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APPENDIX E: Capital District Trails Plan New Visions 2050 | Bicycle and Pedestrian Action Plan APPENDIX E Capital District Trails Plan APPENDICES CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2 5 5 6 10 This plan was prepared with funding 18 This plan was prepared by: and support from the Capital District 18 Transportation Committee (CDTC). BEHAN PLANNING AND DESIGN 20 For information about this plan, contact THE CHAZEN COMPANIES 20 CDTC at the following address: SIDEKICK CREATIVE 22 One Park Place, Albany, NY 12205 CONSULTECON, INC. 24 (518) 458-2161 • www.cdtcmpo.org ROBERT BENGRAFF 26 28 34 39 44 ADDITIONAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR INPUT AND SUPPORT: 48 48 JENNIFER CEPONIS KENNETH GUYER 55 Capital District Transportation Committee Town of New Scotland Highway Superintendent 61 JASON KEMPER LISA RAMUNDO Saratoga County Planning Commissioner, Albany County Dept. of Public Works 68 MIKE VALENTINE 68 Saratoga County Planning KAREN BRADLEY Schenectady County Public Library 72 STEVE FEENEY Schenectady County Planning ADAM YAGELSKI 81 Town of East Greenbush LINDA VONDERHEIDE 82 Rensselaer County Planning CHRISTOPHER HAWVER 89 SCOTT LEWENDON Albany Pine Bush Commission 94 Planning Board, Town of Bethlehem PEGGY ENDERS 99 MARK KING Chair of the Lexington, MA Bicycle Advisory Committee 105 Executive Director of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy TERRY GLEASON WILLIAM ANSLOW Chair of the Bedford, MA Bicycle Advisory Committee 109 Albany County Department of Public Works 109 CHRISTOPHER TONKIN 110 JAMES MEARKLE Chair of the Arlington, MA Bicycle Advisory Committee Albany County Department of Public Works 112 114 118 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 5 THE CAPITAL DISTRICT TODAY 5 Regional Market Context 6 Recreational Market Trends 10 The Socio-Economic Benefits of Trails 18 PUBLIC OUTREACH 18 Stakeholder Meetings 20 Wiki Map 20 Online Survey 22 Initial Branding & Marketing Concepts 24 TRAILS VISION PLAN 26 Capital District Vision 28 Albany County Detail 34 Rensselaer County Detail 39 Saratoga County Detail 44 Schenectady County Detail 48 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS 48 Introduction 55 Future Trail Use 61 Other Socio-Economic Benefits 68 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY 68 Implementation Roadmap 72 Marketing Strategy 81 TRAILS MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES 82 Case Study: Friends of the Rail Trail (“FORT”) 89 Case Study: Farmington Valley Trails Council 94 Case Study: Saratoga County: Zim Smith Trail 99 Case Study: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 105 Case Study: Parks & Trails New York 109 APPENDIX 109 Trail Resources 110 Appendix A: Trail Construction Impacts 112 Appendix B: Residential Property Value Impacts 114 Appendix C: Annual Trail Related Spending Impacts 118 Online Survey Results Capital District Trails Plan 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE CAPITAL DISTRICT TRAILS PLAN PROJECT OVERVIEW been working to develop local transportation solutions for over 50 years. This planning work includes local roads, highways, ulti-use paths and trails provide people of all ages and public transit, and walking and bicycling facilities, such as multi- Mabilities with wonderful outdoor recreational opportunities use trails. As part of this, the CDTC has worked to promote and an alternative mode of transportation for people to get and encourage safe and diverse transportation options for area from place to place. These trails have many benefits, including residents, including the planning and development of multi-use opportunities to incorporate physical activity into daily routines trails—or “greenways’’—which complement our local roadway and trips, safe spaces for bicycling and walking, improved quality infrastructure and public transit systems. For the purposes of this of life for nearby residents, linear green spaces that preserve plan, the terms “greenway” and “trails” are used generally to natural landscapes and unique habitats, improved air and water describe dedicated corridors for walking, jogging, bicycling and quality, economic revitalization, and preservation of community other non-motorized travel. Regional trails and greenways, in this identity and history. It is no surprise that multi-use trails have regard, are paths which connect two or more villages, towns, cities grown in popularity around the country and have been expanding or counties, and provide an alternative transportation connection their network in the Capital District in recent years. between them—typically a mile or longer in length and paved. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for This complementary transportation network is born from the the Albany-Schenectady-Troy and Saratoga Springs metropolitan CDTC’s New Visions 2030 long range transportation plan, and areas, the Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC) has is intended to balance and diversify our transportation system. 