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Rich James educates and inspires! He has formatted his presentation as a guide to building trails in rural counties. A highlight of the Whatcom Active Transportation Summit!

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Establish a Vision Create a Plan to Accomplish the Vision Get Local Governments/Agencies to

Support the Vision and Trail Plan Dedicated Agency Staff must have

Sufficient Time Allocated in their Job to accomplish the Vision and Plan

Foster a Grassroots Support Network and Connect with other Support Groups

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Money makes the trail world go round - Aggressively seek grants and local funding opportunities

A Trail Program should be contained within the Public Works Department & Funded through the 6 Year Transportation Improvement Program

Large scale trail maintenance should be a Public Works Function

Routine Maintenance is a volunteer task Trail and Bridges should be built for low

maintenance costs

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45 miles of paved, multi-user, traffic separated trail constructed in 15 years

25 miles of new equestrian/mountain bike/hiker trail constructed in 6 Years by Chain Gang and Volunteer Crews

10 miles of additional funded trail under construction Grassroots support network is strong County Commissioner support is strong Federal/State political support – Only Americas Great

Outdoors Trail in Washington Maintenance budget is adequate Volunteer maintenance program is established Trail is an accepted part of the transportation infrastructure Trail is accepted as a positive amenity by the real estate

and business community Trail is producing economic returns from events and tourism

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Create an extensive trail network that allows access to most County and regional destinations directly from neighborhoods and ensure that this system is at least as safe for the non-motorized user as the motorized transportation system is for motorized transportation system users.

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Develop a safe non-motorized transportation system that connects the communities of the North Olympic Peninsula from Port Townsend on Puget Sound to LaPush on the Pacific Ocean.

The Olympic Discovery Trail (ODT) will become part of a larger system of trails with the ODT being considered as the westward extension of the cross state Ironhorse Trail, the northern route of the Olympic Loop Trail traversing the entire Olympic Peninsula and the western leg of the Pacific Northwest Trail extending from Montana to the Pacific Coast.

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The Peninsula Trails Coalition formed in 1988 to create a public access trail between Port Townsend and Port Angeles. Membership has grown to over 300.

Despite initial opposition to the idea, a community vision was born and is now bearing fruit.

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RAILROAD COMPANIES UNDER VARIOUS NAMES CONSTRUCTED OVER 100 MILES OF RAILROAD TRACKS IN CLALLAM COUNTY IN THE EARLY 1900’S

RAILROAD GRADES ARE IDEAL FOR CONVERSION TO TRAILS AS THEY TRAVERSE ROUTES WITH GENTLE TERRAIN AND ARE EASY TO RIDE

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THE TRAIL HAS A 10 FOOT WIDE PAVED SURFACE TO FULLY SUPPORT ROAD BICYCLISTS AND 2 TO 4 FOOT WIDE GRAVEL SHOULDERS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND EQUESTRIANS.

BICYCLE COMMUTERS WITHIN 5 MILES OF AN URBAN CENTER CAN TRAVEL THE TRAIL IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS A CAR COMMUTER DUE TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND STOPLIGHTS SLOWING THE CAR COMMUTER

BICYCLE COMMUTERS SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR IN GAS AND CAR MAINTENANCE COSTS WHILE IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH

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Never let initial special interest opposition deter a community based vision, address opposition concerns.

Never under-estimate the value of a volunteer. Politicians listen to and support volunteer

networks willing to attend public hearings to voice their support for trail projects.

Volunteers and their organizations are capable of successful fund raising efforts, writing successful grants, providing money and labor match funding, constructing their own segments of trail and of doing a lot of routine trail maintenance.

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Agencies and volunteer organizations in Clallam and Jefferson County have been able to secure over $12,000,000 from various sources to fund and construct segments of the Olympic Discovery Trail.

These agencies and volunteer organizations work together to support each others grants and provide grant match.

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Olympic Discovery Trail Projects are included along with every other transportation project in the 6 Year Transportation Improvement Program

In order to access transportation funding the trail program is properly located within the Public Works Department. The trail is part of the transportation infrastructure, not primarily a recreational facility and not within an underfunded Parks Department

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THE LONG TERM EQUESTRIAN, MOUNTAIN BIKE AND HIKER ROUTE BETWEEN THE ELWHA RIVER AND LAKE CRESCENT.

A 3 FOOT WIDE TREAD WITH A GRADE UNDER 10% THAT TRAVERSES DNR OWNERSHIPS IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTH OF SR 112.

A SAFE RECREATIONAL ROUTE FOR TEENS AND ADULTS IN THE JOYCE AREA TO TRAVERSE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN JOYCE AND PORT ANGELES OR JOYCE TO LAKE CRESCENT

RECREATIONAL LOOPS UTILIZING THE NEW SIDEWALK IN JOYCE AND THE ADVENTURE ROUTE ABOVE JOYCE COULD BE COMBINED TO AUGMENT PERSONAL EXERCIZE PROGRAMS

TRAIL HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY A SHERIFF CHAIN GANG CREW AND A VOLUNTEER CREW

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New Trail in Yellow

New Trail in Yellow

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#S

Lake Crescent

Lk Sutherland

Joyce

(/101McFee Tunnel

460 Feet

Short Tunnel160 Feet

SPRUCE RAILROAD TRAIL3.5 Miles

FEDERALLY FUNDED RCO TUNNEL MATCH TRAIL

6.2 Miles

FAIRHOLME HILLTRAILHEAD

EAST BEACHTRAILHEAD

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In Attitudes Relating to Bikes, Cars and Health

In Bicycle Technology

In Bicycle Infrastructure

In Law

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In the City of Copenhagen (Population 1,200,000) 

50% of all Copenhageners cycle to their place of work or education every day.

68 % of all Copenhageners cycle once a week.Why do Copenhageners cycle? It’s faster – 55 % It’s more convenient – 33 % It's healthy - 32 % It’s cheap – 29 % How Does Scandinavia Compare to the US? In Holland transportation by bike is 27% of trips

and in Denmark 18%. The rate is 1% in the US but a few cities like Davis, California have hit 15%.

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271 Watts to ride 19 MPH137 Watts to ride 19 MPH – tucked

115 Watts to ride 19 MPH 79 Watts to ride 19 MPH

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The most efficient and practical pedal powered vehicle made is a velomobile (covered tricycle) which gains its speed advantage with aerodynamics superior to a bicycle.

In this vehicle you could retain the same speed as you normally do, but use 3.5 times less energy,

Or arrive at a destination twice as quickly with the same effort This high efficiency greatly enlarges the range of a pedal

powered vehicle while providing protection from the weather

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The average distance of a car trip in Europe and in the US amounts to between 8 and 9.3 miles.

A fit cyclist pedaling a velomobile at a sustained rate of 250 watts for only 20 minutes would average 28 miles per hour and cover 9.3 miles or the length of an average automobile trip.

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HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAT STOPPED IN TRAFFIC IN A CAR ON I-5 THINKING “I COULD GET TO MY DESTINATION FASTER THAN THIS ON MY BIKE ?”

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MANY MORE MILES OF BICYCLE FRIENDLY STREETS WITH LOW SPEED LIMITS AND DEDICATED LANES

MANY MORE MILES OF DEDICATED RURAL TRAILS DESIGNED FOR SPEEDS UP TO 25 MPH

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