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The Safety a'nd Mitigation Opportunities of
Rails -with -Trails for the All Aboard Florida Project
March 2014
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Pity Clark
Metropolitan Branch Trail
Washington, DC
A Golden Opportunity:
Rail -with -Trail and the All Aboard Florida Project
•offers safety benefits for passengers and trails users
•offers environmental mitigation benefits
•Is already identified in numerous state and Local
alternative transportation plans
•Supports a healthy community by providing close to
home recreation and supports practical travel
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City Clerk
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Trails may reduce trespassing by
providing a safe solution to areas
prone to trespassing
Liability safeguards: Recreation
Use Statutes, Insurance,
Indemnification, etc.
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Rails -with -Trails: Design
Design can address the
majority of safety issues
Key safety factors:
Adequate distance
between track and trail
Fencing, barriers or grade
separation between track
and trail
Safe rail crossings
Long site lines
Trail -user warning signs
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City Clerk
White RI , BC (south of Vancoutrer, B
San Clemente Beach Trail, CA
Florida
Greenway Trails
System
Plan
"This letter is to
express the strong
support of the Office of
Greenways and Trails
for co -locating a multi-
use trail along the All
Aboard Florida rail
line."
"Trails have become
increasingly important
in transportation
planning and
development."
FLA Dept. of Environmental
Protection
FLORID, Dt:PAR[ME.AT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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This IW1et is to express Ills flroiq eupport of the OlLcn of C-termeye and Tradis lee co -locating a
paved reab-ufte hell Marp d e Al Aboard Florida ra,l a .b.
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Trails has* become Inraeassrwly important in traneportabon planning arta development. One of
Lire in t nt ubv'Rrus Florida exec yeas Fs the 3.nc04ef Trail vrhtch was d+evyloped S. tandem w,ilh II.
larded arttee6 sw wall Parkway. the provision of bionic end podesinw ti0Ybe. ndudmp
psvod shared ors, paths within road and raf nonidors is oiiraf w esdabliahirsw mu/irwdai
leenapo•IP10n systems
Me 20' 3 2017 Florida Orsonita re and Trails Sys* n1 ;FCTSj Plan h.01tliwlds iha rode of Ira" in
1-- drtispi lesion der,onp Ilse albpdrrsai nrauderl in t . plan is Ihr. 1o4awing.
Ceanctere 4.3 ' Actvance the 2050 Flat: f 'r:rnspoitatw P:n i areJ'.Irr P ituie CunRfuis
Indiana, by atordusatiry Iha FGTS wain tee .Abode Deoartniere d'I-anyone:: oc to
provide matt -nodal traespatatidl that is safe and eaceseable !c� pedestrians and
'he 2050 Elam 1 raft6pnAa nor Plan 0eariae Plaids's future lrartspoill l un vwr:n and ideordes
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es kelp range woes are lc •tlate tanspai r nn decisions to sups rl and enhance livable
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questorta SAuul t'de FGTS or our euppon tor All Amato l., x11. rooter: rnw qt 85 .245-2052
SWcerely.
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James IA. Mh. J. Claw'
OMeion of Ilecreattor and I'rtu. 3il'ice of i,.reann,yc ard'raits
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City Clerk
Florida
Greenway Trails
System
Plan
Lake Okoachotrea Scenic trail
Adopted High Priority Corridor
In The Statewide Trail System
Now River fltrrwway
Jupiter RlveneaMl
Palm Beach
Pralnsctwla Awe pa(h
— Flapler Trail
SR A1A sidapaih
(Palm Beach Cr.. 71
SR A IA a,depath
(B►owarcl Co 1 y
Ft. Lauderdale
SR A 1 A side;ra1n
(Mrcward Co.)
Hollywood flroadwalk
Mlatui Beach Groom/say 1
Miami (leach Grsenway 2
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Other Plans Identifying the Corridor As A Key
Regional Or Local Connection
City of Miami — FEC Unity Trail
and FEc Greenway, Local
connections
Miami -Dade County — Flagler
Trail — Regional connection
Space Coast TPO Master Plan
— Regional connection
Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council S.E. Trails
Plan — Regional Connections
State of Florida Statewide Trail
Plan — High priority - Statewide
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Rails -with -Trails: A Growing Trend
1600 -
1400
1200
1000
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400
200
0
Increase in Rails -with -Trails
1446
23
99
37
61
115
159
1996 2000 2006 2010
Year
• Number of miles
Number of trails
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Trails Are Economic Engines
Long gone are the days when a "trail" was merely a quiet
place to take a leisurely stroll, pedal your bike and
appreciate chirping birds and swaying branches.
