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Photo © M.V. Jantzen

RTC's Urban Trails Work a Key Moment in Public Health Shift

Posted 04/09/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Health and Wellness, Trail Use | Tagged with Encouraging Trail Use, Equity, Health and Active Living, RTC in Action, Urban Pathways

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is continuing its growing involvement in combating some of America's most pressing public health issues.

Made in Michigan

Posted 04/03/12 by in America's Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Facts and FIgures, Michigan, State and Federal Programs, Trail Communities

In May 2008, I traveled to Michigan to explore the 62-mile North Central State Trail, which runs from Gaylord to Mackinaw City at the tip of the Lower Peninsula. I'd timed my visit for the trail's official opening that spring, and I spent several days enjoying the region's incredible natural backdrop.

Photo © Rainier to Ruston Rail-Trail Relay

From Mt Rainier to Puget Sound - Relay Race Raises Money for Foothills Trail

Posted 04/01/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with Community Events, Local Organizing, Private Fundraising, Washington

The history of the race and the rail-trail are inextricably intertwined. When the first Rainier to Ruston Rail-Trail Relay was held in 1992, its goal was to raise money to build the Foothills Trail and help connect Mount Rainier with Puget Sound along an out-of-service section of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Photo © Jonathan Maus/Bike Portland

Rep. Edwards Says Biking, Walking Critical for Underserved Communities

Posted 03/22/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Policy, Trail Use | Tagged with Federal, Health and Active Living, Statements of Support, Urban Pathways

Speaking at the 2012 National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S. Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD) yesterday urged transportation planners and advocates to promote bicycling and walking as a means of improving conditions and access in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

Photo © Katherine Jeter

The Cowback Century: 100 Miles Through Georgia and Alabama

Posted 03/03/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Alabama, Champions, Georgia, Health and Active Living, Ohio

For her 70th birthday nearly four years ago, Dr. Katherine Jeter decided to mark the occasion with an extraordinary physical and philanthropic feat: cycle 70 miles in one day on the Little Miami Scenic Trail in Ohio, and raise $70,000 for charity. We ran a story on her challenge in Rails to Trails magazine, and Jeter ended up surpassing her fundraising goal. And even though she'd only picked up cycling in her late 60s, she'd found her pedaling stride.

Photo © Richard Anderson

RTC Releases Library of Resources for Urban Trail Builders

Posted 02/25/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with Case Studies, Encouraging Trail Use, Equity, Facts and FIgures, Safety and Law Enforcement, Urban Pathways

Though everyone here at Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is always pleased to see so much wonderful trail building activity across the country, there is something especially exciting about our Urban Pathways Initiative (UPI).

Photo © TrailLink.com

A True Story of Liberty and Transportation in Vermont

Posted 02/18/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Tourism and Economic Stimulus, Vermont, Walkability and Bikeability

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC) new report on walking and biking in small town and rural America, Active Transportation Beyond Urban Centers, has really struck a chord with members across the country, and transformed the political debate about where the demand really is for walking and biking infrastructure.

Biking to Work: How to Get Started

Posted 10/26/11 by Jake Lynch in Trail Use | Tagged with How-to, Trail Use Tips

All over the country people are making the switch to two-wheels as an easy and efficient way to get around in cities, but particularly to commute to work. And innovative bike-sharing programs, like the new Capital Bikeshare system in Washington, D.C., are making it even easier to cycle between destinations in town.

Photo © City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services

San Jose's Annual Trail Count Sees Usage Increase 10 percent

Posted 11/09/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with California, Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Mode Shift, Trail Communities

For the past three years, the Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services of the city of San Jose, Calif., has conducted an extensive user count and survey of its major trails and greenways. This year's count, which was conducted on September 23, has resulted in some encouraging statistics.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Stephen Miller

RTC Partners with D.C. After-School Program for Bike Giveaway Along Rail-Trail

Posted 10/28/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with District Of Columbia, RTC in Action, Schools and Young People

On Friday, October 23, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) partnered with Beacon House, a tutoring and mentoring organization in the Edgewood neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to give free bicycles, locks, helmets and safety instruction to 40 students enrolled in Beacon House programs.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Eric Orberg

Understanding Trail-Use Patterns on Cleveland's Morgana Run Trail

Posted 10/26/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Ohio, Urban Pathways

As part of our Urban Pathways Initiative, RTC is working with project partner Slavic Village Development Corporation (SVD) to encourage trail use on the Morgana Run Trail in Cleveland, Ohio.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Ken Bryan

What do Residents Want to Make a Better Neighborhood Trail?

Posted 10/22/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Florida, Urban Pathways

In May, RTC's Florida State Director Ken Bryan ran a helmet giveaway sponsored by The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida at an event hosted by the MaliVali Washington Kids Foundation along the S-Line Urban Greenway in Jacksonville.

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