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Trails

Trails & Active Transportation

Vision

A local non-motorized trail and active transportation system connecting the neighborhoods of Farr West City and adjacent communities to safe opportunities for recreation, education, public health, alternative transportation, economic development, and resource sharing.

See the Pathways Plan Map for the current network of routes and planned connections.

See the Bike & Trail Maps page for corridor and trail map documents.

Goals & Objectives

Provide Local and Regional Connectivity

  • Provide safe travel for pedestrians along right-of-way trail systems by implementing development standards
  • Identify and connect key neighborhoods and business districts with a safe and efficient trail system
  • Identify connections to existing and future trails in adjacent communities
  • Implement WFRC-Regional Transportation Plan Urban Bike Network corridors identified in Farr West

Provide Information on Education, Health, and Recreation

  • Involve local health partners including the Farr West Parks and Recreation Committee
  • Involve school organizations
  • Identify user groups, including children, seniors, clubs, municipal recreation groups, and schools
  • Identify educational opportunities on local ecosystems and heritage sites

Provide Recreational Amenities for Residents and Visitors

  • Provide active transportation options, including walking and cycling
  • Provide relational pathways and linkages to local and regional parks, natural areas, and public lands

Create Partnerships

  • Engage in productive discussions with landowners
  • Address property rights
  • Establish a strong group of partners and stakeholders

Benefits of Active Transportation

Active transportation — any form of human-powered transportation, such as biking or walking — is growing in popularity across the U.S., not just as a means of travel but as a way to improve and sustain a high quality of life. Investing in active transportation helps create a safer, more connected, and accessible pedestrian network that yields economic, social, and environmental benefits.

Recreation

Active transportation supports activities from walking to bird watching to equestrian riding, depending on location and corridor. It provides routes to recreation destinations including municipal parks, and acts as a destination in itself by connecting visitors to community attractions.

Multi-Modal Transportation and Air Quality

Residents and visitors can recreate, exercise, travel, or commute in attractive, safe, accessible, and low- or no-cost places along active transportation corridors. Corridors can be incorporated into existing transportation networks to connect with public transit and parking. A diversity of travel options also reduces the number of vehicles on the road, reducing emissions and improving community health.

Health and Wellness

Active transportation helps people of all ages incorporate exercise into their daily routine by connecting them with places they want or need to go. Other health benefits include:

  • Improved personal health and increased life expectancy
  • Lower health care costs and enhanced community wellbeing
  • Opportunity for families, friends, and neighbors to interact and spend quality time together

Community Engagement and Identity

Active transportation corridors are community spaces where neighbors meet, children play, and community groups gather. They host fun runs, bicycle races, or celebrations of community cultural heritage.

Environment

Active transportation corridors can also be green corridors that benefit the living and physical environment — protecting natural lands for wildlife habitat and plants, preserving wetlands for water and air quality, and serving as natural floodplains for stormwater storage and filtration.