Barriers and Opportunities for Using Rail-Trails for Safe Travel in Rural, Isolated, and Tribal Communities

Lowry, Michael; Chang, Kevin

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Barriers and Opportunities for Using Rail-Trails for Safe Travel in Rural, Isolated, and Tribal Communities

2021-11-04
By Lowry, Michael ; Chang, Kevin

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Lowry, Michael ; Chang, Kevin
Corporate Creators:

University of Alaska Fairbanks. Center for Safety Equity in Transportation (CSET)
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United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
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INE/CSET 21.12
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

University of Alaska Fairbanks. Center for Safety Equity in Transportation (CSET)
Abstract:

This project explored barriers and opportunities for more effectively using rail-trails for safe travel in rural, isolated, tribal, and indigenous communities. The authors investigated using crowdsourced data from a fitness app to estimate bicycle volumes on trails. For 10 locations this new method produced suitable results, but for 19 locations the method was not satisfactory. Future research could identify situations in which this new method is feasible. The authors also created a new mapping tool to get demographic data surrounding locations where new rail-trails could be built. The authors identified 8,616 miles of potential rail-trail in the Pacific Northwest and explored the surrounding demographics for 12 locations in rural communities in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The authors conducted two separate surveys to solicit community member opinions and usage habits of the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes.
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69A3551747129
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61028/dot_61028_DS1.pdf
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University Transportation Centers
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