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Creating a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors to build healthier places for healthier people

BREAKING NEWS: RTC Teams with Google on Biking Directions
RTC's extensive trails database helps to bring long-awaited bicycle routes to Google Maps.

Groundbreaking ACTion on Active Transportation in Congress
New legislation will build healthy, clean, cost-effective transportation options. Ask your representative to support H.R. 4722,

You CAN Get There from Here
RTC teams with Google to add biking directions to Google Maps. Read all about it—and other recent trail news, profiles and advocacy updates—on the RTC TrailBlog.

Trail of the Month
Striding through Kansas tallgrass prairie, the 117-mile Flint Hills Nature Trail is tailor-made for lovers of big skies, sprawling grasslands and unbroken countryside.


	RTC's Early Warning System Sign up to receive railroad corridor abandonment notices for your area via RTC's Early Warning System (EWS), often a first step in the creation of a rail-trail.

Trail-Building Toolbox:
Our comprehensive resource center fits the needs of all involved in trail development, from first-time citizen advocates to more experienced planners and trail managers.

SmartPlanet: Bike trails: once a luxury, now a necessity

New York Times: Bicycling Directions, Trails Comes to Google Maps

CNN: Google Adds Bike Routes to Online Maps

NPR: Google Unveils Newest Map For Bicyclists

New York Times - Gadgetwise Blog: Google Maps Add Directions for Cyclists

Seattle Times: Google's "Starter Set" on Map for Cyclists

Wired.com: Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes

Washington Post: Google Adds Bicycle Directions to Google Maps

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Photos (left to right & top to bottom): Flint Hills prairie east of Herington © Frank and Shirley Meyer; Trail-building © Montgomery County Parks & Heritage Services Dept., Pa.; RTC's Greenway Sojourn © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Flint Hills trail near Allen, Kan. © John Purvis; Armstrong Trail © Armstrong Valley Land Trust; unused railroad corridor © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; toolbox © microsoft.com.