David Berrigan

David Berrigan

David Berrigan lives along Maryland’s Rock Creek Regional Park trail system. He works at the National Cancer Institute, supporting and carrying out research on the health benefits of physical activity and on how good infrastructure for walking and bicycling can promote healthy lifestyles. He still loves cycling, even after this trip.

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Trail Moments | Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream on the Great American Rail-Trail

November 03, 2022

In 1976, when I was 13 years old, my cousin David visited us in California and recounted his recent bike trip from New Jersey to Wyoming. Such a trip has been in the back of my mind ever since. Although I am not an avid cyclist, I have been an intermittent commuter, weekend rider and […]

Arriving home at the end of the Great American Rail-Trail journey | Photo courtesy David Berrigan