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Trails & GreenwaysBenefit of Greenways: A Pennsylvania StudyThe Benefits of Pennsylvania Greenways Report will be used as a foundation for future communication and outreach efforts focusing on educating the general public regarding the benefits that are and will continue to be provided by Pennsylvania greenways.
Creating Connections: The PA Greenways & Trail How-To ManualThis manual was written by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council on behalf of the Pennsylvania Greenways Partnership, a joint endeavor of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, The Conservation Fund, the Pennsylvania Field Office of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Funding and in-kind services for the Partnership have been provided by the Howard Heinz Endowment, the William Penn Foundation, DCNR, the National Park Service, and PEC. Funding for this manual was provided by the William Penn Foundation, the Howard Heinz Endowment, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Greenways in the USA: Theory, Trends & ProspectsThis chapter is organised to address several objectives:
Trail and Path Planning: A Guide for MunicipalitiesThis is an excerpt from the 119-page guide. Published in 2007. Included are excerpts from ordinances and detailed drawings on how trails and sidewalks are to be constructed. Go to http://dsf.chesco.org/planning/lib/planning/trailguide/trailguideentire.pdf to download the entire Guide.
Trail Towns: Capturing Trail-Based TourismRecreational use of rivers and trails can bring new visitors to nearby communities. This guide is designed to help leaders in these communities, these “Trail Towns,” take advantage of the economic opportunity that rides or walks into town. It will help you transform your town into a more inviting and memorable tourist destination, and in the
Trail Utilization Study: Analysis of trail systems in Oil Heritage RegionThe study discloses the volume of trail use, the residency of trail users and distance that these users arc traveling to access the trails, the size of groups visiting the area, the favored types of recreational activities, the seasonality of trail use, the types of accommodations most often used, the types of expenditures that trail users perform, and the recreational attributes that users consider to be important and what types of conditions these attributes are in within the area.
York Heritage Rail Trail County Park 2001 User Survey and Economic Impact AThe Heritage Rail Trail County Park was officially opened in August of 1999. The purpose of this study, completed in 2001, was to determine the characteristics of the users of the rail trail and to determine the economic impact of the Trail on York County.
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