Taking Action Page 9

Photo of the Bayshore Bikeway © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Greg Cox Shaped Active Transportation in California

Posted 04/25/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories, Taking Action | Tagged with California, Champions, RTC in Action

The rail-trail movement is fortunate to have a number of active supporters in positions of municipal leadership-men and women well-placed to convert an understanding of the benefits of trails and active transportation into actual projects and programs. Greg Cox is one such champion.

Photo © schuylkillrivertrail.com

The Fight to Save Pennsylvania's Popular Trails Fund

Posted 04/10/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Policy, Taking Action | Tagged with Pennsylvania, Products of Good Policy, State and Federal Programs, Threats to Trail Building

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is this week mobilizing its thousands of members and supporters in Pennsylvania in defense of the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund--a immensely popular and successful program that has supported trails and open space creation in that state for the past 19 years.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Scott Stark

Ed McBrayer's Passion for Biking Shaped a Better Trails Landscape In Georgia

Posted 02/17/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, Georgia, Private Fundraising, State and Federal Programs

At Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC) 25th Anniversary celebration in October, we honored a group of men and women--the inaugural Doppelt Family Rail-Trail Champions--who have made a remarkable contribution to the rail-trail movement during the past quarter century. We will be posting a blog story on each of the honorees during the coming weeks. Today we recognize Ed McBrayer, a concerned citizen who went on to become one of Georgia's most effective advocates for bike and pedestrian infrastructure.

A Tough Year for the Wobler Family

Posted 01/10/12 by Jake Lynch in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, Indiana, Local Organizing

After losing his wife to breast cancer, Gary Wobler is now planning the first-ever Pedal 4 Pink, a day-long event of bike races, family games and auctions, to be held in and around the city of Carmel. He envisions the event to be "like the [Susan G.] Komen walk for cancer research, but for cyclists and rollerbladers."