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Walking and Biking: Our Secret Weapons? Writer Neal Peirce discusses why RTC's call for concentrated federal investments in walking and bicycling is imperative.

Learn more about the case studies Peirce cites from RTC's Campaign for Active Transportation.

RTC Defends Railbanking:
On Wednesday, July 8, RTC testified before the federal Surface Transportation Board to defend railbanking, legislation that allows railroad corridors to be preserved as trails. Read more about the hearing, including text and video from the actual testimony.

Wouldn't It Be Grand? Proposed Grand History Trail would offer a 185-mile circuit of historical attractions in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Pennsylvania, including the Gettysburg battlefield.

RTC Files Amicus Brief with Pa. Supreme Court: Pennsylvania's 52.5-mile Armstrong Trail deserves the protection of the Federal railbanking statute, says RTC and Pa. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Read RTC's "friend of the court" brief and press release.

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Photos (left to right & top to bottom): Bridge of Flowers, Mass. © Carolyn Halloran; original Trolley Bridge in Shelburne Falls, Mass., circa 1908 © Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum; rows of bicycles on Mackinac Island, Mich. © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Eisenbahn State Trail, Wis. © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; B&A Trail, Md. © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Washington, D.C. © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.