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Pennsylvania’s Mahoning Shadow Trail
February 12, 2019

Learn how the legendary groundhog Punxsutawney Phil helped create the Pennsylvania’s Mahoning Shadow Trail in RTC’s trail of the month feature.

Photo by Jeff London
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Trail Caucus Kicks Off to Connect Wisconsin as New Projects Build Momentum
October 10, 2018

An active and enthusiastic crowd of trail advocates gathered to kick off the state’s newly formed Legislative Trails Caucus.

Dave Schlabowske, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Bike Fed, discusses the value of building a Trails Caucus | Photo by Brian Housh, courtesy RTC
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West Virginia and Pennsylvania’s Parkersburg to Pittsburgh Corridor
April 16, 2018

Explore the Parkersburg to Pittsburgh Corridor that connects rural towns and promotes community through trail development.

Morgantown's Caperton Trail, part of the Mon River Trail System | Photo by James Riel
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Landmark and Legacy: Nebraska’s Chief Standing Bear Trail
November 01, 2017

The 22.9-mile Chief Standing Bear Trail helps memorialize the 1877 walk of the Ponca Tribe back to their homeland, led by Chief Standing Bear and known as the Ponca Trail of Tears.

Blue Springs trailhead, Chief Standing Bear Trail, Nebraska | Photo by Don Rice
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Nebraska’s Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail
September 12, 2017

Nebraska’s Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail offers an authentic Old West experience, small towns and picturesque landscapes.

The Cowboy Trail's spectacular crossing of the Niobrara River near Valentine | Photo by Eric Foster
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Maintenance Practices and Costs of Rail -Trails
September 16, 2015
For the past three decades of rail-trail development, maintenance costs have generally been seen as being expensive. These expenses, however, have remained largely untracked on a state or national basis. Further, a comprehensive breakdown and ranking of maintenance priorities did not exist. To better understand this issue, RTC conducted a comprehensive survey of trail maintenance […]
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Pennsylvania’s Montour Trail
March 16, 2015

The Montour Trail—which forms a 55-mile arc around western Pittsburgh—is a standout with plenty of “wow” moments.

Midway across the span of the Chartiers Creek Bridge | Photo courtesy Kordite | CC by 2.0
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Best Practices in Trail Maintenance: A Manual by the Ohio River Greenway
November 01, 2014
This manual is intended for practical use by trail maintenance managers, and particularly those working along the Ohio River Greenway and in similar environs. It will also be useful for policy makers who are tasked with anticipating and planning for maintenance budget and personnel needs. Created by Purdue University
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Best Practices for Trail Pavement Construction and Maintenance in Illinois
June 01, 2012
The main objectives of this report were to provide the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) with guidelines for the structural design of bicycle trail pavement and recommendations for bicycle trail pavement maintenance. A design procedure based on three construction traffic factors and three pavement load levels was developed for Portland cement concrete, hot-mix asphalt, and […]
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Memorandum of Understanding for Maintenance of Trail System
April 06, 2010
This April 2010 draft memorandum of understanding between the city of Columbus, Ohio, Recreation and Parks Department and Franklin County, Ohio, regional parks system MetroParks is part of an agreement in which MetroParks assumes maintenance responsibility for maintenance of trails within the city of Columbus. Created by City of Columbus