Provides essential guidance on planning, design, construction, funding, and maintenance of trails in California. Details relevant policies, legislation, and successful projects that lend strong support and provide a variety of tools for the planning and implementation of local trails. A comprehensive guide that can be used at all stages of the trail development process, Trail Planning is an important reference for planners, advocates, developers, and managers of trails.
Topics include Purpose and value of trails Federal and state policies and regulations authorizing trails: Federal provisions for National Recreation Trails, National Scenic Trails, and National Historic Trails; State legislation, including the California Coastal Act, McAteer-Petris Act, and State Trails Master Plan Developing Trail Plans: contents of the plan, including mapping and graphics; strategies to gain public consensus; relationships to local general plans, specific plans, redevelopment plans, zoning, and transportation and air quality programs; implementation of trail policies Building the community: participants, public involvement, and key ingredients of successful partnerships Legal responsibilities: determining the type of ownership, acquiring land or easements, crafting agreements, and resolving liability issues Trail design: Understanding basic design principles, identifying users, managing conflicts through design, and incorporating federal and state transportation guidelines and Americans with Disabilities Act standards; Environmental review: CEQA and NEPA requirements, types of permits, permitting agencies, and environmental conditions affecting trails Funding: strategies for capturing the full range of opportunities, determining constructions costs, generating revenues directly from the trail, and developing successful grant applications Trail maintenance: establishing a maintenance program, balancing user needs, assigning responsibilities, and budgeting
Trail Planning has been recognized with awards from the leading California professional planning organizations: Cal-APA Statewide Award of Merit for Focused Issue Planning,APA-CA Northern Section Media Award, and AEP Outstanding Environmental Resources Document for 2010

Trail Planning for California Communities

Julie Bondurant

Laura Thompson et al

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Trail Planning for California Communities