicable in urban transportation planning can be applied to park and recreational trail planning. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Sanders, David B
  • Kowolaski, Jon M
• Conference:
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia
  • Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 39-49
• Monograph Title: Innovations in Transportation System Planning
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 582
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crashes; Design standards; Economic efficiency; Impact studies; Improvements; Parks; Planing; Recreation; Recreational facilities; Signs; Trails; Transportation planning; Travel; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: User characteristics
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141284
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030902496X
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM