America’s Byways Resource Center Publications
America’s Byways Resource Center produces and sponsors publications on topics important to the byway community. Some are available upon request, subject to availability. For further details, please call toll-free at 1-866-974-6403 or e-mail us.
Vistas Newsletter
A bimonthly publication containing news, training and resources of interest to the byway community.
Vistas - March/April 2008
Authenticity in Travel: Designing Real Experiences, Delivering Real Benefits; Roadside Reflections (the State byway coordinator as a key resource); Capital Corner: Transitions - Survive, Thrive or Be Roadkill; Roadside Assistance: Tools For Creating Authentic Experiences On Your Byway; Welcome, Kathie Knapp; A Conversation With…Steve Elkinton; Connecting Children and Urban Youth to America’s Public Lands; Calendar
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Byway Tele-Workshop Fact Sheet
The byway community is invited to participate in bimonthly workshops via telephone. Fact Sheets are produced following each workshop.
Most Recent Issue: Tele-Workshop - October 16 and 17, 2007
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Conserving Our Treasured Places: Managing Visual Quality On Scenic Byways
The result of a collaboration with Scenic America, Conserving Our Treasured Places: Managing Visual Quality on Scenic Byways is an easy-to-use manual and two-day workshop program that helps guide communities through the scenic conservation planning process. Conserving Our Treasured Places prepares byway groups for scenic conservation planning, including how to engage key partners; assess, inventory and map visual resources along the byway; identify and prioritize scenic issues; and develop a scenic conservation strategy.
Copies of Conserving Our Treasured Places: Managing Visual Quality on Scenic Byways may be available upon request; please contact your State coordinator.
From Milestones To Mile-Markers: Understanding Historic Roads
From Milestones To Mile-Markers: Understanding Historic Roads provides information to help local byway organizations understand and manage a scenic byway with historic intrinsic qualities and resources. This publication will help byways to identify a historic road, define the elements that make it historic and determine the appropriate course of action.
Copies of From Milestones To Mile-Markers: Understanding Historic Roads may be available upon request; please contact your State coordinator.
America’s Byways And Intelligent Transportation Systems: An Introduction To ITS
America’s Byways And Intelligent Transportation Systems: An Introduction To ITS is a quick, easy-to-read booklet that introduces Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to the byway community. The intent of the booklet is to increase awareness of ITS in byway organizations; demonstrate how ITS can be used to address byway-related issues; and provide resources and suggest next steps for incorporating ITS solutions into byway initiatives.
To request a mini-disc containing America’s Byways And Intelligent Transportation Systems: An Introduction To ITS (subject to availability), please call America’s Byways Resource Center toll-free at 1-866-974-6403 or e-mail us.
Making The Grassroots Grow: Building And Maintaining Effective Byway Organizations
Making The Grassroots Grow: Building And Maintaining Effective Byway Organizations presents basic organizational concepts, case studies and best practices from the National Scenic Byways Program.
To request an unbound copy of Making The Grassroots Grow: Building And Maintaining Effective Byway Organizations, please call America’s Byways Resource Center toll-free at 1-866-974-6403 or e-mail us.