Performance Measures
Regional Trail Access
Residents' proximity to regional trails
| 2006 results: | Residents living within 1-1/2 miles of a connected regional trail: 1,183,065 (of 1,737,034) or 68.1 percent |
| Residents living farther than 1-1/2 miles of a connected regional trail: 553969 of 1,737,034 or 31.9 percent | |
| 2006 target: | 69 percent |
Influencing factors: Residents' proximity to the Regional Trail System improves when King County and local cities expand the trail system through purchase and conversion of railroad rights-of-way, utility corridors, and via the use of parklands.
Much of the more easily available and less expensive right-of-ways have been acquired and integrated into the King County Regional Trail System. Often the missing links in the system require expensive elements like bridges over roads and waterways or navigating around sensitive areas such as wetlands.
Continual buildout of the Regional Trail System will occur in both urban and rural locations, enhancing opportunities to conveniently access regional trails. While some portions of the system will be developed in more remote locations, their completion provides greater trail network connections and enhanced mobility regionwide. In addition, the potential acquisition of the Eastside BNSF trail would significantly increase the utility of the Regional Trail System in urban areas.
Strategy going forward: The Parks Division is actively pursuing development of a regionwide trail network while also seeking to include the Eastside BNSF rail corridor as an important component. Collaboration with cities throughout the County on regional trail development has been longstanding and continues.
Proximity of residents to the regional trail network
2006 Findings
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Technical Notes
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