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There are many benefits of trails and greenways that planners, funders, and the public need to know about: they make our communities more liveable; improve the economy through tourism and civic improvement; preserve and restore open space; and provide opportunities for physical activity to improve fitness and mental health.

 

• Benefits of Greenways
• Why are good trails important? from Ontario Trails Strategy 2010
• Ten Reasons to Consider a Trail or Greenway in Your Next Project
• Benefits of Greenways: A Pennsylvania Study
• Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota: The Economic & Social Benefit of Trails
• Environmental Benefits Of Bicycling And Walking, from FHWA 1993 (pdf 344 kb)
• Social, Health and Heritage Benefits of Trails, from Go for Green, the Active Living and Environment Program
• The benefits that trails provide to communities, from the San Diego County Strategic Plan (pdf 56 kb)

• San Bernardino County finds trails are an essential part of healthy communities
• Trails Lead to a "Fit" Community by Randy Martin
• Report of Greenways and Trails Forum for Orlando Area Development Professionals
• Teton Valley grows a trail system
• Teton Valley Trails and Pathways publication: Pathways- how they are important - how they help sell homes - how to build them
• Top 10 ways to work with a developer, By Jim Coffman
• Trails in New Developments: a case study; by Roger Bell
• The (almost) perfect trails community, by Robert Searns
• Trails are important to home buyers, survey shows
• Trails and Greenways for Livable Communities (pdf 310kb)
• Bicycling and Walking to Healthy Communities, by Andy Clarke
• Anchorage trails system adds to quality of life
• Blazing a path to heath and happiness: Collingwood, Ontario, promotes trails
• Artful Ways: enhancing trails and greenways with art and artists
• Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century in concert with land planning and development

 

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• More Physical Activity Leads to Less Cognitive Decline
• Trails for Health: Promoting Healthy LIfestyles & Environments (pdf 100 kb)
• 25 Communities Begin Projects to Promote Active Living
• More news and research on health and trails
• Quotes and resources on health benefits of parks, trails, and open space
• America's trails and wellness:a new partnership opportunities
• Healthier suburbs, where cars sit idle and people get moving
• Smart Growth America, Measuring Sprawl and Its Impact
• How land use and transportation systems impact public health from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: the relationship between physical activity and community design (6,350k pdf)
• How land use and transportation systems impact public health: An Annotated Bibliography (635k pdf)

• Trails across time... Trails across adversity: Re-Thinking the Benefits of Trails and Greenways; opinion by Robert Searns
• Unplugged and reconnecting: working toward a new mentality for trails: opinion by Robert Searns
• Spiritual Pilgrimages and Sacred Places
• "Flow" experience among Appalachian Trail thru-hikers
• Pathways to Nature Kinship by James A. Swan
• We ask, horses give by Mary D. Midkiff

 

 

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