"Rur-Ban" Rail-Trail Business Impact: Case Study of the Mon River Trails System in West Virginia, USA

Abildso, Christiaan G.; Bias, Tom; Coffman, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2018.05.089

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“…Since the first trail, the 88 km Illinois Prairie Path, was inaugurated in the 1960s (Quattrone et al,2018), there have been many successful rail trail experiences. These have been especially noteworthy in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy, among other countries (Reis et al, 2014;Senes et al, 2017;Abildso et al, 2018). In Europe, it is also necessary to highlight the case of Belgium, where the national railway system handed over almost 1,000 km of disused lines for the creation of a rail trail network in 1997.…”

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“…Another significant aspect highlighted by some authors is that rail trails help to connect members of the local community with tourists through the use of a shared leisure space (Baker, 2001;Abildso et al, 2018). They are, therefore, an appropriate scenario for strengthening community ties and relating to different communities (Spencer, 2013).…”

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Cycle Tourism in Rural Areas: Promoting a Rail Trail Network in Andalusia, Spain

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Las vías verdes son itinerarios no motorizados resultado de adaptar líneas ferroviarias en desuso al cicloturismo y otras actividades de ocio. El artículo resalta las potencialidades y deficiencias de estas rutas en Andalucía. Con información procedente de sus órganos de gestión, se realiza el diagnóstico con una matriz DAFO como base para abordar la planificación mediante objetivos. Se proponen acciones para resolver los problemas detectados y crear una red de vías verdes eficiente para Andalucía, gestionada de manera coordinada y comparable internacionalmente con respecto a su uso público. Rail trails are non-motorised routes resulting from the conversion of disused railway lines, geared towards cycle tourism and other leisure activities. This paper seeks to highlight the potentialities and shortcomings of rail trails in Andalusia. A diagnosis is made through a SWOT matrix, with information from the management bodies and a coherent planning is applied. The results enable proposals intended to remedy the shortcomings detected and create an effective rail trail network in Andalusia, managed in a coordinated fashion and internationally comparable with regard to public usage.

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