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Creating a Complete Street Active Transportation Network

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Marita Roos ASLA AICP RLA LEEDAP, Mark G. Goode III P.E.
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 |1:00-2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00-4:30pm (Part 2)
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

Complete Streets is a national initiative to plan, design, build and operate roadways that safely meet the needs of all users: pedestrians, cyclists, those [...read more]

Trail Builders and Equipment Workshop (off-site)

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Alan Markert MBA
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 | 1:00-2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00-4:30pm (Part 2)

San Antonio Parks and Recreation Partnership with South Texas Off Road Mountain Bikers (STORM) to Develop Natural Surface Trails

This off-site workshop is a case study is important to planners who are looking for ways to partner with citizen [...read more]

A Trail Plan for 4 Million

West Houston Trails Master Plan Map
Robert L. Rayburn
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

This session will be a case study of how stakeholders, led by the Houston Energy Corridor District, came together with the help of the National Park Service in a charrette that successfully identified gaps in community [...read more]

Incorporating Planned Trail Projects into the NEPA Process for Highways

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Bret “Bee” Martin AICP, MRCP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for

The purpose of this presentation is to educate session attendees on the importance of incorporating planned/programmed bicycle and pedestrian trail projects into the environmental documentation process and planning studies (such as environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, [...read more]

Oh the Pain in Conducting a Trail User Count! An Overview of How and Why to Count

Jamie Rae Walker, Jay Daniel, John Collins
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45 – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Over the last decade the importance and relevance trails contribute to physical and mental health, to the environment, to the economy, and to quality of life has been well documented. While public support for trail [...read more]

Modeling the Benefits of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study of Houston’s Bayou Greenway Initiative

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Sue Darcy, John Havenstrite
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

Two members of Marsh Darcy Partners will discuss how they happened to develop a model to measure the benefits of linear green infrastructure. The model, commissioned by the Houston Parks Board for their Bayou [...read more]

San Antonio Greenway Trails Past, Present and Future

Leon Greenway Trail - Near OP Schnabel Park

Brandon Ross AICP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

This session will include a PowerPoint presentation and detailed discussion of the following topics related to San Antonio’s Greenway Trails system:

History of the formative development of the concept of developing trails along San Antonio’s creekways Funding [...read more]

At the Signpost Up Ahead Accessible Trails!

E. Brian Bristow
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible • TBAE Barrier-Free Design Eligible

A thorough working knowledge and understanding of the broad topic of trail accessibility in Texas has long been important but is now increasingly so among trail planners, designers, contractors, inspectors and [...read more]

WALK: Museum Reach Riverwalk Extension & Pearl Redevelopment

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Irby Hightower FAIA
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15 pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

This walking tour will begin on the patio of the El Tropicano Hotel and tour the new Museum Reach, Urban Segment of the San Antonio River Walk north of downtown. The project is the first milestone [...read more]

How-to Guide to the Texas Paddling Trails Program

Melissa Parker BF, MS
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Expand your community’s trails program to the water! This program will introduce you to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Texas Paddling Trails Program. After going statewide with a model of working with local community partners in 2006 [...read more]

Happy Trails to You! Developing the Dallas Trail Safety and Awareness Campaign

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Michael Hellmann, Jared White AICP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

The demand for trails is on the rise as people turn to them as a form of recreation, exercise and alternative transportation. With increased [...read more]

Barton Creek Trail Rehabilitation

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Charlie McCabe, Glee Ingram, Paul Stuffel
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

The Austin Parks Foundation, City of Austin Parks Department, American Youthworks E-Corps and a host of non-profit partners and volunteer groups will have completed over 1 year of focused effort to rehabilitate [...read more]

Trammel's Trace – Opportunity for the Development of a Historic Trail

Gary Pinkerton
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45 am
• AICP CM’s applied for

Trammel’s Trace was the first road into Texas from the United States to the north. Around 1813, Indian trails were adapted for smuggling horses out of Spanish Texas through Nacogdoches into markets east of the Sabine River in New [...read more]

Big Bend Ranch State Park, an Epic Ride

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Barrett Durst, Jeff Renfrow, Hill Abell
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

The acquisition of Big Bend Ranch State Park in 1988 nearly doubled the land holdings of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. For much of the 90’s public access was limited while TPWD undertook the daunting [...read more]

The Collin County Regional Trails Master Plan A Collaborative Multi-Jurisdictional Planning Effort

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Adam Wood AICP
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

The Collin County Regional Trails Master Plan was developed to provide coordination and connectivity between cities and towns for the development of a county-wide trail system. The plan builds upon the planning efforts of the 31 cities [...read more]

The Yin-Yang of Trail Character and the Transect

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Bud Melton, Dennis Wilson
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH EligiblPurpose

Trails are linear non-motorized corridors that people use to get around. Many times these corridors pass through range of habitats with varying development characteristics shaped through densities, intensities, and roadway networks. The relationship between [...read more]

RIDE: Bike Tour of the San Antonio River Improvements Project - Mission Reach

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Jim Doersam PE, Matthew Driffill
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

The Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project is transforming an eight mile stretch of the San Antonio River into a quality riparian woodland ecosystem. This unique project restores riverine features and riparian woodlands, reintroduces [...read more]

RIDE: Leon Creek Greenway short (8-mile) and long (26-mile) rides

Leon Greenway Trail - Near OP Schnabel Park
Greg Hammer, Brandon Ross AICP
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45 pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Thirty-four miles of developed urban Greenway trails are now open to the public. The Linear Park Development Program for Salado Creek, Leon Creek, Medina River and the San Antonio River is funded through sales [...read more]

Heritage Trails to Foster a Regional Trail System in Texas

Mark Stine, Krista Sherwood, Trisha Bicknell
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Texans are proud of their heritage and the history of the State’s various regions. Part of this history includes the almost forgotten paths that helped shape the State’s growth and identity. Many Texans desire a [...read more]

Lady Bird Lake Trail Boardwalk Expansion

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Nadia Barrerra, David Kim Taylor
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

The long awaited final trail connection around Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) in Austin is finally about to be implemented. This case study session will recap progress for this over the past two years, [...read more]

PADDLE: San Antonio River Canoe Tour

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Dale Bransford
Friday, February 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

Starting in August of 2011 The City of San Antonio opened up a portion of the San Antonio River known as the King William Neighborhood for paddling recreation. Since then this historic neighborhood, home to many historic homes, [...read more]