Success Stories Page 9

Follow The Money: Making a Strong Case for Investing in Trails

Posted 05/21/13 by Tracy Hadden Loh in Building Trails, Success Stories | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

For those of us working toward more options for active transportation, investments in this trail infrastructure produce remarkable returns and have transformative effects on communities large and small, impressively out of proportion to the comparatively small budgets involved.

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Much At Stake for States in Battle of Bikeability

Posted 05/01/13 by Jake Lynch in Building Trails, Success Stories | Tagged with Statements of Support, Walkability and Bikeability

Trail building has become a competitive sport. And there is much at stake. As America's communities continue to jostle for position in the annual League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly State rankings, what they are really competing for is new residents, new businesses, a reputation for livability and to be at the forefront of smart transportation, health and recreation planning.

Photo of ribbon cutting on the Charter Oak Trail © Hartford Courant

Connecticut On a Roll As the Trail Gaps Disappear

Posted 01/16/13 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails, Policy, Success Stories | Tagged with Champions, Connected Systems, Connecticut, Products of Good Policy

Driven by a supportive governor and a forward-thinking state department of transportation that is conscious of the role of biking and walking in modern planning, Connecticut has done some great things in recent years to connect, and expand, its network of trails.

Photo of the CYCLE kids cruising around Camden © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

The CYCLE Continues - William Penn Supports RTC's Work in Camden

Posted 12/19/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories, Building Trails | Tagged with Ecology and Environment, New Jersey, Private Fundraising, Schools and Young People, Urban Pathways

The ongoing transformation of Camden, New Jersey, is a terrific case study of what Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is about. From our core mission of recycling disused rail corridors into public pathways, in recent years RTC has expanded that work to building broader, more connected urban trail networks and encouraging new generations of Americans to walk and bike for daily transportation.

Photo © Middlesex County Freeholders

Middlesex County, N.J., Converts Unused Land Into Valued Local Asset

Posted 09/24/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories, Building Trails | Tagged with New Jersey, Statements of Support

The Middlesex Greenway, which runs between Woodbridge, Metuchen and Edison in north-central New Jersey, now forms an important link in the developing East Coast Greenway, an ambitious project to connect nearly 3,000 miles of trails between Canada and Key West, Fla.

Photo © Mountain Division Alliance

Rail-Trail Extension Brings Activity, Attention to Fryeburg, Maine

Posted 09/22/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails, Success Stories | Tagged with Demand for Trails, Maine, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

The people of Fryeburg in southwestern Maine are celebrating. Their New Hampshire neighbors in Conway are envious. What's the source of all the fuss? A new section of the Mountain Division Trail is finished and set to open next week, and already the local residents and business people are anticipating it will build on the successes of the first phase.