Assessing the Economic and Livability Value of Multi-Use Trails: A Case Study into the Tammany Trace Rail Trail in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
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2015-05
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Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon
Zusammenfassung
Multi-use trails are becoming an economic catalyst and vital contributor to the
quality of life for communities all across the nation. This document looks at key
factors as to why this is, and takes these factors as a basis into a case study on
the Tammany Trace (the ‘Trace’), a 31-mile rail-to-trail conversion in St.
Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The study looks into how the region and local
communities have benefited from the facility by collecting data from the
following methods:
• Spatial data for existing infrastructure in the region to create, study and
compare maps
• In person interviews to local leaders
• Collecting existing yearly trail user numbers
• Intercept surveys to users of the trail over 3 days
• Housing property value comparison GIS map study
• Telephone surveys to local real estate professionals
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92 pages