- A Statewide Trailways Vision and Action Plan: Connecting Michigan is an especially proactive and broad-based initiative to identify and address the critical issues that are impeding Michigan’s progress on developing a statewide interconnected system of trailways and greenways.
- Attorney General Opinion About Bike Path Easements: A pedestrian and bicycle pathway may be established within the right-of-way of a county road built on an easement granted for highway purposes, without first obtaining the consent of each owner of property abutting the highway.
- Commute Rates from the 2000 Census: Commute rates on urban trails.
- Frequently Asked Questions about Trails: FAQs regarding trails including privacy, safety, liability questions.
- Friends of Fred Meijer Heartland Trail Achievements: A trail timeline example from the Fred Meijer Heartland Trail.
- Measuring Economic and Community Benefits of Michigan’s Pere Marquette Rail-Trail: A case study measuring economic and community benefits of the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail.
- Michigan Trails at the Crossroads: Michigan’s current trail assets represent impressive progress toward completion of an interconnected state trail system serving motorized and non-motorized users.
- MSU completes research on Lansing River Trail: Press Release announcing research results.
- Outdoor Foundation Research: The Outdoor Foundation has created many valuable reports on the participation and economics of various outdoor activities. Many of the statistics are useful for defining trends, supporting grant requests, and more.
- Organizers Guide to Bicycle Rodeos: A rodeo is a bicycle skills event which provides an opportunity for bicyclists to practice and develop skills that will help them to become better bicyclists and avoid typical crashes.
- Rail-Trail Q&A: The most frequently asked questions about rail-trails.
- Recreational Authority Act: Act to provide for the establishment of recreational authorities.
- River Voices Newsletter on Water Trails: This particular newsletter contains many valuable articles on water trails.
- Road and Trail Bicycling Maps: The Michigan Department of Transportation and its partners are in the process of updating the individual county maps and creating new multi-county Region maps.
- Summary of Multi-Use Trail Surveys: The following is a comparison of the findings of the five trail studies where queries were identical.
- The Metropolitan District Act: Act discusses the rights of a metropolitan district for owning and maintaining parks or public utilities for transportation use, among other things.
- Use and Users of the Leelanau Trail: Research results.
- Use and Users of the Paint Creek Trail: Research results.
- Use and Users of the TART trails: Research results.
- Use and Users of the Vasa Pathway: Research results.
- Uses and Users of the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail: Research results.
- Why Water Trails?: Attached is a membership brochure from North American Water Trails which lists the many benefits to developing and managing water trails.