|This report is an archived publication and may contain dated
technical, contact, and link information| Publication Number:
FHWA-HRT-05-138 Date: July 2006 Shared-Use Path Level of Service
Calculator A User's Guide PDF Version (1298 KB) PDF files can be
viewed with the Acrobat® Reader® During the last 20 years, there
has been an explosion in shared-use path construction across the
United States and Canada. These new paths take many forms–rail-
trails, greenway trails through linear parks, waterfront paths
along beaches and oceans, and side-paths along road corridors.
These paths serve a wide variety of nonmotorized
travelers–bicyclists, skaters, scooters, runners, walkers,
people with disabilities, people pushing strollers, children,
the elderly, and others. Many of these paths have become
extremely popular and well used, especially in urban and
suburban communities. Some shared-use paths are popular to the
point of suffering from their success, i.e., periodic crowding
and user conflicts begin to affect user