Trails as Resilient Infrastructure Guidebook
This guidebook demonstrates how trails are part of resilient transportation infrastructure, how trails can be planned and designed to be resilient and sustainable, and how trails have a role in emergency planning and response. This guidebook examines the ways in which trails can be made more resilient and how trails can serve as resilient infrastructure, providing information and guidance in support of these goals.
Organization
U.S. Department of Transportation
Publication Date
2023
Location
National or Global
Topic
Health
Infrastructure
Sustainability
Activity
Bicycling
Birding/Wildlife viewing
Camping
Climbing
Equestrian
Fishing
Hiking/Running
Hunting
Motorized sports (boat, snowmobile, ATV, etc.)
Paddling
Winter sports (downhill, Nordic, tube, snowshoe, snowmobile)
Related Resources
American Trails
American Trails Resource Library
All kinds of resources from articles to guides to webinars that provide information and guidance for all things trails.
Trails are Common Ground
Trails are Common Ground
Free promotional materials and assets to help create a safe, inclusive and respectful environment for anyone who steps, rides or rolls onto any trail, anywhere.
2021 USDA Rural Development
Recreation Economy Development Resources
This guide is intended to help rural communities identify resources to help develop their recreation economy.
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KOA: 2025 Camping & Outdoor Hospitality Report
American Sportfishing Association: Economic Contributions of Recreational Fishing
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