This Creative Project has explored the relationship of bicycling and independent bike trails as a potential land-use alternative for abandoned railroad rights-of-way has a credible, historical basis found in existing bike trail conversion projects. Conversions such as The BurkeGilman Trail near Seattle, Washington; The Illinois Prairie Path near Chicago, Illinois; and The Elroy-Sparta State Trail in western Wisconsin, serve notice that a plausible alternative to railline abandonment exis only with strong public support and effective planning.This study has also examined selection criteria, acquisition problems, development criteria and criteria for post construction evaluation.Additionally, the case study serves to identify a proposed railline abandonment and its potential for conversion to a bike trail. / Department of Landscape Architecture
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/182211 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Creators | Southard, William E. |
| Contributors | Russell, John R. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Creative project, 8 hrs. |
| Format | 2 v. in 1 : ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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