Engineering:Trail-oriented development

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Development along trail

Trail-Oriented Development (TrOD) is a planning and development approach that focuses on integrating trails with nearby communities, businesses, and transportation systems. Similar to Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), TrOD encourages mixed-use, walkable, and bike-friendly environments centered around trail networks rather than transit hubs.

Description

Trail-oriented development is an urban planning approach that integrates trails with nearby residential, commercial, and parks development. Trail-oriented development attempts to enhance connectivity, support local businesses, and create transitions between trails and adjacent properties through expanded amenities.[1][2][3] Developments using a trail-oriented development approach may include bike and pedestrian features (such as additional bike parking), designs that complement the trail or trail users, focusing on serving trail users, or simply a focus on providing users transportation options.[4][3][5][6]

Impacts

An Urban Land Institute study found that trail-oriented development can have positive health outcomes and support real estate development with an overall positive return on investment.[7][4] A study on the Mon River Trails System found that while trails can stimulate economic growth, they can also drive demand to a level that becomes a barrier for small businesses. The study suggests proper planning should focus on not just whether a trail will bring economic activity, but on the scale and type of the activity.[8]

A study of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail showed an initial 2008 investment of $63M in the trail network resulted in an increase of approximately $1 billion in assessed property value by 2014, which grew to more than $3 billion in assessed property value by 2026.[9][10][11] The Atlanta Beltline built starting in 2005 with $1 billion in public and philanthropic financial support, has seen $14 billion in private investment and $23 billion of economic output either directly or through spillover effects.[12][13] The many trail-oriented businesses and residents along the Beltline include approximately 4500 affordable housing units, many market rate units, and approximately 34,000 jobs supported in the area.[13][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Transit-Oriented Development to Trail-Oriented Development" (in en). 2016-08-03. https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/spaces-to-places/transit-oriented-development-to-trail-oriented-development. 
  2. ↑ "Trail-Oriented Development Primer | Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC)". https://www.h-gac.com/trail-oriented-development/primer. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Trail-Oriented Development" (in en). https://www.indympo.org/whats-completed/regional-plans/trail-oriented-development. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Urban Land Institute (2016). "Active Transportation and Real Estate: The Next Frontier". https://uli.org/wp-content/uploads/ULI-Documents/Active-Transportation-and-Real-Estate-The-Next-Frontier.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "First came transit-oriented communities, now it's 'trail-oriented' development - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. 2024-06-18. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/03/29/trail-oriented-communities-are-catering-more-to-cyclists/. 
  6. ↑ "Westfield sees development along trails as "beachfront" planning • Current Publishing" (in en-US). 2024-03-07. https://youarecurrent.com/2024/03/07/westfield-sees-development-along-trails-as-beachfront-planning/. 
  7. ↑ Rosenstock, Ariel (2016-04-07). "New study: trail-oriented development improves public health and property values" (in en-US). https://www.archpaper.com/2016/04/trail-oriented-development-uli/. 
  8. ↑ "WVU Public Health researchers evaluate impact of local rail-trails" (in en). 2019-03-06. https://health.wvu.edu/research-and-graduate-education/News/Story?headline=wvu-public-health-researchers-evaluate-impact-of-local-rail-trails. 
  9. ↑ "Economic Development And Highway Right-Sizing Case Studies Indianapolis Cultural Trail". https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/pdfs/value_capture/case_studies/indianapolis_in_cultural_trail_case_study.pdf. 
  10. ↑ Baillie, Colin (2026-06-03). "Indianapolis Cultural Trail celebrates 2 decades of success" (in en-US). https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/indy-cultural-trail-impact-growth/. 
  11. ↑ "Indianapolis Cultural Trail Impact" (in en-US). https://indyculturaltrail.org/impact/. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Atlanta Beltline Sustains 91,000 Jobs and $23 Billion in Annual Economic Output, Positioning the Beltline as a National Model for Urban Redevelopment | Beltline" (in en). https://beltline.org/press-release/atlanta-beltline-sustains-91-000-jobs-and-23-billion-in-annual-economic-output-positioning-the-beltline-as-a-national-model-for-urban-redevelopment/. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Atlanta invested nearly $1B into the Beltline. What did it get in return?" (in en). https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/05/atlanta-invested-nearly-1b-into-the-beltline-what-did-it-get-in-return/. 



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