The goal of this methodology is to identify those population center characteristics and those park characteristics that appear to best account for observed variations in aggregate outdoor-recreation trip-making behavior. (RC)

Urban streets can be turned into recreational facilities for neighborhood populations by closing them to vehicular traffic during certain hours. (RC)

Fair or foul weather conditions appear to have very little influence on the activities of backpacking hikers. (JD)

A recreational voucher system can be a mechanism for increasing the responsiveness of the provider of recreational goods and services to consumers, particularly low income consumers. (RC)

The article compares student preferences for recreational sites when viewing color slide presentations as compared to on-site evaluation. (CD)

This study attempts to establish empirically the significance of the cost of time as part of the price of recreational pursuits. (RC)

Managers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Shenandoah National Park predicted the motivations of visitors to the parks. Cape Hatteras managers' predictions were frequently in error, while Shenandoah managers' predictions were generally accurate. These findings are viewed along with previous research to provide a tentative hypothesis…