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Rails to Trails Conservancy Announces 2025 Trail Grants
October 06, 2025

Rails to Trails Conservancy announced it awarded $398,000 in funding through its 2025 Trail Grants program to community orgs and agencies.

Iowa's River's Edge Trail | Photo by TrailLink user rkc1954
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Kansas’ Flint Hills Trail State Park Recognized as Hall of Fame Trail
August 08, 2025

Rails to Trails Conservancy announced that the Flint Hills Trail State Park in Kansas will be the newest member of the Hall of Fame.

Drone photography of Kansas' Flint Hills Trail State Park | Photo courtesy of Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
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Reconciliation Bill Claws Back Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Trails, Walking and Biking
July 15, 2025

Congress’s move to rescind nearly $750 million for trail, walking and biking projects through the One Big Beautiful Bill is a major blow.

Celebrate Trails Day sign along the Emerald Trail in Jacksonville, FL | Photo by Ken Bryan
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Court Sides with Advocates for Derry Rail Trail Tunnel in Lawsuit Over Historic Rail Corridor
June 30, 2025

The Committee to Save the Derry Rail Trail Tunnel and RTC celebrated a victory in their lawsuit against the New Hampshire DOT and the FHWA.

Preferred Design - In 2020, NHDOT proposed and FHWA approved a design for the Derry Rail Trail similar to the example below. That design complied with Section 4(f) and meets the expectations of the Committee, RTC and the public
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Celebrate Trails Day Uplifts Far-Reaching Impact of Connected Trails Nationwide
May 22, 2025

Impact survey of RTC’s Celebrate Trails Day finds 33,000 people participated, spending $1.3 million and 3.4 million min. of physical activity

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New Partnership to Commemorate History Along 42,000 Miles of Multiuse Trails Nationwide
April 24, 2025

Rails to Trails Conservancy and William G. Pomeroy Foundation® launch Trails Across America Historical Marker Grant Program

RTC's Kevin Belle at the First Ave Trail Great American Rail-Trail historical marker | Photo courtesy RTC
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Local Elected Officials and Business Leaders Nationwide Collectively Call for Continued Federal Investment in Trails, Walking and Biking
April 16, 2025

RTC letter to the U.S. DOT calls on the agency to protect federal investments in active transportation, reflecting bipartisan support.

Washington, DC, USA - June 22, 2022: Front view of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters in the Southeast Federal Center in Washington, DC.
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Five Reasons to Get Outside on Trails This Spring
April 01, 2025

On Celebrate Trails Day, Rails to Trails Conservancy calls on America to go for a walk, run or bike ride in a demonstration of the joy and impact trails bring to the nation

Group of trail runners in Baltimore, MD | Photo by Allison Abruscato
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Community-Led Vision and $2 Million Federal Grant Drives Philadelphia’s Plan to Reconnect Neighborhoods Through Richmond Industrial Track Development
January 27, 2025
Gurney Street Trail pilot project along the planned Richmond Industrial Trail | Photo by Anya Saretzky, courtesy RTC
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Federal Grant Boosts Trail Connectivity Within Milwaukee’s 30th Street Corridor: A Model for Collaborative Community Development
January 13, 2025

A $1.6 million federal Reconnecting Communities grant from the USDOT will transform Milwaukee’s 30th Street Corridor.

View of the 30th Street corridor in Milwaukee, looking south from the North Avenue Bridge (2020) | Photo courtesy RTC