Oakland County Trail Planning In Your Community

Active trail and pathway planning has been going on in Oakland County for over thirty years.  When planning for pathways in a community, an essential step is determining key destinations such as schools, downtowns, neighborhoods, commercial centers and parks and how to connect them together.  Here are a few tools to help communities identify components of a trail/path network and link into the Oakland County Trail Network:

Trail Planning Checklist (file size 463 kb)

Trail Tracking (file size 589 kb)

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For additional information on trail and pathway planning check out:

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Michigan Department of Transportation

Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy