
Become a member today of your state walk and bike associations:
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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