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Title: Monitoring Use of Minnesota State Trails Considerations and Recommendations for Implementation
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: Minnesota was one of the first states with an established state trail system and was an early promoter of the railto-trail movement. Minnesota currently has over 1,300 miles of state trails, the system was recognized nationally by American Trails in 2010 (DNR 2015). See Figure 1.1 for a map of the current state trail system. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has completed detailed studies of trail use since the 1990s. Yet, due to staffing and resources, DNR has relatively little information to demonstrate how many people use state trails today. In recent years, many organizations have begun non-motorized traffic counting initiatives. Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Three Rivers Park District, Transit for Livable Communities, University of Minnesota, along with other organizations in the state are actively counting bicyclists and pedestrians. These projects have been primarily in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area until the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative, developed in collaboration with Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota (MnDOT, 2016). DNR staff identified an opportunity to consider methods for monitoring use of state trails into the future. A group of students at Humphrey School of Public Affairs organized to address this need and gain exposure to methods for . . .
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Authors: Holmes, Tom; Knight, Jake; Newman, Darin; Wu, Xinyi
Institution: University of Minnesota
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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Natural Resource Management, Other
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