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Urban Pathways to Healthy Neighborhoods
Explore unique approaches to developing, programming and improving urban pathways. View and download the Urban Pathways primer (at right) and issue summaries below.
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Programs
Conducting community outreach and providing programs can extend the benefits of the trail into the nearby community. |
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Safety
In many urban areas, crime and safety are serious, pervasive issues, and even the perception of trail safety can influence trail use. |
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Gardens
Urban pathways and gardens are a kindred pair—both enhance community health by providing opportunities for physical activity and increasing access to fresh, healthy foods. |
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Art
Public art gives a sense of destination, highlights community identity and adds interest to urban trails. |
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Connections
Explore different approaches to connecting urban pathways to bicycle and pedestrian networks, transit, parks and greenspace, and other community destinations. |
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Project Assistance and Community Assessments
RTC provided multi-year, in-depth technical assistance to urban pathways across the country by engaging with local partners to identify and implement improvements that will enhance access and foster community ownership of existing trails. |
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UPI Summits
More than 100 advocates of urban pathways from more than 25 cities across the nation, in the nonprofit, private and public sectors, engaged with Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's UPI summits in New Orleans, La., and Cleveland, Ohio. |
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is a primer that presents evidence
to support the need for and
importance of urban pathways.
Download accompanying issue summaries:
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Crime and Perceptions of Safety
on Urban Pathways
This short film visits urban pathways in three cities that addressed trail safety head-on—and have succeeded in creating trails that are well-used community assets.
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