Trails are now multi -million dollar economic engines, critical
investments at the heart of an outdoor recreation economy
in which Americans spend $646 billion every year, $38.3
billion of that in Florida.
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Trails Are Economic Engines
•In downtown Dunedin, private business occupancy rates
increased from 30 percent to 95 percent following the
establishment of the Pinellas Trail.
•The West Orange, Little Econ and Cady Way trails in
Orange County supported 516 jobs and had an
economic impact of $42.6 million in 2010.
•In 2009, Florida's eight state trails and the Cross Florida
Greenway had more than four million visitors, generating
an estimated economic impact of $95 million.
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Characteristics
• Longest Trail: 57 miles (Railroad Trail, Michigan)
• Longest continually next to tracks: 22 miles (Railroad Trail, Michigan)
• Fastest Trains: 150 MPH (Southwest Corridor Park Trail, Mass.)
• Slowest Trains: 5 MPH (West Orange Trail, Florida) ***Re-routed***
• Oldest Trail: 1966 (Illinois Prairie Path, Illinois)
• Widest Corridor: 1,500 Ft. (Rose Canyon Bike Path, California)
• Narrowest Corridor: 18 Ft. (Seattle Waterfront Trail and Duwamish
Trail both in Washington)
• Closest to tracks: 2 Ft. (Railroad Trail, Michigan)
• M-Path and MetroRail, South Dade Trail and Busway (Miami)
• Pinellas Trail and Spur Line (Downtown, St. Petersburg)
• 10-mile Trail (Lee County) and Dr. Lakes Bike Path (Clay County)
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Characteristics Of Adjacent Rail
Train Speed
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mph
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Train Frequency
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Source: RTC California
Study, 2009
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TRAILs
Rails -with Trails:
Lessons Learned
RTC Maintains Rail -
with -Trail Resources
California Rails -with -Trails
A Survey of Trails Along Active Rail Lines
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Rails -to -Trails Conservancy
Rails -to -Trails Cotn.nan ley (RTC sour, as the n acowl cocoa for
more than I00,000 m otb»rs and nysporten. We're help develop
MOO) than 1 i.000 males of sail -trail thro ghont the ca-int... and
thrnwnds of ruder of potential rail -will il, waiting to be beat. In.
have snpportd the tremendous qr mth and development of rx:-
tra6 Imo• opening our doors on Pehnucr 1. I930, and to nail
ddcat.d to the cmtiost of a zmos:ea& network of tr4 :s and
cora:seen cotodocs. Psues.c RTC is commuted to erlsuumg the
health of,iuwr lea': environment. transportation. economy
neighborhoods and people—nsmr{ a better Ensue nude possible
by trails and tl-,e c«ua.ctiooa dery imp.*.
NOVEMBER 2009
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active and rail transportation, r
become an increasinglyrail-with-trail ie both
successful exam Popular concept. ail has
but it's f rails-with-trailsor loc lMaunNoy
leaders and
and railroad comp nies to beot uncommon for local
apprehensive about developing
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However,rights-of-way (ROW).
Paths
the t mounting evidence
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rail -with -trail projects are in development claim
are often contacted b more
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collection existing and planned railroad R that
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Leeestp publication, California Ran of our ils-with-Trails:
studies, re
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Collections wh
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newly impressive collection of executive dire y developed E&N Rai( Trail director of t
well as examples from (named for rail -with -trail phoh • Capital Bike and Walk of jurisdictions.R4the Es
Photos can also Society quiet
Seattle and Portland.
found in this photo
gallery.
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• American Trailsrtland. photo gallery. which rule
Photos from al- Cool Trail Solutions, Wisconsin. with -trails in California,Rails-with-Trail Schuylkill truIllinois, Troll
River P Affiance - Iowa, M 2007, the Schuylkill waif Crossings
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Statewide Rail -with -Trail Advocacy
State
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state iginia nicycJinq Federation has Koine organizations requesting a for
to support rails- garnered support fry
Virginia. Read more with -trails coal endorsement fro
the state level. about their along all major railprojectsm 1
effort to implement noat
New Rail-with-Trall Projects nt mnovatr
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the lonl Metroe transit Atifin Authority of
Austin,how mulb-use trails -will ndcompleted a feasibility
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study
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For further details regarding
rail -with -trails,
please visit RTC at:
www.railstotrails.org
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