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2009 Greenway Sojourn
From July 22 to 26, 250 cyclists toured Pennsylvania's Pine Creek Rail Trail on RTC's 7th Greenway Sojourn. Read press from the ride, share photos and learn how you can sign up for the Advance Notice List for next year's excursion.

RTC Surveys Trail Users in Pennsylvania: Feedback from surveys provides important information on rail-trail use and supports fundraising opportunities.

RTC's Trail Assistance Program: Through mini-grants, RTC helps finance small rail-trail projects in Pennsylvania to promote higher levels of trail use or an increase in trail miles.

Minuteman Bikeway Celebrates Hall of Fame Designation:
Communities along the 11-mile Minuteman Bikeway in Massachusetts hosted a "rolling" celebration on Sunday, October 5, drawing nearly 400 people in honor of the pathway's induction to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame.

Challenge Cost Share Grants: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy partners with National Park Service to award funding to promising trail-building projects in Maine, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

Regional Stats

Number of Open Trails::	392
Miles of Open Trails::	3,233
Number of Trail Projects::	354
Miles of Trail Projects::	3,096

Quick Links

Liability & Rail-Trails in Pennsylvania

Pine Creek (PA) Rail Trail 2006 User Survey and Economic Impact Analysis, a selling tool for trail development.

Tune Up On the Trail: A Prescription for Fitness

Trail User Survey Workbook Available

Maintenance and Operation Manual is Free from RTC to You

April 2007 Trail of the Month: Pennsylvania's Heritage Rail Trail County Park

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Photo Credits (left to right, top to bottom): Sojourn riders in 2007 on the Great Allegheny Passage © Tom Sexton/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; a trail user checks out a survey on the Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia © Pat Tomes/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; kiosk on the West Penn Trail, Pa. © Pat Tomes/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Minuteman Bikeway, Mass. © Tom Sexton/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Down East Sunrise Trail, Maine © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.