The engineering management publication "Standard Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trails" (EM–7720–103) provides a uniform set of specifications for contracted trail work...
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Standard Forest Service National Trail Specifications
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Existing Trails [F247.2]
trail that substantially meets the technical requirements for trails, the altered portion of the existing trail must comply with the technical requirements for trails....
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American Trails Resources and Library: Accessible Trails
American Trails is a national, nonprofit organization working on behalf of all trail interests, including hiking, bicycling, mountain biking, horseback riding, water trails, snowshoeing,...
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Setting
Setting is the word used to describe the nature of the surroundings of a trail....
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APPENDIX B: Federal Trail Data Standards – Class Matrix
Identify the appropriate Trail Class for each trail or trail segment based on the management intent in the applicable land management plan, travel management direction, trail-specific decisions...
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Appalachian Trail Conservancy's "Increasing Opportunities for Access on the Appalachian Trail: A Design Guide"
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7.2.2.1 Determining Impracticability
The surface is not firm and stable for a distance of 45 feet or more (14 m). Limiting Factor 3. ...
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Trails and Trailheads [F247.3.1 and F247.5]
Within trailheads and along trails, at least 20 percent, but no less than one, of each type of outdoor constructed feature must comply with the applicable technical requirements for the...
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Trail Facilities
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Trail Terminology
Although this guidebook explains requirements in plain language, some phrases and words are important to understanding how FSTAG is applied. The following terminology isn't organized...
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11B-246.7 Trails and paths
Trails, paths and nature walk areas, or portions of them, shall be constructed with gradients permitting at least partial use by wheelchair occupants....
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11B-246.7 Trails and paths
Trails, paths and nature walk areas, or portions of them, shall be constructed with gradients permitting at least partial use by wheelchair occupants....
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11B-246.7 Trails and paths
Trails, paths and nature walk areas, or portions of them, shall be constructed with gradients permitting at least partial use by wheelchair occupants....
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1017.7.1 Maximum Running Slope and Segment Length
This section requires that not more than 30 percent of the total length of a trail have a running slope steeper than 1:12 (8.33%), and that the running slope of any segment of a trail not...
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Characteristics of Emerging Road and Trail Users and Their Safety
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-04-103 Date: October 2004 Characteristics of Emerging Road and Trail Users and Their Safety Federal Highway Administration Research and Development...
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1017.7 Slopes
This section contains technical requirements for the maximum running slope and segment length (1017.7.1) and cross slope (1017.7.2) of trails....
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Accessible Pittsburgh: Accessible Trails
Published on Jun 4, 2015 Updated video on accessible trails in the Pittsburgh area...
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Protruding Objects and Trails
) and 80 inches (2,030 millimeters) above the travel surface....
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Passing Spaces on Trails
Where the clear tread width of a trail is less than 60 inches (1,525 millimeters), provide passing spaces at least every 1,000 feet (300 meters) and at the end of any segment of trail that...
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New Trails [F247.1]
When a trail is designed for use by hikers or pedestrians and directly connects to a trailhead or another trail that substantially meets the technical requirements for trails, the trail...
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“Accessible Trail” is a term to avoid
Therefore, a trail that has been constructed in accordance with the FSTAG should be advertised as a “trail that complies with the trail accessibility guidelines”, rather than as an “accessible...
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1017.4 Passing Spaces
or otherwise not at the same level as the adjoining ground surface....
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Openings: ADA Standard Section 302.3
Section 302.3 covers the current ADA Standards for floor and ground surface openings.
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Acceptable Trail Surfacing Requirements
Trail surfaces are currently considered accessible only if the surfacing material is firm, stable, and slip-resistant and the trail has the engineered attributes of adequate width, moderately...
