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Focus Term: Recreational Trails Program


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Biden Infrastructure Goals Would Be Achieved With More Strategic Investment in Walking and Biking
April 13, 2021
What the Biden Infrastructure plan is missing, however, is a focus on creating low-stress walking and biking routes, like trail and active transportation networks.
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Delivering a Transformative Federal Transportation Bill
March 24, 2021
Photo courtesy RTC
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Idaho’s Portneuf Greenway
February 11, 2021
The Portneuf Greenway is a developing trail system that aims to connect the entire Portneuf River valley, including Pocatello and neighboring Chubbuck.
Portneuf Greenway through the Edson Fichter Nature Area | Photo by Charles R. Peterson
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American Icons: Rail-Trails That Helped Shape the National Landscape
January 22, 2021
We take a closer look at some of the country’s earliest rail-trails, and how they helped inspire and build a nationwide movement.
Along the Illinois Prairie Path in Warrenville | Photo by Beverly Horne/Daily Herald/dailyherald.com
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Five Top Trails That Make the Case for America’s Recreational Trails Program
September 21, 2020
Nearly three decades after its inception, the need for the RTP has only intensified as trail development accelerates nationally. The country has increased its number of rail-trails from around 500 to more than 2,200.
Northern Rail Trail | Photo by TrailLink user sc302
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Connectivity Evolution: Examining a Decade of Rails-to-Trails’ Impact, 2010–2020
December 31, 2019
Here’s a look at RTC and a decade of rail-trails—their power and their impact. As the 2010s built momentum, opportunities to maximize the power of these essential community assets became clear.
Photo courtesy RTC
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Seven Ways Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Brought Big Impact in 2019
December 05, 2019
This year, America and the rail-trail movement saw giant leaps, and small-but-no-less-important bounds, that have helped to achieve RTC’s goal of connecting the country by trail like never before.
Great American Rail-Trail preferred route reveal in South Cle Elum, Washington | Photo by Kathy Young
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Trail Networks and Spines: Key Components As Congress Discusses America’s Mobility Future
March 14, 2019
RTC encourages Congress to consider the positive impacts active transportation can have on communities with trail networks and spines.
A two-way cycle track in the median of Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. - Photo by Elvert Barnes courtesy pedbikeimages.org
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Trail Geek Terminology (A Cheat-Sheet to Satisfy Your Inner Wonk)
January 29, 2018
RTC's put together this little trail-geek cheat sheet so that we can all bone up on our trail and active-transportation policy speak.
Photo Courtesy RTC
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30 Years: Birth and Evolution of the American Rail-Trail Movement
March 10, 2016
In 2016, RTC celebrated its 30th anniversary and the birth and evolution of the American Rail-Trail Movement.
Montour Trail in Pennsylvania | Photo courtesy Jim Brown