Relationship building is at the heart of every successful engagement strategy and is most successful when you start early and often. This year’s mid-term elections offer an opportunity to get ahead of building relationships with potential new leaders and showcase the power of trails in your community. During this session, attendees heard from Wade Johnston, […]

Join Rails to Trails’ Changemaker for Trails campaign for our training, “Power in Numbers: Building Grassroots Partnerships in Your Community.” During this training, Changemakers heard from individuals who have been successful in activating community members and engaging key players, including elected officials to develop trail infrastructure in their region. This was an opportunity for Changemakers […]

Trail-Oriented Development (TrOD) is an innovative planning approach that integrates multiuse trails with residential and commercial development to create walkable, bike-friendly communities that enhance mobility, promote healthier lifestyles, and strengthen local economies. Similar to Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), TrOD clusters businesses, housing, and other amenities around trails to foster vibrant, connected neighborhoods. Join the TrailNation Collaborative, […]

Join Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC) to learn more about successful collaborations between agencies and organizations to secure funding for trails and active transportation. This session highlighted the importance of collaborative relationships to accelerate trail network development and provides tools to build successful partnerships in your community.   RTC was joined by Audra Koester Thomas and […]

Join the TrailNation Collaborative, powered by Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC), for a session exploring how to best position your active transportation and trail asks for upcoming state legislative sessions, most of which will occur in the winter and spring of 2025. The goal of this dialogue is to give state- and metropolitan-level advocates around […]

Join the TrailNation Collaborative, powered by Rails to Trails Conservancy, to gain tools and tips for safe outcomes in grant applications. Attendees heard from Shayna Rose from the Baltimore City Department of Transportation and Ian Thomas from America Walks about the various ways they demonstrate safety outcomes in their everyday work, including demonstration projects and […]

The Coalition for Recreational Trails (CRT) honored this year’s recipients of the Tom Petri Recreational Trails Program Annual Achievement Awards.

An analysis of 31 trail counters for the week of March 16–22 found a nationwide trail usage increase of nearly 200% from that same week in 2019.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) released Rails-with-Trails: Best Practices and Lessons Learned—a long-awaited update to its first release, published in 2002.

John Ernest Berry III describes his five-day, 100-mile tricycle trek with friend and mentor Bob Myrick on the 223.8-mile developing Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.