Webinars & Training
Rails to Trails Conservancy produces free webinars and trainings designed to help trail professionals build, grow, manage, maintain, promote or otherwise support trails and trail networks.
Upcoming Events
Online Dialogue – Beyond ADA: Accessibility, Dignity and Choice on Multi-Use Trails
November 12, 2026 | 2:00 pm ET
Join this TrailNation Collaborative dialogue, powered by Rails to Trails Conservancy, for an engaging session exploring how trail managers, advocates and partners can move beyond minimum accessibility guidelines to create trail experiences that support dignity and choice for people with disabilities. Designed as an interactive dialogue, this session will provide opportunities for shared learning, discussion and peer exchange among trail and community leaders who are working to improve accessibility on multiuse trails.
Webinar – State-Level Strategies: How to Jumpstart Your State Legislative Agenda for Active Transportation Progress
November 18, 2026 | 1:00 pm ET
During this annual pre-legislative session webinar, RTC policy staff and featured guests will discuss best practices for building a successful state legislative agenda focused on achieving policy wins and funding for active transportation. The session will touch on legislative basics and timelines before diving into how to address funding challenges with creative approaches and creating and defending funding sources for walking, biking and trails.
Future Topics
In 2026, RTC’s TrailNation™ Collaborative learning events will bring together trail champions, planners, community leaders and advocates for timely conversations about what it takes to build and sustain trail networks amid shifting social, environmental, funding and economic conditions. .
- December: Trails and Housing: Tools for Resilient, Inclusive Communities
- 2027: Trail Networks as Economic Infrastructure: Turning Trails Into Local Economic Opportunities
RTC is a certified provider of AICP Certification Maintenance (CM) credits.
AICP members can earn CM credits for eligible webinars and in-person events. When available, credits are noted at the end of each activity description. All our webinars are free and recorded.
Introducing – State Legislative Salon
RTC wants to make sure you are equipped with the knowledge and resources to achieve policy wins for walking, biking and trails in your state. During peak legislative season for state legislatures across the country, these casual, 30-minute sessions are an opportunity to compare notes and best practices with like-minded organizations from other states and workshop policy and advocacy ideas for this year’s sessions. Join RTC’s director of state-level policy, Drew Dupuy, for an open forum on all things state policy. No agendas, no presentations, just collaboration!
Stay tuned for the next salon date!
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Past Trainings
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Popular Webinars
- Protecting Railbanking Against Congressional Attack Webinar
- TrADE Talk: Transportation Alternative Trends and Transformative Impact Webinar
- Power in Numbers: Building Grassroots Partnerships in Your Community – Changemaker Series Webinar
- Trails and Economic Development: Showcasing Impact Webinar
- View Past Webinar List