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Taking Action Page 9

Photo of Capital Bikeshare riders on the Mount Vernon Trail © Bike Arlington

Six-Time World Champ Bringing Biking to the People

Posted 05/18/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions

If I ever needed to hire a guy to convince people that riding a bike was awesome, Chris Eatough would be the guy.

Meet Liz Smith, Climate Ride Wonder and Friend of RTC

Posted 05/05/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action | Tagged with Young Champions

With the 2012 New York to Washington, D.C. Climate Ride spectacular getting closer by the day, it is wonderful to hear from the people who are riding, volunteering and fundraising for Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) and the other great beneficiary organizations.

Photo © Portland Trails

Portland, Maine, Pays Tribute to a Man of His Community

Posted 04/27/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, Local Organizing, Maine

Stephen Aylward was loved and respected in the city of Portland, Maine, as an educator, a man of his community, and as a passionate advocate for his local rail-trail.

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 © Evansville Courier & Press

A 5,000-Mile Hike Across the Country Makes it to D.C. for Earth Day

Posted 04/18/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, Private Fundraising

Among all the events taking place across the country this Sunday to mark Earth Day, there will be few as remarkable as the arrival of Kirk and Cindy Sinclair in the nation's capital.

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 © Danvers Rail Trail Advisory Committee

A Party in Massachusetts to Celebrate Rail-Trail Milestone

Posted 03/28/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails, Taking Action | Tagged with Local Organizing, Massachusetts, Private Fundraising

Earlier this month, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy wrote on TrailBlog about the great success of local volunteers in selling sponsorships to fund the installation of mile-markers along the Danvers Rail Trail in northeast Massachusetts.

Photo of the Danvers Rail Trail sponsored mile-marker © Danvers Rail Trail Advisory Committee

Grassroots Go-Ahead: Massachusetts Communities Take On Their Rail-Trail Ambitions

Posted 03/07/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action, Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Massachusetts, Private Fundraising, Trail Communities

Undeterred by all the debate about trail funding at the federal level, local communities continue to let their trail-building actions do the talking.

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."

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