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Western New York & Northwestern Pennsylvania Integrated Trail Network Questionnaire

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council, GObike Buffalo, Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning & Tourism, and Parks and Trails New York are pleased to be working on the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Integrated Trail Network. The purpose of this questionnaire is to get local and regional input on the proposed trail linkages. Your responses will be used to determine the locations of trail towns, trailheads and other trail-related infrastructure. Your responses will also be used to take stock of local amenities, natural features, and any barriers to the implementation and construction of the network. ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
To take a look at the Integrated Trail Network, click on this link: https://epd-pgh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=350de026d4cf41bba9c9080c7319f116
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Funding provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission: Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies
1.Which Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania cities, towns, and villages should be designated Trail Towns? Please refer to the trail concept map link above to review the initial thoughts on a regional trail. (light purple highlighted route)

A Trail Town is a town on or near a trail that provides amenities for trail users such as grocery stores, hotels, and bike shops.
2.Which areas or locations along the light purple highlighted route could serve as Trailheads? (refer to the integrated trail network link above)

A Trailhead is a designated access point to a trail that normally has amenities like parking, public restrooms, and informational signage.
3.Are there any particular areas or locations that you feel would be good Trail Stops?

A Trail Stop is an area along a trail that provides some amenities like protective shelter, scenic views, water sources, or camping opportunities.
4.Are there Cultural Destinations that should be highlighted or incorporated into the purple highlighted route? (refer to the integrated trail network link)

A Cultural Destination has unique regional elements such as historical sites, art exhibitions, festivals, museums, local cuisine and/or architectural treasures.
5.Are there Natural Features that should be highlighted or incorporated into the trail network?

Natural Features can be any significant environmental feature such as mountains, rivers, waterfalls, geological formations, swamps, and forests.
6.In your opinion, what are the major obstacles and challenges to creating the Western New York & Northwestern Pennsylvania integrated trail network? Please refer to any of the potential challenges listed below for examples to guide your choices.

Major obstacles and challenges could be physical barriers like highways and natural features such as rivers, or other obstacles to implementation such as right-of-way acquisition, landownership, political headwinds, funding, etc. .
7.In evaluating the light purple highlighted route depicted on the conceptual integrated trail network map, are there any other trail alignment alternatives that the region should consider when creating a Western New York & Northwestern Pennsylvania Integrated Trail Network?