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Design Concepts <br /> <br />Zh7 truth is that the way we <br />i~ e today has changed <br />eighborhood <br />development patterns and the way <br />we interact with our neighbors. A <br />family in the' 1960's might have <br />driven home from a Sunday trip <br />to Grandma's to park in a one-car, <br />detached garage off of an alley. <br />While walking from the garage to <br />the house, the family might have <br />str)pped to chat xvith their <br />ueighbors who were 'outside <br />playing croquet in the b~ckyard: <br /> <br />Today it is not uncommon for <br />today's families to hit the remote <br />garage door opener and pull into <br />their txvo-car, attached garage, <br />directly off of the street, close the <br />garage door frotn inside, and enter <br />their home without a glimpse of <br />any neighbors. <br /> <br />[;yen the neighborhood <br />development pattern is different <br />now than in years past. <br />Neighborhoods now wind around <br />wetlands xvhereas they used to run <br />along grids of streets that were <br />crcated by cutting and filling the <br />land. <br /> <br /> OF TRAIL DESIGN <br /> <br />~" FUNDING ~ <br /> <br />USER EXPERIENCE/ DESTINATION <br />AESTHETIC VALUE <br /> <br />LAND " PUBLIC <br />AVAILABILITY DEMAND <br /> <br />.~MODES <br /> <br />PUBLIC <br />PARTICIPATION <br /> <br />Looking strictly at the way <br />neighborhoods are constructed today, <br />it is apparent <br />that if people <br />have a ;vi// to <br />travel using their <br />own power, <br />there must be a <br />conduit to allow <br />their will to be <br />exercised. <br /> <br />communities and regions, and often <br />away from automobiles. <br /> <br />What we now <br />call "trails" are <br />simply avenue i ,4 trail traveh behind homes to bring <br />that allow for i neighbors together b~y connecting their <br /> : shared"back:_yardr': <br />travel through <br />natural and built <br />landscapes, betxveen neighborhoods, <br /> <br />A trail's design <br />varies depending <br />on the trail users' <br />modes of travel, <br />the trail's natural <br />environment, the <br />surrounding <br />features near the <br />trail route and <br />the destinational <br />areas along the <br />trail. Selecting <br />the correct <br />balance of trail <br />design concepis <br />is a critical factor to a successful trail <br />system. <br /> <br /> <br />