2 Capital District Trails Plan INTRODUCTION TO THE CAPITAL DISTRICT TRAILS PLAN Toward this goal, in 2007 the CDTC released “Tech PROGRESS Valley Trails: A Greenway Concept for the Capital SINCE 2007 District,” a regional plan which conceptualized a Since 2007, with the publication of Tech Valley Trails: A system of trails throughout the area which would Greenway Concept for the Capital Region, a number of new create a connected regional network. This proposed trails have been planned and/or implemented in the region. system would provide an opportunity for our region’s different communities to work together on an • Vision concept for the Champlain Canal Trail achievable common vision that provides a safe space expansion for walking and bicycling, protects the environment, • Vision concept for the Zim Smith Trail expansion improves quality of life, conserves energy, and • Vision concept for the Albany Hudson Electric Trail promotes tourism and economic development. This • Construction of segments along the Champlain planning work has been instrumental in helping Canal Trail to guide the planning and creation of many new • Construction of Spring Run Trail network connections at the local level. Since that • Construction of Railroad Run Trail initial plan was published, user counts and survey • Construction of Crescent Ave & Towpath Trails data have shown an increased use of local trails, and • Construction of Delaware Ave Trail progress has been made in establishing many new • Construction of Albany Shaker Trail network links. Since 2007, over 40 miles of new trails • Construction of Albany County have been constructed in the Capital District. In the Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail spring of 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced • Planned expansion for Zim Smith Trail funding for the Empire State Trail, a 750-mile trail • Planned Watervliet Cycle-track from New York City to Canada and from Albany • Planned South End Bikeway Link to Buffalo, anticipated to be completed by 2020. • Rensselaer Riverfront Trail The Empire State Trail would create a significant • South Troy Riverfront Bikeway (or “Uncle Sam Trail north-south and east-west spine of the regional Extension”) trail network. This work would provide a strong foundation for our effort of further connecting local communities. OVERALL, SINCE 2009, TOTAL TRAIL MILEAGE IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT Today, ten years since Tech Valley Trails was released, HAS RISEN FROM 74 MILES TO OVER 118 it is time to take stock in what has been accomplished MILES, AND IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO REACH 148 MILES BY 2020. and update this plan accordingly so that it can continue to help all local communities access, plan for, and In 2016, the CDTC conducted counts, as well as trail user continue to develop a seamless, connected, regional and property owner surveys on nine trails as part of the trail network. Regional Trail Perspectives report, which showed an increase in support for trails since 2006, and estimated that there are now over 1 million visits to the Capital District per year. Capital District Trails Plan 3 PROJECT GOALS THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PLAN IS TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED VISION for a seamless regional transportation network that connects cities, towns and villages throughout the Capital District. To this end, the following specific goals are identified as subsets of this effort: 1. DOCUMENT EXISTING AND PLANNED 6. CONNECT POPULATION CENTERS AND TRAILS. Document the assorted local and regional BUSINESS NODES. Provide trail connections with trails which have already been established throughout the areas of concentrated residential and business activity to Capital District. help support commuting travel. 2. IDENTIFY GAPS. Identify missing areas or gaps in 7. ILLUSTRATE THE PLAN. Develop an overall the existing trail system which should be connected or could vision plan map and description for the future regional trail be connected as part of a larger regional network. network which establishes the “core” regional network trails, and may also include some secondary trail connections which Reach out to the public to 3. PUBLIC OUTREACH. help to augment the core system. learn how they are using these existing trails, what new trail linkages they would like to see, and what types of uses or 8. PRIORITIZE THE NETWORK. Establish a activities would be popular. prioritization matrix for implementation, with emphasis on those connections which are more readily viable or 4. MEASURE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND shovel-ready. OTHER BENEFITS. Identify what the measurable economic benefits are of the local trail system, and project 9. VISUALIZE THE NETWORK. Develop video how these benefits might affect the Capital District as part footage of existing and planned trail linkages through the of
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